I've had a Kyocera 7135 smartphone for my job through Verizon and have had nothing but problems with it. I always get fatal errors and overall I'm not impressed with its stability. I've complained to Verizon and now they are offering me a deal on a Samsung SCH-i600. Anybody have one of these?

 

The i600 is a much better phone. But you should know that the Samsung is the Pocket PC operating system, not Palm like your 7135.

 

thanks Ken-Is there any out there that use the Palm OS that you would suggest?

 

Have you tried getting your software upgraded on your 7135? I am using the SZ 1.0.29/MZ 1.0.44 builds, and I crash once a month maybe....

I can upgrade it for you if you want to send it my way. I will overnight it back.

 

I too also have a 7135 and it rarely crashes. I guess it depends how much free onboard ram you have on the unit and compatible programs you use with the phone. I messed with the i600 and its not a flexible as the 7135. I like the fact that the 7135 is touch screen, can minipulate the file system, and its Palm OS. I hear that if you're going to load 3rd party programs into the i600, they need to be VZW signed, or they won't install. I'm holding on to my 7135 until a better one comes down the road. Just my 2 cents.....

 

At this point, the Kyocera has to go back to Verizon because it won't even turn on. Last week I was navigating through the address book (usually when I get my fatal errors) and it crashed again. Unfortunately, even after a hard and soft reset, I couldn't get the phone to ever turn back on. Now it is just dead.

One thing though, I did not have the software upgrade. I had called Kyocera previously about the fatal errors and they suggested a series of steps to get rid of any old files from previous palms before I hot-synced. Anyway, I did it but obviously that hasn't helped. Finally, I was only using about half of my memory.

 

Treo 600 is a nice Palm PDA phone.