Third Time's the Charm

Well, I just signed up again with Sprint (this will be my third time ).

I bought the SERO 500 plan which includes the following:

• 500 anytime adjustable minutes
• Unlimited night and weekend minutes starting at 7 pm
• Unlimited Power Vision (includes Unlimited Web access, Unlimited email and instant messaging - AOL, MSN and Yahoo, and Unlimited Sprint PCS Picture Mail with Video Mail)
• Standard options (voice mail, CF, etc.)
• Unlimited text messaging ($15 per month)

My total price per month should be $45 plus taxes. I purchased the Sprint PPC 6700. I should receive the phone either tomorrow or Friday unless there is a delay.

I will have a full review of the phone and service in the coming weeks.

 

Great! Thanks for the tip Wumpusva. I appreciate it.

 

Thanks Andy. Yes, I am going to keep that line strictly for the M2M calls between my family members, but I will cancel the VCAST and text messaging package on my line. As for the data, this is one of the main reasons that I have the SERO plan. I used to have the Q with Verizon, and $45 a month for data, plus text messaging was around $60 per month with taxes.

Well, I chose the 6700 since this was the only PDA phone available at the time. I received an e-mail that my credit was approved and the phone is out of stock. I called up Sprint since I noticed that the Treo 700p, 700wx, and Q were back on the site. I switched to the Palm Treo 700wx, which is the phone that I really wanted. So now I am very happy.

 

I definitely will. I also will be able to give a coverage report with both Verizon and Sprint since I will be going out to Nebraska with my family towards the second week of July to look for apartments for my sister (since she will be attending UNL for her doctorate in English this fall).

One of my reasons that I chose the Palm Treo 700wx, is because of windows mobile as the OS and I read on Geeks Toolbox that I can install Sirius on my Treo and stream all of the channels to my phone using EVDO.

Andy, do you know if Sprint has a "cap" on their data usage like Verizon does? Or is it trully unlimited?


UPDATE: I should be receiving my Treo 700wx Monday evening.

 

Andy, I don't use AOL Radio, but if it is free like you said, then I will test it out along with my Sirius satellite subscription. I will let you know my results in the next few weeks (including a full review of the service and device). I wish Verizon had data that was trully unlimited. If it was the same price as Sprint charges for data (especially for PDA's), I would pick up a Verizon PDA in a heartbeat.

 

I just noticed over on Howard Forums on the Sprint's SERO site that the voice plans now include unlimited text messaging.

I will be calling Sprint this next week once I receive the phone to verify that it is on my account.

The promotion is as follows:

"**Service Offers: Unlimited text messaging promotion expires 6/30/07."

 

I would have made due, but I am very glad that the Treo 700wx was back up on the SERO site and the 6700 was backordered since the 700wx was my first choice.

I hope the unlimited text is true. This would be the best deal I have ever seen if this is the case. I will be calling Sprint tomorrow (the retentions number according to members on HoFo, and see if I can get it for free since they are advertising it this way. I will let you know the outcome.

I definitely will let you know how I like the device. It is off of the Sprint SERO site as of now. But I think they receive new inventories of their main phones every week or so, but I may be wrong.

 

Well, I just called Sprint and was told that the unlimited text promotion is only free for 1 month only.

Is this true? If not, does anyone know the code in the system to either get it free or at a reduced rate?

Thanks in advance.

 

Well, the feature for unlimited text (In and Out) has been added. I won't be able to check my plan until Monday to see if it is indeed there. I will post an update once I know.

 

Exactly. The women who knew exactly what she was doing told me that I can keep it as long as I don't cancel the feature or change my plan (I assume she means to a non-SERO plan, but I may be wrong).

Andy, will you too be switching to a SERO plan soon?

 

UPDATE:

I just received my Treo 700wx in the mail.

I am charging it now and then I will set up the phone. I will have updates and pictures using the phone within the next week (maybe even this weekend).

 

According to my online usage, the minutes I have been using are F&F.

Here are my plan details:

Sprint Fair & Flexible Plan

• Adjustable Anytime Minutes
• $30 Minimum Monthly Charge
• AMERICA - ROAMING Included
• Nationwide Long Distance Included
• Unlimited Night & Weekend Mins. Included
• Nights: M-Th 7PM-7AM Wknd: F 7PM-M 7AM
• Unlimited Vision Access
• Unlimited Mobile to Mobile
• Caller ID, Call Waiting
• Three-way Calling
• Voicemail

 

The unlimited texts feature on the SERO account is awesome. I just got this feature added as of Saturday, May 19, and it is definitely worth your time on the phone to get this.