[Brendan McGuigan]

Hello,

I'm a bit new to all of this, but am in need of some help. My current phone (T-Mobile G2) is on its last legs, and it's time for me to get a new one. I've played with on-screen keyboards a lot in the past six months, seeing if I can make the transition (I do copious writing on my phone), and right now I'm at a point where I really want a physical keyboard.

Reading around, the Motorola Photon Q is the phone that appeals to me the most - the larger screen, faster processor, and better camera all sell me - but as I understand it, it's a CDMA phone, which means I can't use it on T-Mobile?

Is that actually true, or is there something I could do to use it anyway (I'm no expert on phones, but I can generally follow instructions properly).

If not, is there a viable alternative to the Photon Q (with a physical keyboard) that would work on my T-Mobile network?

Thank you so much for your help!

[B. Diddy]

CDMA phones can't be made to work on GSM networks, unfortunately.

Maybe try the Samsung Captivate Glide? You can update it to ICS, at least. Not sure how many QWERTY phones out there have progressed as far as ICS.

[gone down south]

Sounds like you need to go to blackberry

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[B. Diddy]

Google's voice transcription has become quite good--is it feasible for you to do a lot of your writing as dictation? A lot of people also swear by SwiftKey, which might make typing with the onscreen keyboard a lot easier.