Help me buy first ever PPC Phone?

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me@privacy.net - 27 Feb 2007 21:56 GMT

I just started service with a local cell phone provider
that has an unlocked GSM service...... meaning I can
buy any unlocked GSM phone and pop their SIM card in it
and they are OK with that.

Here is link to the service and phones they offer

http://www.simmetrypcs.com/content/phones_and_accessories/index.php

Anyway...... I'm thinking of springing for a PPC phone
edition device

I suppose Ipaq or similar

What do you guys feel is the best "value" in a PPC
phone right now...model and brand?

And...what as well in a smart phone that is windows
mobile based?

maybe something I can even buy off ebay to save some
dollars?

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Todd Allcock - 28 Feb 2007 06:10 GMT

> Anyway...... I'm thinking of springing for a PPC phone
> edition device
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> What do you guys feel is the best "value" in a PPC
> phone right now...model and brand?

Tough one. They're much cheaper when you purchase them from the carrier
with a contract. What made you select this carrier?

I couldn't find any prices for data on the website- one of the powerful
draws to using a PPC phone, at least to me, is access to e-mail and data
virtually wherever I am. If that's priced out of site, the attraction of
a PPC or smartphone is lessened.

> And...what as well in a smart phone that is windows
> mobile based?
>
> maybe something I can even buy off ebay to save some
> dollars?

Staying on the cheap, "last year's models" would save a bit compared to
newer models- the HP 63xx, or the Motorola MPX200, but still not as much
as buying subsidized models from a carrier.

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me@privacy.net - 28 Feb 2007 15:50 GMT

> What made you select this carrier?

Cause they have a super cheap monthly unlimited phone
service package called "Teen talk". See link

http://www.simmetrypcs.com/content/service_plans/teentalk_plan.php

Basically I pay $30 a month for UNLIMITED talk time as
long as its in the region....which I am in 99 percent
of the time. he region basically covers radius of say
100 mile around me.

Now once outside that region I do pay per minute
charge.... but as long as I am IN the region its like
having a wired phone in the sense you pay a flat fee
for unlimited use 24/7

I'm a full time student right now with no income. my
thoughts were to buy the Pocket PC phone and only use
the phone portion for now.....and could use the wifi
capability of the PP when in hotspot....of which there
are several

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me@privacy.net - 28 Feb 2007 15:54 GMT

>I couldn't find any prices for data on the website- one of the powerful
>draws to using a PPC phone, at least to me, is access to e-mail and data
>virtually wherever I am. If that's priced out of site, the attraction of
>a PPC or smartphone is lessened.

Understood

But I was NOT going to get data service just yet.....
only use voice phone service with the device. And use
wifi hotspots for data

But when I get back to work this summer...could buy
data service as well as phone service

Make sense?

Trying to be cheap here....

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me@privacy.net - 28 Feb 2007 16:05 GMT

>Staying on the cheap, "last year's models" would save a bit compared to
>newer models- the HP 63xx, or the Motorola MPX200, but still not as much
>as buying subsidized models from a carrier.

This company doesn't have any offering in windows
mobile.....all they have that would be subsidized is
Treo 680

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Todd Allcock - 28 Feb 2007 17:39 GMT

> This company doesn't have any offering in windows
> mobile.....all they have that would be subsidized is
> Treo 680

Well, staying on the cheap, check out TigerDirect.com- they often have
unlocked closeouts- they had a few Smartphones (no touchscreen) around
$100 a few weeks ago, like the MPX200 and the Sierra Vox. I think they
were 1900MHz only, so check with your carrier if a 1900-only phone is
permissible or if you also need 800. Older cheaper models of WinMo
phones generally don't have Wi-Fi- that's been a recent phenomenon. You
might check eBay for used T-Mo MDAs or Cingular 8125s (same phone- they
are rebrandings of the "HTC Wizard." I use it and like it quite a bit.)
It can be unlocked with info at xda-developers.com. I bought it because
it was the most resonably priced PPC phone with 800/1900MHz, Wi-Fi and
EDGE (2.5G) data.

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me@privacy.net - 28 Feb 2007 19:31 GMT

>Well, staying on the cheap, check out TigerDirect.com- they often have
>unlocked closeouts- they had a few Smartphones (no touchscreen) around
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>it was the most resonably priced PPC phone with 800/1900MHz, Wi-Fi and
>EDGE (2.5G) data.

Thanks Todd.... you've been a big help!

Like I said I'm trying to really do this on the
cheap.... i.e. just move to a PPC cell phone but only
use the voice side of things for now. That way I can
still use it as a PDA and hopefully wifi hotspots

And.....still have option to turn on data service when
I get back to work at some point

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