[Cialug] OT: Treos & other smartphones

[Stuart Thiessen]

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Well, last I checked (and maybe it is lower now), but I thought I had 
the lowest voice plan plus vision plus equipment replacement plus 
unlimited SMS (because Treos do not provide push technology to let me 
know that a message is available for me so I have to use SMS to receive 
notification) which ends up being about $60 or so a month.  I have been 
looking into the Blackberries using either Verizon or possibly Sprint 
because Blackberries push the messages to the device. We will see what 
I end up doing. My plan ends in September, so I will use my 600 until 
then and see what is available at that time. This RIM/NTP thing bothers 
me, so that is why I'm dragging my feet.  And I'm not really too 
interested in a CE device at this point.

Thanks,

Stuart

On Jan 3, 2006, at 15:36, James Shoemaker wrote:

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> Stuart Thiessen wrote:
>> I have heard rumors about other Linux-based PDAs and smartphones. Do 
>> any
>> of you know about those or they aren't ready for primetime yet?
>>
>> I have a 600 myself, but I'd rather find something that was a little
>> less expensive in terms of fees. However, I'm finding that the monthly
>> fees seem to be about the same except for the Sidekick which tends to
>> run about 29.99 for data-only versus about $60+ from Sprint for
>> data+voice. Being deaf, who needs voice anyhow?  ;)
>
> 	You should be able to get by on sprint for around $39/month ($29.99 
> for
> the 200 minute voice plan+$10/month for vision).  Data doesn't use
> minutes with the treo 650.
> 	Or use the $40 data only plan, but then you have a 40Mb/month limit.
>
> James
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