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"Jules77" <jules77@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> "Peter Pan" <Marcs1102GSSPAMMENOT@NOSPAMHotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> >
> > They actually make quite a few devices that are PDA's with built in cell
> > phones, and connect via the wireless networks for voice and/or data, and
can
> > be activated on your current contract. The devices are way high priced
if
> > you get them direct from Verizon though, there are many other places to
get
> > em several hundred bucks cheaper and then just activate them on your
current
> > verizon contract. Personally I got a Kyocera smartphone elsewhere for
$250
> > with a whole slew of accessories (they sell it for $499 at verizon with
no
> > accessories), and just activated it on my current contract.
>
> Sounds great, where did you find the phone?
> Ebay, online outlet?
> Sounds like a plan to me..
Specifically the Kyocera Smartphone was on Ebay, they had about 60 of em for
sale, and I picked the one with the most accessories, that was pre-owned,
still in the box, but not used (at least that's what they claimed, actually
they claimed "lovingly pre-owned but not used or abused", whatever the heck
THAT means
They did have some for sale at local retail stores too, but
I've been traveling for the last 4 years, staying in RV parks, don't have a
constant address for warranty claims, and for sure, no tolerance for buying
from local stores and paying sales tax (biting my tongue NOT to call it
something nasty, I'm one of those "give me shipping charges instead of tax,
or give me death" types)..
Actually found it by going to www.phonescoop.com, click on find phone, put
in parameters to search on, gives you a list of phones that meet your
criteria, then use a search engine (I use www.search.com) to find places
that sell the model the phone finder on phonescoop found for you, and then
did the www.ebay.com thing to see if it was cheaper than anywhere the search
engine found.
As for activation, while you can just call CS (*611), give them the ESN
(usually found on a white label inside the battery case), you can also do it
yourself online (go to www.verizonwireless.com log in, click on active
phone, put in the ESN of the new device, and in about 5 or 10 minutes it
will be activated on the network and work.
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