Re: Sprint phone needed to perform "pervasive" computing

 > also have a wireless Sprint PCS
> card for my laptop (Novatel), and get speeds between 100-120K anywhere!


Define "anywhere"


Shannon O'Donnell


----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Galgano" <cgalgano2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 12:14 PM
Subject: RE: Sprint phone needed to perform "pervasive" computing


> I also have a Treo300 with TN5250, IM, email, text messaging, etc.  It is
a
> very good little unit and can be had for about $250 on ebay (new), and
less
> used.  If possible, keep your eyes open for the Treo600 to be released in
> Late Sept/Oct.  (check out www.handspring.com).  The 600 is an even nicer
> phone, and will address some of the 300's problems, mainly battery life.
> BTW, Sprint's data network is awesome.  I also have a wireless Sprint PCS
> card for my laptop (Novatel), and get speeds between 100-120K anywhere!
> cjg
>
> Carl J. Galgano
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jones, John (US)
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 12:19 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: Sprint phone needed to perform "pervasive" computing
>
>
> You're doing the same thing I did a few months ago.  I went from 2 phones
> (me + wife) to a company-paid phone for me + wife gets her own.
>
> I'm using the Handspring Treo 300:
>
> - Palm OS w/ 16MB
> - Mochasoft TN5250
> - Blazer web browser
> - Color
> - Sprint BizConn for MS Outlook integration (near-real-time email)
> - Email/messages to yournameandsomenumber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> - Unlimited data
>
> It was great being in a class a couple of weeks ago and staying caught up
on
> emails during the breaks.  The phone is smaller than the Palm IIIx it
> replaced (let alone the accompanying old cel phone).  Battery life is OK.
> The keyboard is easy to get used to.  Lots of good phone features like
speed
> dials and integration with the Palm address book (and thus with Outlook
> Contacts when synched).  As a phone I can start typing a number or a name
> and it does a process of elimination to find it in the address book.  Or,
if
> reading anything on screen, if there's a phone number there you can dial
it
> without hitting the phone button & retyping in the #.  Mochasoft for Palm
is
> decent, although I can't recommend it if you want large text; text on a
PDA
> screen is tiny even with a scrolling view.
>
> The big downside is it's a single mode phone; no analog fallback.  So it
> might not work everywhere.  If you can hold a couple of months the Treo
600
> would be a better phone (expandable, multi-mode, faster CPU, less filling,
> tastes great).  Also, BizConn is very much a 1.0 product in that it
doesn't
> always connect (but does mostly) and doesn't offer support for anything
> other than inbox, outbox, sent, deleted, and drafts.
>
>
> My wife wanted a basic phone and got a Samsung SCH-A460.  $129 but there's
> usually at least $80 worth of rebates on it.
>
> - John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rob@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 10:45 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Sprint phone needed to perform "pervasive" computing
>
>
> I will be switching my cell phone from Centennial to Sprint.
>
> What phone do you recommend I get?
> Requirements:
> - Place and receive phone calls.
> - Be able to handle monitors from iSeries Navigator
> Yes, work is picking up the tab.  However I don't want to break the bank.
> (Two more layoffs in the department this week.)
>
> ps:  My wife will also be moving to Sprint.  That one I'll be paying for.
> All she needs is to be able to place/receive calls.
>
> Rob Berendt
> --
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> Benjamin Franklin
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