PDA/Cell phone question...

I'll answer a few of those questions. Take a look at the Treo 650- currently available for Sprint only but GSM version coming (sometime). A ton of info can be found on Palms web site as well as www.treocentral.com . It has all of the features you mentioned. You can check your email via an included program called Versamail (exchange,pop, IMAP etc) . Full web access is available as well.

 

Cingular should be selling the new Motorola Smartphone I would suggest that one, as for the treo 650, it has a few reported glitches:

Treo 650 glitches

I hope they are worked out before other carriers launch the phone next year.

 

My boss has a PDA/phone...they seem so clunky to me...I know it's because it's a PDA, but I like the feel of my streamlined cell phone.

Also, there was one day where his phone was on the fritz, he had to have it serviced and it resulted in him not having his PDA for 2 days! I think that the more that a piece of technology can do, the more potential that can go wrong with it. It was like the VCR/TV models. If the VCR went out, you had no TV until the VCR was fixed.

Just my 2 cents worth, but I think having the PDA separate from the phone isn't necessarily a bad thing...

 

There are a disproportionate # of techno-geeks that magnify the problems with the Treo 650 into huge problems (like many things on the internet in my opinion). It works fine as is for most users in my opinion. In fact, a co-worker of mine bought one after she saw mine and was just telling me today how amazed she is with it's capabilities.

 

I swear, where do you get all this money to buy all these phones and services?? LOL

There are people who will put expensive equipment including PDA's on some homeowner's or rental insurance packages they own. However, usually they cannot claim the item unless it was damaged by fire, flood, or unless it was stolen during a robbery. I would advise doing that. The deductible could be high and your rates may go up with each claim.

If you already have VZW, check out the TREO 600 or PPC-6600. Some VZW users already claim they got the PPC-6600 although I'm not sure where from. You can get mobile phone insurance on those.