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Old 02-25-2006, 10:18 AM
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ive got a couple year old toshiba ive almost never used (it ran haltech software once, yay)
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Old 02-25-2006, 04:10 PM
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First of all, those free phones on ebay are with



1. NEW ACTIVATIONS , meaning new phone number, new account, and NO you can't keep your existing number.



2. 1/2 of the time they are scams or have rebates that are impossible to get with retarted time windows that you have to send the rebate form in (for example 4 months after activation but not anything past 6 months)





PDA phones honestly are extremely quirky and tend to break a lot of times. I have a iPAQ 6515 with cingular and i HATe the POS. It gets a day battery life if im lucky.





If your sticking with a Verizon PDA phone and you currently are in contract, you are going to spend about 300 - 500 dollars off ebay for a no contract Verizon PDA. If you can warrent that price, then get the samsung, which BTW is a very good reliable company.
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Old 02-27-2006, 01:09 AM
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yeah if you are getting a phone on ebay, i dont think verizon uses sim cards do they? with cingular you can just unlock the phone and throw your sim card in and your set.
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Old 02-27-2006, 08:38 AM
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I won't be getting one off e-bay, I realized that I REALLY need insurance (I've replaced my current phone twice in the last several months), and I can't insure a used phone.



I'll be buying new from Verizon. I'll be comparing the Treo 650, BlackBerry 7250, and BlackBerry 7130e, as they're priced the same, and anything else costs too much.
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Old 02-27-2006, 04:37 PM
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don't get the treo 700 if u like a phone that works
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Old 02-28-2006, 08:26 AM
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did he list that?
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Old 02-28-2006, 12:57 PM
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Bah, not gonna happen. I'm not eligible for upgrading my phone until some time in 2007, so if I did, I'd have to pay full retail price ($500-$600).
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Old 02-28-2006, 02:25 PM
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yeah i got stuck on that **** paid 200 for my nokia because of the contract. If i renewed for another 6 months or something would have been 90
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