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]
>  >
>
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