Cingular - need internet device

I am a current Cingular customer and am interested in getting a new
phone/device that is internet enabled. What are my options? Blackberry?
Palm? Will these devices connect to the internet as long as I am
getting a Cingular signal (not roaming)? I would be using the device
for phone and internet access in rural areas. I can currently connect
to the internet in these areas with my LG phone, but I need more screen
and keyboard. Thanks in advance.

On 24 Aug 2006 07:05:58 -0700, aintproud@yahoo.com wrote in
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>I am a current Cingular customer and am interested in getting a new
>phone/device that is internet enabled. What are my options? Blackberry?
>Palm? Will these devices connect to the internet as long as I am
>getting a Cingular signal (not roaming)? I would be using the device
>for phone and internet access in rural areas. I can currently connect
>to the internet in these areas with my LG phone, but I need more screen
>and keyboard. Thanks in advance.

http://cingular.com shows the currently available devices.

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It is alleged that aintproud@yahoo.com claimed:

> I am a current Cingular customer and am interested in getting a new
> phone/device that is internet enabled. What are my options? Blackberry?
> Palm? Will these devices connect to the internet as long as I am
> getting a Cingular signal (not roaming)? I would be using the device

I love my Treo. I've never used a Blackberry, but I'm given to
understand that as far as online stuff goes, if you want more than
email, don't bother.

My Treo can do data wherever I have a data capable signal, I don't
think roaming has anything to do with it.

> for phone and internet access in rural areas. I can currently connect
> to the internet in these areas with my LG phone, but I need more screen
> and keyboard. Thanks in advance.

If your current phone can get a GPRS or EDGE signal, then so will the
Treo (or Blackberry). Being in a rural area does not effect this,
tower placement does.

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Have a look at the Cingular 8125, it's the best phone/pda they offer.

aintproud@yahoo.com wrote:
> I am a current Cingular customer and am interested in getting a new
> phone/device that is internet enabled. What are my options? Blackberry?
> Palm? Will these devices connect to the internet as long as I am
> getting a Cingular signal (not roaming)? I would be using the device
> for phone and internet access in rural areas. I can currently connect
> to the internet in these areas with my LG phone, but I need more screen
> and keyboard. Thanks in advance.

Hi there from Adam in NYC.

Just got a intersting combo for my uses. I had a Treo 650 but it turned
out to be a hardware lemon. I went to the Cingular site and got me a
Motorola L2 and received shipment of a Nokia 770. You might want to
see the website:

http://www.nokiausa.com/770?kwc=KNC-...+%22&HBX_OU=50

The L2 is Bluetooth capable and it is a fine phone. The Nokia 770 is a
fine WiFi and Bluetooth tablet that goes for cheap (369 for Nokia, got
one on eBay for $300). Together you can surf and roam as you please.

Adam

Jeremy.Deats@gmail.com wrote:
> Have a look at the Cingular 8125, it's the best phone/pda they offer.
>
> aintproud@yahoo.com wrote:
> > I am a current Cingular customer and am interested in getting a new
> > phone/device that is internet enabled. What are my options? Blackberry?
> > Palm? Will these devices connect to the internet as long as I am
> > getting a Cingular signal (not roaming)? I would be using the device
> > for phone and internet access in rural areas. I can currently connect
> > to the internet in these areas with my LG phone, but I need more screen
> > and keyboard. Thanks in advance.

<adam.vazquez@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1156841152.053596.222270@m73g2000cwd.googlegr oups.com...
> Hi there from Adam in NYC.
>
> The Nokia 770 is a
> fine WiFi and Bluetooth tablet that goes for cheap (369 for Nokia, got
> one on eBay for $300). Together you can surf and roam as you please.

I used the 770 for a half hour. It may be the worst device Nokia ever
designed. I can't imagine engineers talking a VP into producing that.

To start with it makes a brick look portable. They tried to cram a PC into a
paper back sized block, but cut costs, probably from cost over-runs, by
using a Linux OS. The average cellular user is overwhelmed by a Razr, much
less Unix.

Wi-Fi may be many, but it isn't ubiquitous like cellular. You could grow old
trying to surf via tethering. A large aircraft company has chosen Wi-Fi as
their first 'mobility platform'. I can imagine the engineers, once connected
into Starbucks, will stay there to utilize the expense account and waste
hours. The rest of us have productivity to pursue.

Claims of displaying an entire web page is true, but it's only readable by a
fire ant. You can zoom, which decreases readability like opening too many
web pages at once. I'd like to say it's a good first cut by engineering, but
I don't think 2nd cut will happen.

I really wanted that to be a portable alternative to tablet PCs or steroid
PDAs, but Nokia blew it. The reason you got it so cheap is it's a fire sale,
in my opinion. New notebooks are down to $400. Better displays for cell
phones are coming. The cellular networks continue to upgrade. Better
alternatives will show up by end of year.