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Originally Posted by mogui
The in thing here in Redmond is to have a Blackberry. It is fortunate for me. I am visiting here. My daughter handed down her Palm Treo 650 to me.  It is a wonder! I can read on it quite comfortably, and it carries all my old Palm data.
I had previously purchased a GXQ phone in China which turned out to have fake features such as an unusable ebook reader. It was a revelation to use the Treo. I still use my Sony Reader, but to read while traveling or to read in the dark, my Treo is the better choice.
BTW NatCh, The Treo's two modes are, "phone" and "PDA" as discussed in the literature. But they are not mutually exclusive, so are they modes? Or states? |
Price wise, a blackberry is looking right now at about 3 to 5 times the cost of a Treo 600/650. Not sure about Centros pricing yet. I'm probably, 90% chance going to buy it off of Ebay. I'm trying to make this as inexpensive as possible, partly because I'm new to this and if the unit is refurbished or used, if it turns out to be a dud a few months out, at least I'm not regretting it with a light pocket.
I'm predicting it will become a life changing device, and put my Sony PRS-505 in the drawer for a while if I can get my WSJ/Economist feeds onto it via libprs500. I don't regret my PRS-505 purchase at all, for all you Kindle readers.