| karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net 2007-09-23, 10:33 am |
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The other day, I lost my (going on 2 year old) Sony w600i
(a swivel model, that had started to sometimes turn itself off when
swivled) I called my cell number, and the person that answered
declined to return it "I just bought it" they said.
I went to my local ATT store, and was issued (for free) (after
providing the PIN for my cell number, and showing a Drivers License
for ID) a new SIM, which of course deactivated the old SIM, and made
the lost phone dead and useless. Luckily my account has International
Calling deactivated. The new SIM was put in an old Sony T616 which is
working fine until I get a new phone. That took all of 2 minutes.
Checking my account online no calls seem to have been made with the
lost phone.
I had backed up my address book to my Macintosh (in case I get an
iPhone), so it took just a couple of more minutes to sync the T616 to
my Macintosh and restore my address book.
I called 611 and was able (in exchange for another 2 year committment)
to get a FREE Sony W300i; and its already been shipped from Fort
Worth.
The W300i will use the same car charger and USB cable I already have,
and adding a $20 Memory card my new W300i will allow it to hold 4
times as many songs for its "Walkman" features as the W600i had. Only
downside is the low resolution camera, 0.3 megapixel), but I always
have a Sony W100 - 8 Megapixel camera with me.
Or the W300i might be sold on Ebay and provide $140 towards an iPhone
purchase.
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