Treo 650 with sidekick plan?

[northwave161]

Hey everyone

I just broke my sidekick a week ago and I don’t have insurance on it so I don’t think they are going to replace it. I’m still on a T-mobile family plan with the sidekick plan added on for $19.99 extra. I get unlimited email, text messaging, and Internet. I have a friend who has the treo 650 and they love it.. They talked me into getting an unlocked treo 650 off ebay. My question is will I still get all these features that I got with my sidekick… or will I have to change my plan?...would the sidekick plan be compatible with the treo 650? Thanks for you help in advance.


Thanks Luke

[chris]

My question is will I still get all these features that I got with my sidekick… or will I have to change my plan?

Your plan is dependant on your wireless carrier. If you have unlimited internet, text messaging, then you should have all those things with the Treo. Basically, the wireless provider has no real idea that you switched phones. Just insert your SIM card and off you go. I just unlocked a Treo 600 this weekend for my sister -- who has T-Mobile. Worked like a charm. She doesn't have internet service yet, but I anticipate that will work.

In terms of features, the Treo can do everything the SideKick can do and more. Here's a discussion on Sidekick vs Treo.

[treotabi]

I had my unlocked Treo 650 on the T-mobile plan $20 unlimited data emails and web browsing. Also I was paying an additional fee for text messaging.

I COULD NEVER GET ONLINE WITH THE T-MOBILE SERVICE. http://www.everythingtreo.com/forum/...milies/mad.gif I could recieve email and not reply. I was on my t-mobiles tech support for many hours and they could never do anything to help me. I can't wait to get out of my contract with T-mobile so I can actually use my treo properly

I cancelled my data plan late February and went into withdrawal from the access to viewing my emails (even though I could not reply) So I called them again and asked if I could try again to get the service working properly. They raised the rates to $30.00 a month. I think that is ridiculous especially since the text messaging was included in your sidekick plan and I was paying extra for that.

Because I couldn't reply to my emails I would call people more and rack up those minutes. This resulted in overages that were very expensive.

I would strongly recommend staying away from a company that the Tier 3 tech support people cannot help you to get online and then raise their rates on a service that doesn't really work!

If you still insist on using t-mobile---
I have a hint for you: Add the unlimited cell phone to cell phone minutes for $7.00. They only told me about that after I made 2 or 3 phone calls to them trying to figure out how to cut costs after my overages resulted in a $200 + Cell phone bill.

Also, T-mobile service sometimes switches your calls. What I mean by this is if you are trying to dial a number and you have correctly dialed (I can see their name on the screen from my contacts) the t-mobile service crosses their phonecalls or something and all of a sudden your call is going to a totally different number.

I also have had 3 days during the 6 months I have been with them where I could not dial out at all from the 101/405 Los Angeles area.

So if it is important to your business and your sanity that your phone
#1 dials out
#2 puts calls through to the number you dial
#3 gets online
#4 has tech support

Run, don't walk from T-mobile.

[nicky_r]

Originally Posted by chris

Your plan is dependant on your wireless carrier. If you have unlimited internet, text messaging, then you should have all those things with the Treo. Basically, the wireless provider has no real idea that you switched phones. Just insert your SIM card and off you go. I just unlocked a Treo 600 this weekend for my sister -- who has T-Mobile. Worked like a charm. She doesn't have internet service yet, but I anticipate that will work.

In terms of features, the Treo can do everything the SideKick can do and more. Here's a discussion on Sidekick vs Treo.

Did your sister ever get on the internet on the treo via the Sidekick plan?

[oliverg109]

i just finished getting the sidekick plan yesterday and i cant fully use the treo services i cant recieve and send emails and go online but i can aim or use any type of other programs that need to acces the internet