tmobile or verizon: phone thats good with aim? and personal ringtones..?

[Minty_01]

so, im looking at going to either tmobile or verizon. im in the chicago area.

im looking for a phone that i can put my own mp3 ringtones on and that is stellar with AIM.

i liked the sidekick, but i can upload my own ringtones onto there, right? i have to download them...? any help at all is appreciated! thanks!

[MountaineerMan7]

Should have decent service there with either carrier. Do travel overseas or to other parts of the US and Canada?

[mannequinette]

travel to: FL, other areas of IL, IN, WI..

still have no clue which phone to get.. i was looking at the MDA on tmobile, but im not sure :/

[s a m a n t h a]

On verizon you could get the 9900, but remember that with aim you are using texts and that can get expensive. I think that the sk3 would probably be your best bet. Good luck
-z

[SimB]

thanks


so...

verizon-
LG enV (9900), but each AIM IM counts as a txt msg?
the packages i saw for txt msging werent that great and didnt give me unlimited txt msgs..

tmobile-
sidekick3 - 20 bucks for the sidekick data package, which seems really good since everything is unlimited.. no wifi(?) & i have to pay 2.50 for songs for ringtones from them( :/ )

dash - seems like a good qwerty smartphone. it has wifi built in too.. can i log onto a wifi connection and can i use an AIM application on the phone to use for free? +++ it is a "my faves" enabled phone!

MDA - same as dash... i guess.. its 100 $ more, so im not sure why i'd pick the MDA over the dash...


also, with tmobile, 15$ for unlimited txt msg's, so would this cover AIM if i cant sign onto an aim app using the wifi..



ok, heres a real interesting question.. i see that these smartphones sync up with PC's easily, but do they sync up well with my Apple? iCal and AddressBook ?


thanks for helping guys.

[Pe Khi]

with regards to aim on verizon, not only does each im count as a text, but it takes one to sign off, one to sign on, and anywhere from one to three to get your buddy list depending on size. a quick aim chat with one person could easily be 10-15 texts, and they do not count as "in" and therefore are not free with the unlimited in text packages on verizon. basically, its is incredibly uneconomical to use aim on a verizon phone. Using an SK3 is definetely worth the money (in my opinion, in fact I carry one in addition to my verizon phone for texts and internet and such). My friend has a dash and i played around with it for a little while. It really is an awesome little device. the keys are a little small if you have large fingers so you might want to test one out before you actually buy one. hope this helped.
-z

[Lulu :)]

thanks yachi.

does anyone know if the dash will sync up well with a mac?

[Iakovos]

bump.

im either looking at getting the MDA or dash...

which is better for aim?