[Cialug] OT: Treos & other smartphones

James Shoemaker james at dhlake.com
Tue Jan 3 15:36:13 CST 2006


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Stuart Thiessen wrote:
> I have heard rumors about other Linux-based PDAs and smartphones. Do any
> of you know about those or they aren't ready for primetime yet?
> 
> I have a 600 myself, but I'd rather find something that was a little
> less expensive in terms of fees. However, I'm finding that the monthly
> fees seem to be about the same except for the Sidekick which tends to
> run about 29.99 for data-only versus about $60+ from Sprint for
> data+voice. Being deaf, who needs voice anyhow?  ;)

	You should be able to get by on sprint for around $39/month ($29.99 for
the 200 minute voice plan+$10/month for vision).  Data doesn't use
minutes with the treo 650.
	Or use the $40 data only plan, but then you have a 40Mb/month limit.

James
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