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Subject: Re: No T-Mobile support for Treo 650? Or is that backwards?

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Michael Steinberg

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Date Posted: 20:18:02 05/19/05 Thu
In reply to: Bruce Paine 's message, "No T-Mobile support for Treo 650? Or is that backwards?" on 03:48:14 05/02/05 Mon

The carriers decide which phones they will sell/support. There is no short term indication that T-Mobile will sell or support the Treo 650.

That said, if you are willing to purchase an unlocked 650, it should work on T-Mobile. You just won't get any support from them.

>Back in the old days I bought a Palm III which I
>thought was the cat's meow!
>
>when it broke, I tried a Handspring Deluxe, then later
>the Handspring Prism, and not long after that, the
>Handspring Phone Module (boy, those were heady times!).
>
>I switched from a New England Telephone/Nynex
>cellphone to a Nextel speakerphone ($500.00 deposit
>included for persons without good credit!) but later
>to Voicestream when I got my Handspring Phone Module
>(was that fall of 1999?).
>
>I've been a loyal Voicestream/T-Mobile customer since
>then and evolved from the Phone module to the Treo
>270 and then the Treo 600 and though I couldn't
>imagine what I would need a Treo 650 for, it seems to
>becoming quite desireable but in order to use it, I
>will have to either take on an additional phone
>service or pay a penalty to T-mobile to quit my plan
>to switch to Sprint (ugh!) or Cingular.
>
>Whose fault is it that I can't cheaply upgrade to a
>Treo 650 on T-Mobile: T-Mobile, PalmOne, or mine for
>not being affluent enough to make the change?
>
>Thank you, very much.
>
>Bruce Paine

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Re: No T-Mobile support for Treo 650? Or is that backwards?	Tim O'Brien	19:49:15 06/30/05 Thu