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

Anyone know? They did the one, and haven't done one since. And I
happen to *like* PalmOS phones.

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On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 04:05:33 +0000 (UTC), "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.

For starters, the Palm OS is in a very shaky position right now.
Secondly, the last one they *DID* offer, the Treo 600, was a piece of
junk. I had two die on me within a year, and TM got several other
complaints, which led to the phone being pulled and the 650 never
being offered on the subsidized lineup.

I too like Palm phones, mainly because their browser is better,
although the latest Blackberries have much better browsers than my
7290.

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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.

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In article <p5vi63tpj0udnln6fnkpngrp26uut6089q@4ax.com>,
Cyrus Afzali <pnsmnyv@lnubb.pbz> wrote:
>On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 04:05:33 +0000 (UTC), "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.
>
>For starters, the Palm OS is in a very shaky position right now.
>Secondly, the last one they *DID* offer, the Treo 600, was a piece of
>junk. I had two die on me within a year, and TM got several other
>complaints, which led to the phone being pulled and the 650 never
>being offered on the subsidized lineup.
>
>I too like Palm phones, mainly because their browser is better,
>although the latest Blackberries have much better browsers than my
>7290.
>
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>


There are numerous postings on howardforums, phonescoop, among other
sites, where people have said they had to replace their units multiple
times. If a device has that many problems, if I were a dealer/carrier, I
wouldn't want to carry it, either!

Scott

On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:32:01 -0600, DevilsPGD
<spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net> 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.

Not quarrelling with your advice to Evan, because he's obviously just
jonesing for one and in that case, that's what he should do.

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.

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On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:06:22 -0400, Cyrus Afzali 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.

It's Palm OS 5.x (garnet, I think)

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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.

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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?

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.

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

Thanks.. thought about it.. would rather ask here if anyone had any
other insights on it.. obviously you don't.. thanks for playing.

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Cyrus Afzali wrote:

> For starters, the Palm OS is in a very shaky position right now.
> Secondly, the last one they DID offer, the Treo 600, was a piece of
> junk. I had two die on me within a year, and TM got several other
> complaints, which led to the phone being pulled and the 650 never
> being offered on the subsidized lineup.
>

Yea I've heard this stuff before.. was wondering if anyone else had.
Thanks for confirming.

> I too like Palm phones, mainly because their browser is better,
> although the latest Blackberries have much better browsers than my
> 7290.

Well, perhaps the BBerry 8800 will be what I look at, then.

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