[mdlug-discuss] Cell Handset Recommendations

[Peter Bart]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:03:47 -0400
Peter Bart <petertheplumber at att.net> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 	It looks like I'll finally be switching from Symbian to
> 	Android, and I need a new handset posthaste. I have no love
> for Nokia anymore and I can't wait for Jolla or the new Geeksphone
> 	to materialize. I would very much like to get a Motorola Droid
> 	Global for it's keyboard, but I don't see an easy way to get
> it to work on AT&T's network. Barring that I'm thinking a Motorola
> 	Atrix 4G because I can get it's extended life battery. I can't
> 	really wait to see what Google does with Motorola Mobility
> 	either, so I must pick from the current crop of handsets that
> 	will work, or can be made to work on AT&T's or T-Mobiles GSM
> 	networks. I'm not averse to Cyanogenmod firmware, and will
> most likely root my handset and flash it if it's available.
> 
> 	Anyone have any thoughts?
> 

FWIW in case anyone's interested I ended up ordering a Motorola
Milestone 2
<http://www.cellhut.com/Motorola-MILESTONE-2-Unlocked-Quadband-GSM-Cell-Phone-30720.html>.
It's supposed to be the GSM only version of the Droid 2 Global, which
the global label on that handset  is a real misnomer since it won't
work on GSM frequencies in the US w/o some hacking.

-- 
Best Regards,

Peter The Plumber
<petertheplumber at att.net>