What is the best cell phone for a referee?

BillyMac

I still use my Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. I bought it in 1984. It only weighs two pounds. Light as a feather. And I get to talk for a whole half-hour before I have to recharge it. And if I don't carry an extra pair of shoes in my equipment bag, it will easily fit in my equipment bag.

BktBallRef

iPhone.

I've suggested to the folks at ArbiterSports that there should be "an app for that." They said it's down the road.

The latest iPhone OS has copy/paste, so you could copy those text messages into your calendar.

The iPhone can be setup to work with Microsfot Outlook, GMail, Yahoo!, AOL, etc. in the time it takes you to type in your usermane and password. No server addresses, SMTP, POP3, or any of that other crap to enter.

If you buy online at AT&T Wireless, you can get an refurb iPhone for less than $100. Just as good and the same warraty as the brand new one.

BTW, Blackberry sucks. I've had both.

There is no other choice IMHO.

Welpe

BktBallRef wrote
The iPhone can be setup to work with Microsfot Outlook, GMail, Yahoo!, AOL, etc. in the time it takes you to type in your usermane and password.

Same with my Blackberry 9000.

BTW, Blackberry sucks. I've had both.

Is the iPhone better than the Blackberry? I don't know, I've never owned an iPhone but the Blackberry far from "sucks".

There is no other choice IMHO.

Blackberry 9000. 🙂

budjones05

Hmmmm, the best cell phone for any official is a phone that will make calls. And not just in places that it likes!

referee99

Highly recommend.

All members of the associations I belong to in the contacts file.
All venues loaded as well, easily viewed in Google maps.
Web access to solve problems. Can access reftek.. haven't tried arbitersports on it.
Email from assignors can be responded to in seconds.
The mapping is huge. All pertinent information available at fingertips.
Again, highly recommended.

The R

referee99 wrote
Highly recommend.

All members of the associations I belong to in the contacts file.
All venues loaded as well, easily viewed in Google maps.
Web access to solve problems. Can access reftek.. haven't tried arbitersports on it.
Email from assignors can be responded to in seconds.
The mapping is huge. All pertinent information available at fingertips.
Again, highly recommended.

Ref99 do you have a storm?

referee99

sprint/nextel is carrier.

rockchalk jhawk

Snaqwells wrote
Now, I can't wait for the arbiter app for my Blackberry Storm.

Is there such a thing in development?!?!?! I really hope you're not fooling w/ my emotions here!

Edit: guess I should have read the whole thread first. Never mind...

Amesman

Vinski wrote
I’m looking very closely at the Strom 2 that was just released ...

Isn't this what anybody aspiring to work in the NBA should look into?

JRutledge

I just got the Blackberry Storm2. I have not seen anything with the iPhone that makes it so much better. I am sure there are some features that are great with that phone, but the Blackberry serves my purposes. I had a Blackberry 8330 Curve for a year and I loved that phone too. As I said it comes down to what you like and what works for you.

Peace

Adam

JRutledge wrote
As I said it comes down to what you like and what works for you.

This is your life motto, isn't it Jeff?

Adam

budjones05 wrote
Hmmmm, the best cell phone for any official is a phone that will make calls. And not just in places that it likes!

I would also add that you should get one that allows you to block long distance calls.

JRutledge

Snaqwells wrote
This is your life motto, isn't it Jeff?

Pretty much. I see some of you are finally catching on. 😉

Peace

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BktBallRef wrote
I've suggested to the folks at ArbiterSports that there should be "an app for that." They said it's down the road.

If you have an application that you can read Excel spreadsheets or a PDF file on your phone, you can transfer your ArbiterSports schedules over to your phone. How I do it for my Palm Centro is I use a desktop to save my schedule as a PDF file, and then attach it to an email to my phone, open it, and save it to my phone. Sounds like a lot of steps, but it beats sitting around waiting for the Arbiter folks to come up with an app.

zm1283

I have a Blackberry Curve through Verizon/Alltel. I just got it over the summer, but I wish I would have waited for the Storm or the Droid (Since I was Alltel before, the Storm wasn't quite available yet). I didn't do my research enough so I wasn't aware that the Curve was an older phone. Oh well, by the time I need a new phone there will be something new out that is 10 times better than this stuff out now. Plus, the Curve works well for me as it is.

Oh yeah, download Opera Mini for the Blackberry if you haven't already. Makes viewing web pages like the Arbiter tons easier than the Blackberry browser.

Welpe

Snaqwells wrote
This is your life motto, isn't it Jeff?

Well it does seem to be what he likes and works best for him.

zm, thanks for the recommendation on the Opera browser as well.

Adam

Welpe wrote
Well it does seem to be what he likes and works best for him.

zm, thanks for the recommendation on the Opera browser as well.

Let me know how that works. I might have to consider it. Does it work with web pages that have adapted to the blackberry browser?

Vinski

This would be perfect if you can get ‘em in an all black court shoe. During the third quarter intermission you could call in a pizza.

refnrev

The best phone for any referee is one that makes good calls!😃 bad, I know, but I couldn't let that one go.

referee99

zm1283 wrote
Oh yeah, download Opera Mini for the Blackberry if you haven't already. Makes viewing web pages like the Arbiter tons easier than the Blackberry browser.

Will do, thanks.

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