Should I replace Treo 600 with new 700p?

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

My Treo 600 is a GPS/GPR (?) version. T-Mobile is my provider, chose for its $19.95 a month unlimited internet access, which I use heavily. I had a Palm 500 before that. I am adamant about using only Palm OS. I see the 700p has Documents to Go with PDF/Word, which I've also used alot in the 600. I am now a speed junkie and the idea of having almost DSL like speed has me wondering about buying a 700 something. So far, my extra investment in the 600 has been for a hard case, backup card, 1Gig card, and Documents to Go. The 600 anytime minutes from T-Mobile is $39.95 with weekends free, so my monthly bill is $60 w/o tax. I bought the GPS version, because I thought it would be simple/cheap to use overseas, which I found out it wasn't (or did I miss something??).

My questions are: Would I be able to still use all the extra investment items and keep T-Mobile if I bought a 700P? How much extra speed would I pick up?? How would I be able to use the phone/internet service overseas?

I read most of the review on the 700P. Sounds great, but is it for me? Or is there another Treo I should look at?

Thank you for your assistence.

[Stillrockin]

Welcome to Everything Treo!

I think what you have is a GSM Palm Treo 600. Your problem is that the 700P is not currently available in a GSM model. Rumors are that sometime this fall, Palm will make available a 750 Palm GSM model. To buy unlocked, so that you can use on T-mobile, you are probably looking at around $700 retail introductory prices . . . And I am not sure what kind of high speed network T-mobile is offering or how in place it currently is. The 700P is a CMDA phone and that network supports the EVDO standard. GSM phones use a different standard for highspeed. To upgrade to the 700P means you will HAVE to switch to Verizon/Sprint and no overseas use, but your data is much, much faster than the EDGE/GPS that T-mobile currently offers. The downside to that, is that with verizon, you will pay about $50 per month for unlimited data. Sprint is about half of that . .

To pick up the GSM Treo 750 means at least 3 months (maybe much longer) wait and big $$$ for unlocked. As far as overseas goes, I have never tested, but I know that popping in any Cingular GSM sim in my Treo has worked so far . . . . I am guessing that your 600 is locked to T-mobile. You should see them for an unlock code if you haven't already . . .