Treo 650 Carrier Question - Treo Forums

bigdog5142 · 05-17-2006, 12:03 PM

I'm hoping to get a Treo 650 in the near future...I do have a question...do you HAVE to subscribe to your service's internet package in order to use the phone and PDA functions? I don't need constant access to the internet or my email on the go...I've got my laptop. The biggest reason I want a Treo is to combine a PDA and my cell phone. I use Cingular service. Thanks!

kdallen · 05-17-2006, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by bigdog5142

do you HAVE to subscribe to your service's internet package in order to use the phone and PDA functions? I don't need constant access to the internet or my email on the go...I've got my laptop. The biggest reason I want a Treo is to combine a PDA and my cell phone. I use Cingular service. Thanks!

I don't know if Cingular requires you to subscribe to data with a Treo. I remember a post awhile back that one of the carriers requires it with one. If they don't, you can just activate the phone with a standard cellular plan and still access the PDA functions of the 650. With such a capable device, however, you're sort of selling yourself short by not utilizing it to its fullest. It just may enable you to leave the laptop at home sometimes.

Christopher · 05-17-2006, 02:23 PM

Cingular doesn't require you to get the data plan, or at least they didn't when I got mine. Get the $20 MEdiaNet unlimited, and you won't be sorry. As kdallen said, you'll be able to ditch your laptop at least some of the time. I haven't used my laptop at all now in over 6 months. I just don't need it anymore.