sagan
2nd June 2003, 02:51 AM
Hello Everyone:
This site has been extremely informative, and I'm glad to have found it. I'd characterize myself as a pretty sophisticated computer and electronics user but as of yet I haven't made use of any sim card based phones/networks (I reside in the USA). I have also restrained myself from PDA's as I'm wired down in my life too much already. However, now that I'm running to meetings left and right, traveling a lot more, etc, I think I'm ready to finally leave the laptop at the hotel/dorm/room and have good functionality at my fingertips. Thanks to my educational institution I will be going abroad 3-4x in the next year or so. As you can see this builds up to what you guys probably love as much as me: decison time about what to get! :)
I like the Siemens X56 but am worried about the whole unlocking bit given some of the concerns with Radio 4.20, etc. Also then I just saw a post about a 64mb version (Not sure, but tmobile here offers a 32mb ROM, 32mb RAM version, is that the same or do you guys just look at ROM in the rating?). So with a few of these things here is my buying situation:
2 Weeks until I depart to London to study at LSE
-Will cancel existing plan/ditch phone (Ericsson T60D)
-Want to have unlocked and feature rich PDA/phone so I can use the prepaid SIM cards there
Will Return in Fall
-Would like to at that time use tmobile ($40plan)
-Will use PDA/phone to dial into a dialup connection in my dorm room for connectivity
Spring 04
-Participating in Semester@Sea (www.semesteratsea.com)
-Will do the same as London
Background Factors
-T-Mobile wants the service active for 90 days before unlocking
-T-Mobile has seasonality (where you keep open account but don't use it)
-Unable to take existing cell number with me (xingular) - damn U.S.!
-Would still like to keep existing number
-Looking for Windows CE based device (ala outlook integration, excel) that will last me until at least 2006.
So... what do I do?? I found a deal at amazon.com for $300 for the SX56 but then all the tmobile restrictions will haunt me. Reading this site it seems that I'm better off purchasing a SX56 elsewhere and unlocking, upgrading it to use abroad. I'm hoping to keep the price ~300USD. Also what's w/ the 4096colors, is there something on the market or just about to hit the market that I should wait for?
Any help would be appreciated, especially regarding upcoming products, and dealers/vendors that I can purchase from ASAP at good price.
Thanks for any and all help! I hope I didn't miss anything in the forum before reposting something by accident, if so I apologize!
patrick
This site has been extremely informative, and I'm glad to have found it. I'd characterize myself as a pretty sophisticated computer and electronics user but as of yet I haven't made use of any sim card based phones/networks (I reside in the USA). I have also restrained myself from PDA's as I'm wired down in my life too much already. However, now that I'm running to meetings left and right, traveling a lot more, etc, I think I'm ready to finally leave the laptop at the hotel/dorm/room and have good functionality at my fingertips. Thanks to my educational institution I will be going abroad 3-4x in the next year or so. As you can see this builds up to what you guys probably love as much as me: decison time about what to get! :)
I like the Siemens X56 but am worried about the whole unlocking bit given some of the concerns with Radio 4.20, etc. Also then I just saw a post about a 64mb version (Not sure, but tmobile here offers a 32mb ROM, 32mb RAM version, is that the same or do you guys just look at ROM in the rating?). So with a few of these things here is my buying situation:
2 Weeks until I depart to London to study at LSE
-Will cancel existing plan/ditch phone (Ericsson T60D)
-Want to have unlocked and feature rich PDA/phone so I can use the prepaid SIM cards there
Will Return in Fall
-Would like to at that time use tmobile ($40plan)
-Will use PDA/phone to dial into a dialup connection in my dorm room for connectivity
Spring 04
-Participating in Semester@Sea (www.semesteratsea.com)
-Will do the same as London
Background Factors
-T-Mobile wants the service active for 90 days before unlocking
-T-Mobile has seasonality (where you keep open account but don't use it)
-Unable to take existing cell number with me (xingular) - damn U.S.!
-Would still like to keep existing number
-Looking for Windows CE based device (ala outlook integration, excel) that will last me until at least 2006.
So... what do I do?? I found a deal at amazon.com for $300 for the SX56 but then all the tmobile restrictions will haunt me. Reading this site it seems that I'm better off purchasing a SX56 elsewhere and unlocking, upgrading it to use abroad. I'm hoping to keep the price ~300USD. Also what's w/ the 4096colors, is there something on the market or just about to hit the market that I should wait for?
Any help would be appreciated, especially regarding upcoming products, and dealers/vendors that I can purchase from ASAP at good price.
Thanks for any and all help! I hope I didn't miss anything in the forum before reposting something by accident, if so I apologize!
patrick