I need a cell phone - and advice

[Gooch]

verizon's phones has less features and bells & whistles. They offer less phone deals, and charge more for service. maybe that has changed since last year, but i doubt it.

your best bet is to look at all 3 mentioned (verizon, cingular, sprint)...look at their coverage in your home, work and travel area....and compare phones. B/c phone is important: it's clarity, dependiblity, etc. I looked on <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cnet.com">http://www.cnet.com</a><!-- w --> cell phone reviews to find the one I wanted...which was one that had a built-in keyboard to be able to answer emails and was a PDA. From there, once I had a few phones in mind...I did comparisons on the big 3 to see who had best deal, least cash paid for the phone i needed, and best service/coverage for my area. For me, Sprint has fit the bill, and I love my Treo phone. But, depends on what you need. My issue was mutiple uses, reception, since my last phone constantly lost it's signal and made voices too muffled.