TimeGym Boot Camp clients learn that one of the most valuable time assets they can own is a great Smartphone.
Why? They understand this principle of effective time investment: you
must be able to carry your current 1) calendar 2) tasks and 3) contacts
at all
times. Today’s Smartphones allow anyone to easily live by this
principle. They effortlessly sync calendar, tasks, and contacts, making
your critical information extremely portable.
These phones can carry entire filing cabinets of information. You and I
no longer need to lug around paper planners, bursting at the seams with
post it notes, business cards, and hopelessly outdated contact
information. I have all of my current contacts, many with pictures, as
well as all of my appointments and tasks in my Smartphone.
Perhaps once per week I am asked the following question: “Dave, I am
switching to a new mobile phone provider. Which specific phone do you
recommend?” For the benefit of my clients and for anyone else with this
question, I’ve compiled a current list of the top two phones I would
recommend from the top five major U.S. carriers.
Note 1: This list has a strong bias toward Windows Smartphones. This is because years of working one-on-one with clients have shown repeatedly that Windows-based phones use the most reliable system for syncing
information from your computer to your phone. For an explanation about
my preference for Smartphones, please read my 2008 article: Which Phone is the Smart Phone?.
Note 2: I am not a reseller for any of these phones or carriers. I do not get a kickback for recommending a particular brand of phone.
Note 3:
With regrets to my international readers, I understandably needed to
focus this list on a particular geographic region, so I focused on U.S.
Carriers only. The good news is most international carriers have
equivalent models available.
Note 4:
This list focuses on only the top four U.S. carriers from 2008 (in
order of most subscribers): AT&T, Verizon, Sprint Nextel and
T-Mobile.
The following are the phones I currently recommend my clients purchase:
AT&T
High-end: HTC FUZE
Budget: LG INCITE
Why no iPhone? Click here
Verizon
High-end: HTC Touch PRO
Budget: Verizon Wireless XV6900
Sprint Nextel
High-end: HTC Touch PRO
Budget: MOTO Q 9c
T-Mobile
Only Option: T-Mobile Dash – Black
T-Mobile Note: While T-Mobile service offers poor phone selection, a
GSM-based phone from a different carrier can be unlocked to work on the
T-Mobile network.
Last updated 3 Feb 2009
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