Palm finally announced the Treo 700p on Monday. Damn the cellphone industry takes *so* long to come out with new models. I just don't understand. This would have been a killer phone 8 months ago.
Sprint says they'll have it by the end of this month. I might have to get it because my habit of always waiting for the next thing is getting sort of annoying. On the other hand, the Nokia N93 will probably only be 1 month out at that point, so I might not be able to help myself.
The problem with the 700p is that besides the EV-DO (which, to be fair, completely rocks) it isn't really any better than the 650 which I could have bought like a year ago. So it kind of makes me feel like I waited for nothing. And strangely, this makes me want to not buy it and wait even longer.
Sprint was supposed to have it first, but Verizon announced it this morning beating them to the punch. But it's $499 with a 2 year contract (Sprint is supposed to be $399.) And the cheapest plan starts at $80/month for only 450 minutes of talk time (but "unlimited"* EV-DO data.)
* where "unlimited" means a lot but not too much and we won't tell you where the line is we'll just cancel your account if we feel like it. But really, we're all about the consumer!
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Sprint says they'll have it by the end of this month. I might have to get it because my habit of always waiting for the next thing is getting sort of annoying. On the other hand, the Nokia N93 will probably only be 1 month out at that point, so I might not be able to help myself.
The problem with the 700p is that besides the EV-DO (which, to be fair, completely rocks) it isn't really any better than the 650 which I could have bought like a year ago. So it kind of makes me feel like I waited for nothing. And strangely, this makes me want to not buy it and wait even longer.
- jim 5-17-2006 7:10 pm
Sprint was supposed to have it first, but Verizon announced it this morning beating them to the punch. But it's $499 with a 2 year contract (Sprint is supposed to be $399.) And the cheapest plan starts at $80/month for only 450 minutes of talk time (but "unlimited"* EV-DO data.)
* where "unlimited" means a lot but not too much and we won't tell you where the line is we'll just cancel your account if we feel like it. But really, we're all about the consumer!
- jim 5-22-2006 5:59 pm