I love my 8265, its a great phone - nice size (for TDMA phones), good
battery life.

In article <1tudneGHcsjmoDqiRVn-jA@comcast.com>,
"Giganews" <mrwheelsone.nospam@nospamdotcomcastdotnet.removethis>
wrote:

even though the v60 has a notable antenna problem, I still think it
gets the best reception on the AT&T TDMA network.  Calls are crystal
clear for me. v60 can make good calls with 1 bar signal.  Holding the
phone is not as cumbersome to me as Nokia 8260 series.

Decide for yourself, if you want flip - the only TDMA choice is v60i.
If you want Nokia style, the only new TDMA one is the Nokia 3560.  It
seems to have all the features you want, but I haven't seen how big or
heavy it is.  Check out Ebay to get one for $50 but you may be able ot
get one new from AT&T

Good luck, and good choice.  GSM really does suck.  Bad move IMHO for
AT&T to alienate the TDMA folks.  If they were smart they would offer
new TDMA phones for us to upgrade.  I'm going to stick with TDMA
forever - it serves my needs (talking a lot on a cell phone).  I get
reception in all buildings.

You mentioned you were using a nokia.  Perhaps a nokia 6200?  They
have TERRIBLE amounts of white noise and, in my opinion, terrible
overall sound quality.  Not what i come to expect from nokia!  The
SonyEricsson T616 and the less expensive Nokia 3595 are both better
phones, in my opinion, than the Nokia 6200.  Granted, AT&T saw fit to
ADD IN a few extra doses of white noise as "Comfort noise".  Sounds
like crap to me though, i wish it would go away!  TMobiles system is
far more clear, and afterall, isn't that why people bragg on GSM so
much? Crystal clear calls?  Seems as though we are taking a step
backwards by inserting white noise.

However, that's off the point..... With TDMA, honestly, i've found the
1 phone that i REALLY like is the old Nokia 8260.  It's replacement,
the Nokia 8265 is also an excellent phone with excellent reception and
sound qualities.  AT&T is also coming out with a 62xx something series
TDMA phone, basically the TDMA version of the Nokia 6200.  Obviously
since it's not out yet, i cant comment on it's usability, but that
might be something worth looking at.

I've used several Motorola V60i's.  The are good phones, but i think
the build quality has kinda gone downhill on motorolas.  In addition,
the outgoing sound STILL has a bit of a buzzy sound to it sometimes
(Less noticable in 1900 mhz areas).

The Nokia 6360 is an excellent phone.  Kinda big, but still a good
handset.  Likewise the 3560, while being more youth-oriented, is also
a good handset with a decent color screen and very usable features.

If you just want a phone to make and receive calls, and you are not
concerned with any extra features other than perhaps an ocasional text
message, i'd say for TDMA the Nokia 8265 would be my choice, followed
by perhaps the Nokia 3560.

The Nokia 3360. A bit older (what, one year?) but still an excellent TDMA.
Probably can be had for pennies on eBay.

I'd be wary of migrating back to TDMA. Just got an e-mail
from another person who reverse-migrated after a few months
on AT&T GSM, and he said that the TDMA network is worsening
in the SF Bay Area, and complained that I needed to update
my web site to reflect this.

All of the carriers that had 800 Mhz TDMA then added 1900 Mhz
GSM, will slowly be minimizing TDMA capacity as they add 800 Mhz
GSM. The good news is that this will greatly improve the GSM
network for those that have 800/1900 Mhz GSM phones (or quad
band world phones. The bad news is that the old TDMA network
will get steadily worse.

I have two relatives on AT&T TDMA that are waiting for 11/24,
and they initially thought of sticking with AT&T TDMA and just
getting new phones, but this appears to not be a good plan
anymore. For the San Francisco Bay Area Verizon's going to be
the only viable choice until AT&T gets its act together in GSM.

Steve
http://sfbacell.com