At my Cingular store, I could have any color 680 I wanted, as long as it
was red. The camera was mandatory, and a good deal, the sales folk
informed me. And the rebates in large print were followed by
exceptionally small print that said I couldn't have them.
So I bout an Arctic-colored device, with a camera, from Palm. And I
may be about to learn whether Palm's support is as good as it was when
PDAs were all they sold.
Roger Prokic wrote:
> I'd also love to have a copper Treo 680... But with no camera. Cingular
> only had the graphite color.
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> Roger Prokic
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> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:31:04 -0500 "Richard E Johnson, MD"
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>> On Apr 11, 2007, at 12:53 PM, J Messeder wrote:
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>>> Why, for instance, can Palm not sell
>>> unlocked Copper and Red 680s after Feb. 15. You want a pretty Copper
>>> case, you gotta buy from Cingular.
>>>
>> Interesting comment. I just bought a Treo 680 after a series of Palm
>> handhelds died [IIIc->m515->Zire 31->Zire 72s] (loved them but they
>> died, in my view, unexpectedly early/untimely deaths from un-
>> repairable crashes of unknown origin). In any event, I did a lot of
>> research not only on CDMA vs. GSM, but memory, functions, etc. I
>> wound up wanting a copper-cased Treo 680, but the only way I could
>> get one in that color was to buy it directly from Palm and then pick
>> up a Cingular package, but that would have a) given me far less
>> discount than buying it from Cingular, and b) Cingular claimed they
>> would not support any problems with the physical 680 unit, for which
>> i would have to contact (and then possibly ship to/from) Palm.
>> However, Cingular had some deal with Palm whereby they could only buy
>> the standard/silver colored units from Palm to supply to their
>> customers. Thus, I either spent a lot more money (less discounts with
>> the Treo/service package) or settled for a silver Treo. Now, my wife
>> and I are both copper enthusiasts, and would make every metal surface
>> in our house copper if possible, but it wasn't worth the money or
>> aggravation. I wish I could have found a Cingular dealer (online or
>> local store = same problem) that HAD a copper Treo 680 2 months ago!!!!
>> Thanks,
>> Dick Johnson
>>
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>> Richard E Johnson, ScM, MD, DABA
>> Palm/Treo 680
>> Mac G4, iBook G3, PowerBook G4
>> Lawton, OK 73505 USA
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