I've had five cell phones, the first three were given to me by my
employer when they required that I have one, and I got a free
replacement to the last of those when it stopped working on my 2
years from when I got it. Once I went independent, I wasn't planning
to change as the V60i that I had was perfectly adequate, but then my
Palm Vx went belly up and I had spent a month using a GSM phone in
the UK, so I decided to replace Palm and V60i with a GSM capable
phone that could also do email and web, calendar synching. I looked
at everything and decided on the Treo as it was one of the few quad-
band GSM phones available and I liked the software options.
I bought it outright and run a pre-paid, no contract, monthly plan
that fits my usage model very closely. It costs me $40/month to run
it, 80% expensable to my business use as was the phone purchase
itself. I can change providers at any time and can buy a pay as you
go GSM card any time I go traveling out of the USA, so it works world-
wide.
Well worth it to me. I hate carrying multiple little devices that all
need to be synched/charged/maintained on separate schedules, and I
use the communications and other capabilities of the Treo daily.
Godfrey
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