heh, as long at it allows communication, one can be sure that more and more female users will show up.

i think i read something about the biggest non-work users of mobile phones in norway was mothers, to keep track of the kids and keep everything organized within the family.

hell, i suspect my first mobile phone was based on my mom wanting to get hold of me when i moved out for educational reasons, and the place i moved to didnt have a landline.

I have experienced a similar geek shift when I noticed that while on the run my wife was working from both her blackberry and her iPhone, while I only had one device with me that day. I made sure I told her about what I had just observed since she used to give me a hard time about my device hobby. I seem to have more acceptance from her now about my device hobby.

The battery life isn’t the best. But, like anything else, it all depends on how much you use it. I use the browser quite a bit, which tends to be pretty taxing on the battery.

thanks nate, that helps.. I think you have convinced me to give it a try. I have the extra bonus of having never used a blackberry for any amount of time. how’s the battery life on it?

@heath

It all depends on what you’re used to. For me, I switched from a Blackberry to the Voyager, solely because I wanted to drop the data plan.

In comparison, a Blackberry is leaps and bounds better. Browsing with Opera Mini is superior to the Voyager browser. Of course, email on a Blackberry kills the Voyager, or any other device for that matter.

What the Voyager gives you is a good enough browser, and excellent keyboard and a very nice auto focus camera, at a low monthly cost.

For me, that makes it a keeper.

im guessing that the UMTS/HSDPA version of this is the LG KT610…

I am still happy with my BlackBerry but otherwise I probably would pick up a Voyager. I enjoyed playing with the evaluation unit and am impressed with my wife’s too.

so is the voyager good enough to be considered a keeper.. thinking about getting one?

I picked one of these up a couple of weeks ago. It’s a fun little phone.

It’s nice to have an HTML browser without having to shell out for an expensive data plan. The keyboard is as good as any I’ve used on a smartphone, if not better.

That is very funny. I am still waiting for that shift moment with my spouse. Have tried handing off my 8125 and 8525 to her with no success – though my soon to be 5 year old daughter is liking the Dell Axim more and more lately …