Pharos Traveler 137 Smartphone - AWS, 3.5" WVGA, WM 6.1 phone

[gaww]

then it's more important to copy all files to another SD card (bought one more 16GB microSD for it), and safely secure the original card

That is my intention, as there is almost no room left on the card due to the navigator maps (having the maps means of course you don't need data to run them). I am going to try simply copying it all over. Otherwise, may have to do an image.

[doog]

That is my intention, as there is almost no room left on the card due to the navigator maps (having the maps means of course you don't need data to run them). I am going to try simply copying it all over. Otherwise, may have to do an image.

Let us know how that goes, we'll all be in the same boat with you soon.

[SAAN25]

Does anyone know if the $485 pre-order price on amazon is requiring a contract through a carrier why its so cheap? Just wondering considering its $599 through Pharos, CDW & Dell.

[doog]

Does anyone know if the $485 pre-order price on amazon is requiring a contract through a carrier why its so cheap? Just wondering considering its $599 through Pharos, CDW & Dell.

I don't believe so, it's just below MSRP, that's all. A couple of vendors online have it for around $520, and a Expansys has it for $550. I think it's just a good introductory price.

[gaww]

Let us know how that goes, we'll all be in the same boat with you soon.

This will have to wait until I am away from here. Purchasing options are few, and Best (worst!) Buy wants $100 for a 16g and $50 for 8g - outrageous! I should have taken the eXpansis offer for $20 for an 16g when I first ordered it.

I will soon be back in the land of Frys and will get one for about $20.

[gaww]

Does anyone know if the $485 pre-order price on amazon is requiring a contract through a carrier why its so cheap? Just wondering considering its $599 through Pharos, CDW & Dell.

eXpansys told me that it was typical of their per-order sales before that are close to getting things in stock. They said that it will probably be raised as they get close to being able to ship.

Note - mine came with stickers to attach to new service contracts for the $250 offer. Does anyone know if that is for a totally new TMo account or possibly a new TMo phone line activation only?

If the latter, I might be able to take advantage of it.

[Scottish Skyedance]

This will have to wait until I am away from here. Purchasing options are few, and Best (worst!) Buy wants $100 for a 16g and $50 for 8g - outrageous! I should have taken the eXpansis offer for $20 for an 16g when I first ordered it.

I will soon be back in the land of Frys and will get one for about $20.

F' OFF Best Suck!!!
I bought one $35 from J&R in person, $46 from military store (no taxes)

[mmeyer4663]

F' OFF Best Suck!!!
I bought one $35 from J&R in person, $46 from military store (no taxes)

What class did you get for $35?

[Scottish Skyedance]

What class did you get for $35?

Dane-Elec (Toshiba)
package marked class 4
card marked class 2
writing test looked like class 4

[efjay]

Spoke to Amazon and they could not give me a solid date for getting the phone in stock so I ordered with expansys so hopefully will get it early next week.

[gaww]

Did you get their $20 16g SDHC card? I actually ordered mine on the phone, as I had some questions back then as to when they expected them.

As always, they offered additional products - but wished I had taken this one.

[efjay]

No, i ordered online and didn't get any kind of offer. I did call to see if they had an update on receiving stock and got the standard "we dont know, check the website". My order is actually on hold as they say they need address verification, did that happen when you ordered?

[gaww]

No, i ordered online and didn't get any kind of offer. I did call to see if they had an update on receiving stock and got the standard "we dont know, check the website". My order is actually on hold as they say they need address verification, did that happen when you ordered?

lol - yes. They asked for a phone number associated with my credit card and I gave them one. turns out I never had set one up, so it kicked out until I added one to my card account info.

Then, since I changed the shipping address since i wanted it to follow me to NC, that kicked out and I had to have AX set up a one time shipping address.

The are apparently very cautious on fraudulent card use - as they are based in the UK and do business all over the world. Spoke with some Manchester, UK ladies - very helpful with the US stuff.

[efjay]

Just got an email requesting some more info for verification. However sending personal info into the ether is not something I like to do so I may just stick with Amazon, still pondering that.

Back to the 137 itself, how does the phone feel in response to your input, either stylus or finger? It has the same Qualcomm 528 cpu which is used in HTC phones which has been described as slow so I wonder how it fares on the Pharos. Thanks.

[zackwheat]

I just ordered from Provantage for $502.63 + $5.45 shipping. As of this posting Provantage has 6 in stock.

I called Pharos and asked if any of these phones had been shipped to Amazon. The agent checked with the warehouse and was told none had shipped and there were no pending shipments at this time.

I was willing to wait for a difference of $50-$60, but I pulled the trigger for a $20 difference.