Yupper, I've got myself psyched for that. Basically, restore the Palm
.dat files, then set about reinstalling everything else.
Even without the differences factor, doing an upgrade this way is a
good way to clear out any installation errors that might have crept in
through my fingers in the past couple years (Bought the 650 in Feb 05).
Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
> Hello, J Messeder.
>
> On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:23:55 -0400 you said:
>
>
>> For reasons mentioned in another rant, I'm thinking of buying the
>> unbranded/unlocked version from Palm. I travel out of the country some,
>> so having the unlocked version would be a good thing (my 650 is unlocked).
>> Has anyone experienced any problems activating the Palm 680 on the
>> Cingular system? It seems I should just poke my 650's SIM in it and turn
>> it on. True?
>>
>
> Yes, it is that simple. It was the easiest phone upgrade I've ever
> done. Well, it's that simple as far as the phone service goes. For
> the Palm upgrade bit...
>
> There are enough differences between the 650 and 680 that you must not
> transfer your data over via the "hard reset" method of simply plugging
> it in and doing a restore-sync. The instructions will be included in
> the box.
>
>
>> Or does Cingular discover I've upgraded my phone and start charging
>> me for the privilege.
>>
>
> I +told+ Cingular I got a new phone. They didn't care.
>
>
--
/The erasure of a human subspecies is largely painless -- to us -- if we
know little enough about it. A dead Chinaman is of little import to us
whose awareness of things Chinese is bounded by an occasional dish of
chow mein. We grieve only for what we know./
A Sand County Almanac, /Aldo Leopold, July 1949/
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