Stuck with Treo 600

[brentanr]

Can anybody tell me why T-Mobile no longer carries the Treo. I've been a customer of T-Mobile long before it was named that (close to 9 yrs nows) and purchased the 600 within weeks of its release. T-Mobile will not carry any other version - leaving me stuck and not able to upgrade. Somebody tell me why???

[chris]

Can anybody tell me why T-Mobile no longer carries the Treo. I've been a customer of T-Mobile long before it was named that (close to 9 yrs nows) and purchased the 600 within weeks of its release. T-Mobile will not carry any other version - leaving me stuck and not able to upgrade. Somebody tell me why???

I'm not sure anyone knows the real reason. They appear to be more interested in selling the SideKick. Surprising because if memory serves me right, they were the first to carry the Treo. My Treo 180 was with T-Mobile. As of now, you're options are limited to getting an unlocked version of the 650 or perhaps T-Mobile will jump on board the rumored low cost Treo.

-Chris

[Stillrockin]

Originally Posted by chris

They appear to be more interested in selling the SideKick.
-Chris

I have noticed that Cingular currently is selling three different versions of a WM phone, all branded under Cingular's name. All of these are actually HTC phones sold around the world under various other names. This has to make good business sense. Anytime you remove a 3rd party company, be it Palm or Nokia, you remove cost. I believe this is a trend that will continue. The 8125 is a WM phone that lists for $349 but most of the time, Cingular has it on sale for around $200. I confess, if I were considering a 700W and walked into a Cingular store, and saw the same OS on a phone $100-$200 cheaper, I would be very tempted to walk out the door with it . . . Of course, I do my reading also, and am aware of some power limitations of this device, but for a lot of consumers, they would jump on this phone for its price point alone . . . . . Sprint is doing a similar thing with the ppc-6700. I think its also a given that the future Palm OS will be licensed to companies such as HTC to build devices to be sold under different brands, not just Treo or Palm . . In fact, I don't think that Palm has even officially announced their intent to adopt the coming OS have they??

Lets all hope that T-mobile gets back into the Treo game. And if not, lets hope they at least get into the real PDA game.

[geed]

Originally Posted by chris

I'm not sure anyone knows the real reason. They appear to be more interested in selling the SideKick. Surprising because if memory serves me right, they were the first to carry the Treo. My Treo 180 was with T-Mobile. As of now, you're options are limited to getting an unlocked version of the 650 or perhaps T-Mobile will jump on board the rumored low cost Treo.

-Chris

i pray that the 750p will be 199, the 750v was only 2something euro right?