Registered: Jul 2000
Location: austin, texas
Posts: 61

http://www.twomobile.com/new_112700...smartphone.html

what does everyone think of the new kyocera palm os smartphone? the same 8mb, integrated phone, screen is about the same size as those palm m100s. saw one in compusa, pretty cool. any experiences?? can't use the stowaway, tho

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Registered: Dec 2000
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 260

how much are they?

I'm on Sprint already, wonder how much they are going to cost without an agreement... $$$

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: austin, texas
Posts: 61

guy told me 500 outright, with a hundred rebate of some kind, but that might be for new hook ups.

but visor is 2 or 3, visor phone is another three, so i dunno. sounds pretty damn good. a guy was telling me that it kicks ass for wireless stuff, email, web, etc

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Registered: Apr 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 604

I played with one in a Verizon store a week or so ago - just the PDA functions, didn't make a call or use any internet functions. It's nice.

I'd be tempted, except (a) I have a relatively new phone that I dropped a decent amount of dough on, (b) I'm a Prism owner, and once you've had color it's tough to go back to grayscale; (c) I've got a big investment in springboard modules; (d) on a related point, it can't be very expandable, and (e) to my knowledge, it wouldn't work with a Stowaway (although I could be wrong on this last point)

That said, if I was in the market for a new phone and color didn't matter to me, I'd be tempted. The form factor is nice.

Registered: Jan 2001
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Posts: 125

Samsung is releasing a color (256 colors) Palm OS phone sometime this summer. Preliminary reports say it does a much better job of integrating the PDA and phone than the Kyocera. Looks good!

Marty