Moving from Palm to Series 60 — S60 (Series 60) — All About Symbian Forum Archive

I have been a fairly hardcore user of Palm OS since around 1999, although I've never had a Treo. Right now I'm using a Tungsten T3, and accessing the net via bluetooth to my SE T616.

I mostly use my Palm for Contacts, Calendar, email, web surfing, games, personal finance, photo and video viewer, track travel info (flights, hotel confirmations, etc.) and as a memo pad

I'm going to be upgrading to a Nokia Series 60 phone, and I have some questions:

1) Given the uses I mentioned above, which phones should I be looking at? I can't seem to figure out the naming scheme for Nokia phones. Money isn't that much of an issue, so I'm looking for a phone on the high end.

2) Has anyone else made this transition? How difficult was it?

3) How do I transfer my data (calendar info, contacts, memos, etc.) over?

4) How long does it take to get quick and efficient with T9? Are there other text entry options? As an aside, I wonder if Nokia will make a phone with a QWERTY keyboard?

5) I've read Russel Beatty's excellent article, and I'm wondering what other people's favorite 3rd party apps are, especically games!

6) Anything else I should know before making this leap of faith?

Thanks in advance for any input,

-Glider

ps I'm posting this on several Symbian sites to get the most information. This isn't spam, it's just a person seeking answers!

1) I'm using a 7610 and it suits my needs fine (and is the coolest looking in my opinion). Other phones will give you slight upgrades in the camera or screen, but nothing extra in terms of the PIM apps etc. If you get the 6630 (the business version fo the 7610) you also get office software with it to edit word and excel docs. You can download those files from the 6630 page and install them on your much cooler looking 7610 if you want though.

2) Yes, I made the transition, it was easy. I prefer not having a touchscreen and being able to input things in T9 (I'm fast!). The changable covers make me feel more secure in case the phone gets an accidental scratch. It's nice having one wireless device and not carrying round a big square brick and a phone. I feel more secure with my 7610 and less likely to break it. Also - alarms are MUCH louder on the phone! Overall I wouldn't go back to a Palm handheld (or any handheld). I'm sticking with my Symbian phone.

3) To transfer data I synced my Palm with Outlook and the installed PC Suite for the phone and synced it to the phone. Even notes are synced these days.

4) You can use multi-tap if you want. I am LIGHTENING fast with T9. Much faster than using, eg, a Treo QWERTY keypad. It depends how good you are, how intuitive you find T9, how dextrous, but I can type much faster on my phone than my fastest colleagues can Graffiti or type on their tiny QWERTY keyboards.

5) My favourite game is free, it's called Frozen Bubble! I also like Triz - a version of tetris.

6) Don't look back. Change to a Symbian phone. I haven't regretted it for a single moment. You can do everything on a Symbian phone that you can do on a Palm (pretty much - at least your average business or basic power user). You can view videos and pictures. Keep your contacts and calendar. View and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. Record movies. Take photos. Voice recording. Games. OK so the screen is not as big and not as high resolution - but the difference is tiny. For me a Symbian phone is the perfect companion. I'm never going back!