Cellular techie help
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Cellular techie help
I am considering a cellular PDA. This will help me a "whole bunch" if it works. Help me make a decision. Which and why. I am already paying a ton for service.
Do they link up to your computer with the little effort they claim? Should I just stick to my mini cassette recorder?
I have e-mail on my cell now which rarely works, takes too much time if it decides to work and I can log onto my PC wherever I have dsl.
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Do they link up to your computer with the little effort they claim? Should I just stick to my mini cassette recorder?
I have e-mail on my cell now which rarely works, takes too much time if it decides to work and I can log onto my PC wherever I have dsl.
Help, Lost in the ATL.
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I had a kyocera smartphone with VZW in 01-02 it was ok, had a small learning curve (writing with a plastic stick) it connected to the computer fine, but I didnt connect it very often and never emailed with it
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My wife got a Palm Treo 700 back in January. It sync's just like any other Palm Pilot. It charges from either a 110 plug, 12 volt car charger, or USB port. It surfs the web (ultra slow and ultra small). She has email on it, but I don't know if she uses it all that much. There's a camera phone in it, but she hasn't figured out how to email pictures with it yet. There's an MP3 player, it takes a 1 gig SD card for extra storage, uh, what else. The MP3 quality is better on the speaker phone believe it or not. The little hands free has 2 earphones, but they suck. It's also Bluetooth capapble, but she doesn't have a headset.
When my wife was trading her cell for her PDA, I was actually considering doing the same, but for the Motorola PDA instead. I decided to keep the V262 I have, since I don't need to take pictures or send email from my toolbox. I need a phone to do a phone's job, not a camera or computer's job. And our first bill right off the bat cost us $100 more per month. I have since changed some options around to our plan, and now our bill is right around $100 per month. A far cry from the $30 bill for just the single phone for me.
Something else to consider, your PDA phone won't work in Mexico, just like my V262 won't work in Mexico either.
When my wife was trading her cell for her PDA, I was actually considering doing the same, but for the Motorola PDA instead. I decided to keep the V262 I have, since I don't need to take pictures or send email from my toolbox. I need a phone to do a phone's job, not a camera or computer's job. And our first bill right off the bat cost us $100 more per month. I have since changed some options around to our plan, and now our bill is right around $100 per month. A far cry from the $30 bill for just the single phone for me.
Something else to consider, your PDA phone won't work in Mexico, just like my V262 won't work in Mexico either.
Last edited by bigrigfixer; Jun 5, 2007 at 05:26 PM.
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I've had the Motorola Q for about a year now and have been really happy with it.
I have a couple friends with the Samsung Blackjack that like it also.
Who is your sercive provider? Do you use Outlook or Exchange for email? You mentioned mini tape recorder, do you make a lot of voice notes for yourself?
I have a couple friends with the Samsung Blackjack that like it also.
Who is your sercive provider? Do you use Outlook or Exchange for email? You mentioned mini tape recorder, do you make a lot of voice notes for yourself?
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