Why the heck doesn't T-Mo do PalmOS devices?

DevilsPGD wrote:

> In message <f4akid$ar2$1@registered.motzarella.org> "evadnikufesin"
> <evadnikufesin@gmail.invalidcom.domain> wrote:
>
> > Anyone know? They did the one, and haven't done one since. And I
> > happen to like PalmOS phones.
>
> Buy one, put your SIM in, get on with life.

Actually I just read your other posts.. you do know something about
it.. I take that back... Sorry.

Tell me... how does the phone work with T-Mo as far as the browser,
WAP, etc? I'm assuming that MyFaves isn't a topic for discussion...
And it looks like the 680 is probably my only choice.

Anything I should know as compared to the subsidized phones? I might
just go ahead and order one.

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"We are living in a gelded age..." -Savage

In message <ek2k635oc8i61am584tbcoml3p364b2gmp@4ax.com> Jack Hamilton
<jfh@acm.org> wrote:

>DevilsPGD <spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> wrote:
>
>>In message <sn9j63ljn5saq2gsjrkko7oshgjqjkl5va@4ax.com> Cyrus Afzali
>><pnsmnyv@lnubb.pbz> wrote:
>>
>>>That said, for a GSM user, which I assume he is given that he's
>>>writing in this forum, the 750 or the 680 are the newest things out
>>>there for us. Both are only available subsidized from Cingular, but
>>>are only about $400 direct from Palm. I believe the 750 is Windows
>>>Mobile, not sure about the 680.
>>
>>680 is PalmOS Garnet v.5.4.9, and as a result, it sits in my pocket.
>>When I'm in the US, it carries a T-Mobile SIM, when I'm elsewhere it
>>carries an appropriate local SIM.
>
>Can you run all Palm applications on the Treos, or are they restricted
>in some way?

It's a full Palm, no restrictions at all, other then the lack of a
Graffiti pad (which isn't really an issue, although I did run into a
couple apps I liked that needed a special graffiti stroke to initiate
them. They have since added alternate ways of launching)

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If quitters never win, and winners never quit,
what fool came up with, "Quit while you're ahead"?

On 2007-06-09, evadnikufesin <evadnikufesin@gmail.invalidcom.domain> wrote:

> No faves support.. no t-mo-specific features when buying one and
> putting a SIM in. No.. well.. lots of "nos"...

Faves isn't useful for some people. I imagine maybe quite a few. My wife and
I are on that list. :) I'll keep my M2M, thanks. What other T-Mo-specific
features are missing?

Steve Sobol wrote:

> On 2007-06-09, evadnikufesin <evadnikufesin@gmail.invalidcom.domain>
> wrote:
>
> > No faves support.. no t-mo-specific features when buying one and
> > putting a SIM in. No.. well.. lots of "nos"...
>
> Faves isn't useful for some people. I imagine maybe quite a few. My
> wife and I are on that list. :) I'll keep my M2M, thanks. What other
> T-Mo-specific features are missing?

Actually.. T-Mo has sold a *lot* of phones because of Faves..
personally I like it and I use it.

--
"We are living in a gelded age..." -Savage

On 2007-06-09, evadnikufesin <evadnikufesin@gmail.invalidcom.domain> wrote:

>> Faves isn't useful for some people. I imagine maybe quite a few. My
>> wife and I are on that list. :) I'll keep my M2M, thanks. What other
>> T-Mo-specific features are missing?
>
> Actually.. T-Mo has sold a *lot* of phones because of Faves..
> personally I like it and I use it.


Well, I'd have to extend my contract. And buy a new phone.

My wife wants the Nokia MP3 slider phone and I'm getting it for her as an
anniversary present, so I'll have to buy a new phone and extend my contract
anyhow.

But then we lose our M2M. That would be extremely expensive for us.

In message <f4d2ta$lhr$1@registered.motzarella.org> "evadnikufesin"
<evadnikufesin@gmail.invalidcom.domain> wrote:

>DevilsPGD wrote:
>
>> In message <f4akid$ar2$1@registered.motzarella.org> "evadnikufesin"
>> <evadnikufesin@gmail.invalidcom.domain> wrote:
>>
>> > Anyone know? They did the one, and haven't done one since. And I
>> > happen to like PalmOS phones.
>>
>> Buy one, put your SIM in, get on with life.
>
>Actually I just read your other posts.. you do know something about
>it.. I take that back... Sorry.

No worries, I was being snippy (at best)

>Tell me... how does the phone work with T-Mo as far as the browser,
>WAP, etc? I'm assuming that MyFaves isn't a topic for discussion...
>And it looks like the 680 is probably my only choice.

I use a unlocked 680 when roaming in the US, the browser and other
features appear to work, although I've never tried to access T-Zones.

I am on prepaid, so I don't have access to MyFaves -- I can't fathom why
this requires a "feature" on the phone, but if that's how T-Mobile set
it up, you probably can't do much about it.

Until about a month ago, prepaid had full internet access, so I can
confirm that internet did work.

--
If quitters never win, and winners never quit,
what fool came up with, "Quit while you're ahead"?

Steve Sobol wrote:

> But then we lose our M2M. That would be extremely expensive for us.

That's odd... I thought that T-Mobile re-allowed M2M with Faves (as a
pay-for option, that is).

--
"We are living in a gelded age..." -Savage

At 09 Jun 2007 07:58:37 +0000 evadnikufesin wrote:

> Actually.. T-Mo has sold a *lot* of phones because of Faves..
> personally I like it and I use it.

I use it too, but only because they had the $59 MyFaves Family plan promo
awhile back. 90% of my "Fave" calling is to other T-Mo customers, so M2M
would work just as well for me.

At 09 Jun 2007 21:50:55 -0600 DevilsPGD wrote:


> I am on prepaid, so I don't have access to MyFaves -- I can't fathom why
> this requires a "feature" on the phone, but if that's how T-Mobile set
> it up, you probably can't do much about it.


I have a MyFaves plan without a MyFaves phone (T-Mobile MDA.)

T-Mo's requirement of a MyFaves phone to use the plan is just a business
decision (not a technological requirement in any way) and although silly,
it's their game and their rules. I snuck around it by buying a
MyFaves phone and MyFaves family plan for my wife and adding my existing
line to that account, using my existing non-MyFaves phone.

You can manage the MyFaves contacts from a PC or the phone's WAP browser
so it's not a problem using the plan without a MF phone.

On 2007-06-10, evadnikufesin <evadnikufesin@gmail.invalidcom.domain> wrote:
> Steve Sobol wrote:
>
>> But then we lose our M2M. That would be extremely expensive for us.
>
> That's odd... I thought that T-Mobile re-allowed M2M with Faves (as a
> pay-for option, that is).

They might. I hadn't heard about that.