Palm Treo 600 (GSM)
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Pardon the obtuseness of this question, but your insights will be greatly appreciated.
I am interested in purchasing a Handspring Treo 600 which I hoped to use in an area of Maine which receives coverage from several carriers. None, however seem to "support" the Treo 600.
My question is, What specific attributes of this telephone would not be supported? Isn't this device simply a standard Palm OS PDA (which should require no wireless support) integrated with a conventional triband mobile phone (which I thought would be supported by just about any carrier?).
I intuit that some features (such as wireless Internet access, photo transmission, etc), might not operate, but wouldn't the PDA and conventional telephone features work with...
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I am interested in purchasing a Handspring Treo 600 which I hoped to use in an area of Maine which receives coverage from several carriers. None, however seem to "support" the Treo 600.
My question is, What specific attributes of this telephone would not be supported? Isn't this device simply a standard Palm OS PDA (which should require no wireless support) integrated with a conventional triband mobile phone (which I thought would be supported by just about any carrier?).
I intuit that some features (such as wireless Internet access, photo transmission, etc), might not operate, but wouldn't the PDA and conventional telephone features work with...
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Are the carriers GSM, with GSM in that area? Since the Treo600(GSM) only does GSM, you can only operate on a GSM network.
When a carrier "supports" a phone it means they've become familiar with it and can support it when you call for help. A joy of GSM is that you can get just about any phone you like and use it, as long as you're able to figure out your problems.
tg.
When a carrier "supports" a phone it means they've become familiar with it and can support it when you call for help. A joy of GSM is that you can get just about any phone you like and use it, as long as you're able to figure out your problems.
tg.
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