OT: Looking for a cell phone

jmr3865 · Post by **jmr3865** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:27 pm

Does anybody know of a cell phone with the following features? I use cingular.

#1. It's gotta be rugged. I beat the hell out of all of my eequipment. I need to be able to drop it off of the tip of the aerial truck!

#2. It's gotta be LOUD!!!!! loud ringer AND voice.

The following features are nice to have.

Text Messaging
Datebook
calculator
alarm clock
voice storage
phone lock
vibrate

thanks for your help.

MTS2000des · Post by **MTS2000des** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:13 pm

Nokia makes a couple of export phones that meet the spec, problem is IIRC they don't do GSM 850, so they won't work on Cingular. (they will work with T-Mobile and other 1900 GSM carriers).

If you want rugged public safety tough you'll have to port over to Nextel...the I325is is about the most rugged portable around...more of a radio than a phone! The i580 isn't bad either, rugged iDEN flip with camera, media player, etc.

problem is consumer phones are cheap, plastic POSes that aren't designed for commercial/industrial enviornments. Carry a Razr or LG Chocolate in a public safety environment...see how long it lasts.

jmr3865 · Post by **jmr3865** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:56 pm

I forgot to say. It has to be a flip and I need to stay with cingular. Can I use a nextel phone on the cingular network?

Post by **alex** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:03 pm

http://www.howardforums.com

This is way off topic for here.