Seth Goodman wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>, on Wed, 10 Jan
> 2007 23:48:52 -0800, SMS wrote:
>
>
>>willbill wrote:
>>
>>
>>>but they currently only appear to offer somewhat "older"
>>>tri-mode phones (AMPS850/CDMA850/CDMA1900). i mean, who
>>>is going to produce an up-to-date tri-mode phone, given
>>>that AMPS is going to take a major downsizing in 11 months?

>>
>>The Motorola V325i is an up to date tri-mode phone.
>>
>>You can use any Verizon phone on PagePlus, you don't have to buy one of
>>the phones they offer. Of course you'll pay a lot for a V325i if you buy
>>one with no contract from Verizon.



> The Inpulse Samsung SCHa870pp appears to be tri-mode (and bluetooth!).


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> $100 at WalMart - which might be more than the OP wishes to spend.



thank you for the suggestion.

i found it (Inpulse Samsung a870) at a local WalMart
for $100, and was able to get it activated
w/pagepluscellular (with 100 "free" minutes), via
an eBay store, for $5

so far so good.

bill



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