The best thing that I can tell you is to stay the hell away from cingular. I have been a cingular customer since September 1994 when it was Bellsouth. Since August or September of 2004 cingular customer service has been the worse. Go whit some on else.
I've decided on switching from Alltell to Cingular, mainly becuase I believe Cingular has the best coverage for my area (coastal NC). Question is, should I get a one year contract and phone from the local Cingular store? Or buy a phone off Ebay then get a one year contract with the store? Or buy the phone elsewhere off the internet and not sign an exteneded contract at all? Not familiar with cellular services much at all.
Also, which phone would you recc.? I need (in no particular order of preference): speakerphone, small size, clamshell or flip style, great reception ability, Bluetooth, good battery life, 1000 contact phonebook, decent display, and some of those little extras like calculator, alarm, voice memo, etc. that most of the phones come with now anyway. I don't want to spend over $200 or so on the phone, since I don't need alot of the whizbang stuff, and could care less about ringtones, covers, cameras, PDAs, instant messaging. Do want one that looks nice though. I'd love to be able to pull up a few websites on it, such as Yachtworld.com as I sell boats for a living. But I doubt that I would be able to get that kind of website up on a cell phone. Am I right or wrong about that?
Any suggestions/help appreciated!

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