Getting POP3 emails using Media Net

I'm thinking about moving from Nextel to Cingular's 3G network. Is it
possible for me to get POP3 mail on a Cingular phone using either the
Samsung A707 or LG CU500 phone? I want to be able to get my comcast
mail and surf the net with a Media Max 200 plan. I do not want to go
with the PDA or smartphone due to the high monthly cost of a data plan.


I got differing advice when I spoke to a rep at the Cingular store and
when i spoke to someone else over the phone at Cingular customer
support. Most don't even know what POP3 is and I seem to get a
different answer every time.

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In article <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm thinking about moving from Nextel to Cingular's 3G network. Is it
> possible for me to get POP3 mail on a Cingular phone using either the
> Samsung A707 or LG CU500 phone? I want to be able to get my comcast
> mail and surf the net with a Media Max 200 plan. I do not want to go
> with the PDA or smartphone due to the high monthly cost of a data plan.
>
>
> I got differing advice when I spoke to a rep at the Cingular store and
> when i spoke to someone else over the phone at Cingular customer
> support. Most don't even know what POP3 is and I seem to get a
> different answer every time.
>


I have the CU500 and it is a great phone. However, I can't seem to get
it to work on my POP3 email. I will discuss this with Cingular in the
next couple of days when I get time.

It is alleged that [email protected] claimed:

> I'm thinking about moving from Nextel to Cingular's 3G network. Is it
> possible for me to get POP3 mail on a Cingular phone using either the
> Samsung A707 or LG CU500 phone? I want to be able to get my comcast
> mail and surf the net with a Media Max 200 plan. I do not want to go
> with the PDA or smartphone due to the high monthly cost of a data plan.

I don't know about those specific phones, but as far as the network
goes, no problem.

You don't need a PDA or smartphone plan with a PDA or smartphone. With
no data plan, it's $0.01/kB which works out to $10/1MB, which is the
same cost as the cheapest MEdia Net package.

The best way to do that route would be to get the device without a data
plan, then add it later, online. However, Cingular's pricing for, say,
the Treo 680 gets you the good price only if you get the PDA Connect
unlimited plan at $40/month.

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On 30 Nov 2006 20:24:37 -0800, [email protected] wrote in
<[email protected]>:

>I'm thinking about moving from Nextel to Cingular's 3G network. Is it
>possible for me to get POP3 mail on a Cingular phone using either the
>Samsung A707 or LG CU500 phone? I want to be able to get my comcast
>mail and surf the net with a Media Max 200 plan. I do not want to go
>with the PDA or smartphone due to the high monthly cost of a data plan.
>
>I got differing advice when I spoke to a rep at the Cingular store and
>when i spoke to someone else over the phone at Cingular customer
>support. Most don't even know what POP3 is and I seem to get a
>different answer every time.

You can get POP3 email with any phone that has an email client with the
necessary support if your email provider permits POP3 access.

I personally use and recommend free Google Mail, which has POP3 access,
a slick WAP interface, and now a downloadable Java (J2ME) email client.

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