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Phoning All Phreaks!

Aug 21, 2007 13:37

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grunter August 21 2007, 19:05:06 UTC

Hey, I just got a Treo this past Saturday afternoon.

I'm still a newbie to the whole smartphone thing, but I found the website "everythingtreo.com" which has a forum with classified ads for folks getting rid of older models of the phone. You might try there.

wooferstl August 21 2007, 19:07:21 UTC

Way cool! Did you get yours through there? What did you get and how much (if you don't mind me asking). If you got it new w/ contract, that's diff.

grunter August 21 2007, 19:39:35 UTC

My contract with Verizon was up, and they had offered me $100 in credit towards an updated phone. Since I need some device that would let me edit documents "on the fly" as I rode back and forth to work on the "L," I went with the Treo because it had built-in MSWord and MSExcel mobile versions. I got a Treo 700wx. The cost was $299 with a new 2 year contract, with another $100 off with a rebate form that I need to send in shortly.

I still haven't synched it with my home computer yet - but I plan on doing that shortly.

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wooferstl August 21 2007, 23:34:51 UTC

Thanx, Jamie. He wound up getting a full set for a 650 on eBay (Mr. Impulsive). Though i might check in for myself.

jrjarrett August 21 2007, 19:14:10 UTC

I agree; I got me a Treo 700p for my Sprint contract off eBay. Just let the normal eBay logic rule.

BTW - new subscriber to your blog - great pix!!!

wooferstl August 21 2007, 21:21:54 UTC

WOOF! Thanks for the advice...that's the way he went. Just added you in. You might want to go back a week or so...there's an FO post you might like.

rafdfw August 21 2007, 19:22:05 UTC

Another place to check out phones is ubid.com. I looked there for phones when I was recently in the market for one.

wooferstl August 21 2007, 23:33:32 UTC

Thanx for the tip, Raf! He wound up getting one on eBay, but being the less "impulsive" of us, i might go snooping around over there myself!

maverick1303 August 21 2007, 19:53:46 UTC

I have the 650 and have had no issues with it. I'm on ATT/Cingular and actually got a refurbed one from them for $100. My partner sluggobear had the 750 or 700w and ended up going through 8 of them because they kept crashing. He had to reset every single day, sometimes twice a day. When he synched it with his outlook, it would go wonky. After 8 brand new ones over the course of a year or so, he ended up getting the new Q cuz he was losing his mind with the 700w, or 750 cuz it was so unstable.

I'd reccomend staying with the 650. If I remember correctly, it was the last model to have the palm software, and if that is what Matt is used to, then seems like it's a good fit.

Just my $0.02....:)

grunter August 21 2007, 20:21:34 UTC

I'm curious. What was your partner attempting to do with the 700w that caused the phone to crash repeatedly?

maverick1303 August 21 2007, 23:49:30 UTC

Just about anything. It would crash when he attempted to synch it, or when he was texting, or taking a picture. The sad thing was, all of the ones he got (even brand new) had the same things continually happen. I remember one time the machine actually fucked up his Outlook calendar on his home pc....lord the shitstorm that occured from that....lol

blachubear August 21 2007, 20:28:08 UTC

Maverick,

This is blachubear's husbear. I'm not sure which Treos use Palm or Windows software. I do know the 700p uses Palm software. It is like the 700w but runs Palm software instead of Windows (e.g. 320x320 display, 64MB RAM, etc)

I have the 700p and my husbear (blachubear) has the 650. I find the 700p be very stable, just like the 650.

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