That sounds like a Cingular store, all right. Had you omitted Cingular, with that description, I still could've told you which carrier it was. I tell you, if the girl at the Cingular store wasn't so dang cute...
...... Original Message ....... On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:04:05 -0400 J Messeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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. >> --- >> Roger Prokic >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] *NEW* >> Moderator of Palm_Treo_680 Yahoo group >> Baltimore, Maryland USA >> >> -=[ This email was sent from a Palm Treo 680 palm computer using >> SnapperMail Enterprise Edition v2.3.7.01 ]=- >> >> _ >> ( ) The ASCII ribbon campaign >> X against HTML e-mail >> / \ >> >> >> ...... Original Message ....... >> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:31:04 -0500 "Richard E Johnson, MD" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On Apr 11, 2007, at 12:53 PM, J Messeder wrote: >>> >>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------ >>> Richard E Johnson, ScM, MD, DABA >>> Palm/Treo 680 >>> Mac G4, iBook G3, PowerBook G4 >>> Lawton, OK 73505 USA >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> > >-- > >/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/ > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
