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Treo 600 GSM @ USD$600 - Good Price?
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Posted by: Chen_Kenichi

I went to a local Chinese phone dealer and was quoted a Treo 600 GSM at USD$600 cash. Is that a good price? Should I go for it?

Posted by: vawireless

Are you an existing customer with T-Mobile, Cingular or AT&T? If so, then the $600 would be an ok price since Handspring is charging $$699 for upgrade customers on their website.

If you're planning on being a new GSM customer, you can order it from Handspring directly for $499, or less depending on carrier chosen.

Posted by: Chen_Kenichi

I am an existing customer of T-Mobile.

Checking my notes, I found out that during the same inquiry, the dealer is charging approximately $120 extra (over some prices I found on eBay) for Nokia 6600 which I also asked about. Therefore, this $600 can very well be $480 - that is if I can find it somewhere...

Posted by: anshuljain

600$ is on the higher side for the Treo 600. I got mine for 400$+shipping from the T-Mobile Business Rep. I suggest that you fill out the Business request form on T-Mobile's website..and someone will definetly contact you the same day. Tell them that you want to activate a data line for 20$/month (unlimited internet plan), and that ur gonna need the Treo 600. They'll have it shipped to u directly from their warehouse in Maryland. Let me know if you need any help, I can refer u to my local rep (in Western Massachussetts).

-Anshul

Posted by: Chen_Kenichi

I would definately like to get it from T-Mobile especially if I can get if for cheaper.
My question is, while you can tell the rep that you will activate the $20 data plan - do you REALLY have to activate that? Would the rep hold you against that?
Also, I read in this forum that some reps are refusing to honor the order or simple not to accept the order.
Any idea?

Posted by: anshuljain

The rep will add it to your a/c...and they'll make you sign the paperwork authorizing the "activation" of a data line to your existing voice a/c. I've done it a few times, when I bought the Nokia 3650 and before that for the Treo 270. T-Mobile reps will definetly honor it.

Posted by: richy240

I am looking for an UNLOCKED Treo 600 GSM; I am in Houston, TX. Does anyone know where to get one of these for under $600?

Web and phone references are acceptable.

Thanks in advance.

Posted by: anshuljain

You might be able to get a T-Mobile or Cingular branded unlocked one for approx that price, although there are marginal differences between the OEM unlocked ones and the T-Mobile one. There are no T-Mo brandings on a T-Mo Treo. An OEM unlocked one runs for around 700$.

Posted by: Chen_Kenichi

But I don't need and don't want to pay the $20 extra per month! If that's the case, then we are talking about $20 x 12 = $240. I might as well go for that $600 one I was quoted.
I guess I confused you - I need the Treo as my PDA (for contact and schedule, etc) but don't need to access the internet.

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Originally posted by anshuljain
The rep will add it to your a/c...and they'll make you sign the paperwork authorizing the "activation" of a data line to your existing voice a/c. I've done it a few times, when I bought the Nokia 3650 and before that for the Treo 270. T-Mobile reps will definetly honor it.

Posted by: anshuljain

You don't need to have it beyond the first...ummm..2 days. The beauty of adding a data line to ur plan is..that it can be dropped down to a regular WAP a/c or just nothing at all..

Posted by: ScottE22

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Originally posted by anshuljain
I suggest that you fill out the Business request form on T-Mobile's website..and someone will definetly contact you the same day. Tell them that you want to activate a data line for 20$/month (unlimited internet plan), and that ur gonna need the Treo 600. They'll have it shipped to u directly from their warehouse in Maryland. Let me know if you need any help, I can refer u to my local rep (in Western Massachussetts).

-Anshul

So let me make sure I understand this....... I am an existing T-Mo customer since November. If I call up (or request a call from) the business services department, they'll sell me a Treo for $399 as long as I activate a $20/month data plan? Sounds too good to be true......... Especially if the data plan is not a 12-month contract. Something doesn't seem right...

Posted by: ScottE22

OK- I did as you suggested and a T-Mo Business Rep got in touch with me today..... Thankfully I work for a large government agency (a School Board), but what would someone do if they didn't??

Anyway - they can send me a Treo for $499 if I activate a $20/month data plan.

Now I just want to clarify -

(1) the data plan is activated on my current number (same SIM), right?

(2) I have to ACTIVATE it, but I don't have to KEEP it for a year, right? I can't see why I wouldn't want to -- can you really use all the functionality of the Treo without it? -- but I just don't want to be on the hook for $20/month if I don't end up enjoying all the features......

Thanks in advance!! I hope it works out -- this thing looks so COOL!

Posted by: anshuljain

Scott,
Sent you a PM regarding this. You're right..if sometime down the road you decide that the 20$ rate plan isnt your cup of tea, then it can be lowered to any other internet/WAP rate plan.

Enjoy the Treo 600, and dont forget to perform the f/w upgrade to 3.04 once you have it. The good thing abt T-Mo Treos is that the firmware is the international generic one (INT)..unlike Cingular (CNG) and AT&T (AWS) ones that are heavily customized. Other than being locked to T-Mo, they have no carrier brandings at all.

-Anshul

Posted by: richy240

Decided on a Sony Ericsson P900 instead... Thanks anyway guys!

After seeing mine, the guy I work with (who originally wanted the Treo) decided to get a P900 from a retailer here in Houston.