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Windows or Palm Based Smart Phone?
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| Pegleg 2007-03-19, 10:33 am |
| I am in the market to purchase a smart phone. My carrier is Verizon.
Pretty much have narrowed it down to a Palm Treo but have to decide
which one...Windows or Palm OS. What are the pros & cons?
Also, are there any problems with having a data card for my laptop and
the smart phone...utilizing the same data plan?
Thanks!
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| Kevin Weaver 2007-03-19, 3:33 pm |
| I think that's something only you can decide.
It's like Microsoft vs Apple.
Try both. I don't like palm myself. But thats me.
Pegleg wrote:
> I am in the market to purchase a smart phone. My carrier is Verizon.
> Pretty much have narrowed it down to a Palm Treo but have to decide
> which one...Windows or Palm OS. What are the pros & cons?
>
> Also, are there any problems with having a data card for my laptop and
> the smart phone...utilizing the same data plan?
>
> Thanks!
>
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| Todd Allcock 2007-03-19, 10:33 pm |
| At 19 Mar 2007 07:59:58 -0700 Pegleg wrote:
> Also, are there any problems with having a data card for my laptop and
> the smart phone...utilizing the same data plan?
Big problem- AFAIK, Verizon won't let you do that!
Verizon gives a discount on the aircard's data plan ($59 instead of $79?)
if you also have a phone on the same account, I believe, but two devices
can't share a single data plan.
It would probably be cheaper to get a data plan for your Treo that allows
you to plug your PC into the Treo and use the phone as a modem. That
eliminates the need for the aircard and a second data plan.
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| Pegleg 2007-03-22, 3:33 pm |
| Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 19 Mar 2007 07:59:58 -0700 Pegleg wrote:
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> Big problem- AFAIK, Verizon won't let you do that!
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> Verizon gives a discount on the aircard's data plan ($59 instead of $79?)
> if you also have a phone on the same account, I believe, but two devices
> can't share a single data plan.
>
> It would probably be cheaper to get a data plan for your Treo that allows
> you to plug your PC into the Treo and use the phone as a modem. That
> eliminates the need for the aircard and a second data plan.
Would that be as fast transferring data?
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| Todd Allcock 2007-03-22, 3:33 pm |
| At 22 Mar 2007 12:02:07 -0700 Pegleg wrote:
> Would that be as fast transferring data?
Depends on the phone. I use GSM EDGE, not CDMA EVDO, so the following
doesn't apply directly (but the concept does.)
GSM data devices come in "classes" each higher class being faster than
lower classes. My MDA (PPC phone) is a "class 10" device, a little
slower than the class 12 aircards, which, IIRC, have a higher uplink
speed but the same downlink speed.
I'm sure the aircard is probably a bit faster, but if unlimited data
through the Treo costs half of what the aircard costs, it might be worth
it.
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| Pegleg 2007-03-23, 4:33 am |
| On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:22:37 -0600, Todd Allcock
< elecconnec@AmericaOn
Line.com> wrote:
>I'm sure the aircard is probably a bit faster, but if unlimited data
>through the Treo costs half of what the aircard costs, it might be worth
>it.
Thanks Todd!
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