So, what does a Centro cost from Sprint without extending one's contract? Or can you even buy it that way?
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Rick Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interestingly enough, my 17 year old son recently got a Centro. He's > happy with it because it allows him to use AOL Instant Messenger, > which was his primary concern with the phone. He also finds the text > messaging to be terrific. > > So, Centro, with Pink and Red, seemed to work out for him. > > Rick > > > > --- In [email protected], Art Alexion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sunday 06 April 2008 13:52:00 Harold M. Goldner wrote: > > > I think the reason for Treos outnumbering crackberries among solo > and small > > > firm lawyers is that crackberries imply an enterprise email and > calendaring > > > system such as Groupwise or other exchange based server, whereas > most solo > > > and small firm lawyers are syncing to Palm Desktop, Outlook or > practice > > > management software such as Amicus, PCLaw or TimeMatters. > > > > Syncing to Exchange based outlook with a Palm device is the same as > synching > > to exchange. > > > > Seems to me these days that those who prefer blackberries like the > slimmer > > form factor, the push mail, and don't mind the lack of a touch > screen. Treo > > users seem to comprise long time palm users who like the touch > screen even if > > they use the thumbpad instead of graffiti. Most don't care about > push mail. > > > > This is what I am seeing in a 250 person corp. office. > > > > A comment on the centro being for consumers instead of business: If > that is > > the case, it is a bad marketing move. Consumers â€" people with no > business > > need for a PDA â€" don't want Palm devices. As the parent of a > > teenager and a > > 21 year old, nothing could be less cool than a Palm based phone. > > > > As for push mail: I get a ton of email. Much of it, I don't care > about at all > > â€" things like server backup and enterprise spam reports telling > > > me everything > > is OK. I get a lot of list mail that I get to when I can and don't > need to > > check instantly. I don't want push mail and would turn it off if I > had it. > > To me, seeing business users tethered to their blackberry email is > not unlike > > seeing people constantly talking to friends on the phone. How much > can you > > possibly have to say? > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
