I love my 6035

Been futzing with my various gadgets for weeks now trying to find a
non-clumsy collection of pda, phone, walkman.

In a seldom-used drawer on my desk I found an old kyocera 6035 that
I'd stowed after it had stopped working. I located the adapter and
charged it up just for the heck of it. Well, it works just fine. hm.

So I turned off my Sanyo 8100 and had the 6035 re-activated. I've been
using it for almost a week now and it's great. Sure it's a brick. Sure
it only connects at 14.4. But it's a really solid little piece of
hardware that performs the key functions I'm interested in - keeps my
400+ contacts, my calendar, syncs with my PC, has a speakerphone, lets
me check email and websurf, does voice-dialing, has an alarm, and lets
me jot down quick notes. And I think I paid 150 bucks for it
originally.

So now the wife will get my 8100, and I'll wait till a similar phone
comes out for 150 bucks that uses Vision before I chuck the kyo.

BLink
Brian Link in St. Paul
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I have to say that I totally agree with you. I de-activated my 6035 last
summer when I moved to an area without Sprint PCS, but would really like to
activate it again now on Verizon. If only I could find where I wrote down
the MSL for it and Verizon didn't require a contract when using your own
existing phone. I expect I'll end up waiting until one of the newer PDA
phones goes on clearance later this year and just do without until then.

But like you said, the simplicity of syncing it with your pc is the most
important function of a phone for me. When I first got a 6035 that feature
made me totally love that phone and tell everyone I'd never get another
phone that didn't sync my calendar and phone book with Outlook. Plus all the
other features you mentioned. The size is such a minor thing.

Steve

On 3/15/04 11:05 PM, in article [email protected],
"Brian Link" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Been futzing with my various gadgets for weeks now trying to find a
> non-clumsy collection of pda, phone, walkman.
>
> In a seldom-used drawer on my desk I found an old kyocera 6035 that
> I'd stowed after it had stopped working. I located the adapter and
> charged it up just for the heck of it. Well, it works just fine. hm.
>
> So I turned off my Sanyo 8100 and had the 6035 re-activated. I've been
> using it for almost a week now and it's great. Sure it's a brick. Sure
> it only connects at 14.4. But it's a really solid little piece of
> hardware that performs the key functions I'm interested in - keeps my
> 400+ contacts, my calendar, syncs with my PC, has a speakerphone, lets
> me check email and websurf, does voice-dialing, has an alarm, and lets
> me jot down quick notes. And I think I paid 150 bucks for it
> originally.
>
> So now the wife will get my 8100, and I'll wait till a similar phone
> comes out for 150 bucks that uses Vision before I chuck the kyo.
>
> BLink
> Brian Link in St. Paul
> ----------------------
> "Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features,
> doesn't mean that we too can't not die in a freak gasoline fight
> accident."

In article <BC7DF354.3F4F%[email protected]>,
Steve Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have to say that I totally agree with you. I de-activated my 6035 last
> summer when I moved to an area without Sprint PCS, but would really like to
> activate it again now on Verizon. If only I could find where I wrote down
> the MSL for it and Verizon didn't require a contract when using your own
> existing phone.

Call up Sprint to activate it over the phone. They'll read out the MSL
#, you don't enter the Phone #, don't activate it, and BINGO.

I also want to state how much I love my Kyocera 6035. Believe it or not
I think the size is perfact, the weight a little much. I had it on my
Pioneer number for over a year until I added to new numbers with Vision
and N400 phones. Then I realized the 6035 wasn't covered under the
piioneer replacement plan so I reactivated my Denso dbTP on that number
- the 6035 has been sitting in a drawer for close to a year now - though
I did pull it out last week when I smashed my N400 display and though
about activating it again.

I was really looking forward to the 7135, but as mostof us feel, sprint
dropped the ball there when choosing to not offer it and only have the
samsung. The i500 is nice, but without rebates et. I am not going to pay
+$500 for it.

Fwiw, I have not only my phone's MSL, but the software toolkit and the
flash software packages for Verizon should someone wish to buy the whole
enchilada and wish to try and activate it on Verizon. Or use it on SPCS

I also did only pay the $150.... I didn't qualify for any rebates, etc
becuase i used it on an existing number at the time.


Steve Johnson <[email protected]> wrote in
news:BC7DF354.3F4F%[email protected]:

> I have to say that I totally agree with you. I de-activated my 6035
> last summer when I moved to an area without Sprint PCS, but would
> really like to activate it again now on Verizon. If only I could find
> where I wrote down the MSL for it and Verizon didn't require a
> contract when using your own existing phone. I expect I'll end up
> waiting until one of the newer PDA phones goes on clearance later this
> year and just do without until then.
>
> But like you said, the simplicity of syncing it with your pc is the
> most important function of a phone for me. When I first got a 6035
> that feature made me totally love that phone and tell everyone I'd
> never get another phone that didn't sync my calendar and phone book
> with Outlook. Plus all the other features you mentioned. The size is
> such a minor thing.
>
> Steve
>
> On 3/15/04 11:05 PM, in article
> [email protected], "Brian Link"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Been futzing with my various gadgets for weeks now trying to find a
>> non-clumsy collection of pda, phone, walkman.
>>
>> In a seldom-used drawer on my desk I found an old kyocera 6035 that
>> I'd stowed after it had stopped working. I located the adapter and
>> charged it up just for the heck of it. Well, it works just fine. hm.
>>
>> So I turned off my Sanyo 8100 and had the 6035 re-activated. I've
>> been using it for almost a week now and it's great. Sure it's a
>> brick. Sure it only connects at 14.4. But it's a really solid little
>> piece of hardware that performs the key functions I'm interested in -
>> keeps my 400+ contacts, my calendar, syncs with my PC, has a
>> speakerphone, lets me check email and websurf, does voice-dialing,
>> has an alarm, and lets me jot down quick notes. And I think I paid
>> 150 bucks for it originally.
>>
>> So now the wife will get my 8100, and I'll wait till a similar phone
>> comes out for 150 bucks that uses Vision before I chuck the kyo.
>>
>> BLink
>> Brian Link in St. Paul
>> ----------------------
>> "Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features,
>> doesn't mean that we too can't not die in a freak gasoline fight
>> accident."
>

Robert M. <[email protected]> wrote:

>> I have to say that I totally agree with you. I de-activated my 6035 last
>> summer when I moved to an area without Sprint PCS, but would really like to
>> activate it again now on Verizon. If only I could find where I wrote down
>> the MSL for it and Verizon didn't require a contract when using your own
>> existing phone.
>
> Call up Sprint to activate it over the phone. They'll read out the MSL
> #, you don't enter the Phone #, don't activate it, and BINGO.

Are you a *complete* idiot?

If you call Sprint to activate it, they *will* activate it in their computer.

Which means that Steve Johnson starts getting Sprint PCS bills.

And if you are going to tell him that if he starts getting bills, he should
call the Kansas Attorney General, I'll laugh at you. In this *particular* case,
Sprint would have done *exactly* what Steve told them to do. And Steve would
not have a case. He'd be stuck with a bill for at least an activation fee and
a month of service (assuming that he has the forethought to tell them he wants
to go month-to-month. Otherwise he's stuck with an ETF too)

Of course, if you're going to pay Steve's SPCS bill, maybe he won't care.

Talk about irresponsible advice...

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On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:05:45 -0600, Brian Link <[email protected]> wrote:
<snip>
>So now the wife will get my 8100, and I'll wait till a similar phone
>comes out for 150 bucks that uses Vision before I chuck the kyo.

Samsung SPH-i330?
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In article <[email protected]>, Steph <[email protected]_CUT> wrote:
>I also want to state how much I love my Kyocera 6035. Believe it or not
>I think the size is perfact, the weight a little much.

As much as I loved my 6035 (purchased for $80 off ebay), I do love my I500
more.

I was as pissy as the rest of y'all that Sprint chose not to carry the 7135,
but in retrospect, given all the problems that Verizon has had with the
7135 and how wonderful the I500 has been, I have to say the Sprint made the
right decision.

I just hope that Kyocera is not down for the count wrt Palmphones, and
will redouble its efforts to produce a decent new Palmphone model. But its
not looking good...

[email protected] wrote in
news:[email protected]:

What did you pay for the I500? Or was it company dollars?
Thing is, yeah these devices fit our needs (there are some folks that
don't like convergence; in some ways that's me - I don't want a camera
on my phone or pda) -- but I am not going to pay $600 for one.

I bought the 6035 for $150, discounted retail price. No rebates.
I see some of the PDA combos are going for $499 without SPCS kickbacks
in today's paper, but it is too pricey IMHO.
Yes, there are factors like extra sync cables, software, inconvenience,
etc. for carrying to separate devices (PDA and phone), and I could
probably justify a non-subsidized price of $300-$350.

I have been a Sprint customer for almost a decade now, and I am not
going to sign on for a 2 year agreement every time I want to switch
phones. They didn't start with that business model but switched to it a
fw years ago. Eventually they need to realize this will drive customers
to other carriers that don't subsidize the phone purchase.

> In article <[email protected]>, Steph
> <[email protected]_CUT> wrote:
>>I also want to state how much I love my Kyocera 6035. Believe it or
>>not I think the size is perfact, the weight a little much.
>
> As much as I loved my 6035 (purchased for $80 off ebay), I do love my
> I500 more.
>
> I was as pissy as the rest of y'all that Sprint chose not to carry the
> 7135, but in retrospect, given all the problems that Verizon has had
> with the 7135 and how wonderful the I500 has been, I have to say the
> Sprint made the right decision.
>
> I just hope that Kyocera is not down for the count wrt Palmphones, and
> will redouble its efforts to produce a decent new Palmphone model. But
> its not looking good...
>

Steph wrote:

> [email protected] wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> What did you pay for the I500? Or was it company dollars?
> Thing is, yeah these devices fit our needs (there are some folks that
> don't like convergence; in some ways that's me - I don't want a camera
> on my phone or pda) -- but I am not going to pay $600 for one.

As a datapoint, I replaced my 6035 with a Treo 600 from Amazon for $250
after rebates ($200 from Amazon and $150 from Sprint PCS). (And I made
sure to take the replacement insurance from SPCS, since replacement will
cost the full $600 if I break or lose it.)

I'm not sure that you can get the $250 deal right now -- it may be more
like $300. (I checked -- it's now $330.)

And yes, I paid that $250 out of my own pocket.

Also, I was out-of-contract on the 6035 when I did this, and in order to
avoid problems with the Amazon rebate, I didn't try to retain my phone
number. (Very few people have my mobile phone number anyway -- I mostly
use my phone for data service.)

My wife now has my 6035, but we didn't bother buying Wireless Web for
her -- she's just not interested. She's using it on the Pioneer Plan,
simply to replace her old phone and PDA.

In article <[email protected]>, Steph <[email protected]_CUT> wrote:
>[email protected] wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>What did you pay for the I500? Or was it company dollars?
>Thing is, yeah these devices fit our needs (there are some folks that
>don't like convergence; in some ways that's me - I don't want a camera
>on my phone or pda) -- but I am not going to pay $600 for one.

I paid $450 for my I500 at BestBuy, then I convinced Sprint to give me
another $100 credit for new equipment, so end cost was $350.

Originally posted by Steph
Fwiw, I have not only my phone's MSL, but the software toolkit and the flash software packages for Verizon should someone wish to buy the whole enchilada and wish to try and activate it on Verizon. Or use it on SPCS
[/B]

Any chance you could post an ISO of the SDK/Setup disk?
I can't seem to find it anywhere.