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Markeau wrote:
> "David G." <david_please_dont_email_me@i_hate_spam.com> wrote in
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>> Markeau wrote:
>>> Has the Samsung i600 been discontinued? It's not on their website.
>>
>> It must have won the award for the longest available mobile phone on
>> the market. It's a nice phone for MS SmartPhone users, if a bit
>> bulky, but has been on the market forever (in mobile phone years).
>> Cingular has a better phone in the Audiovox 5600 and Motorola MPx220
>> when it's re-released soon. Verizon is set to launch a new Samsung
>> MS SmartPhone in July. You can usually find them highly discounted
>> at Amazon.com. Last I checked they were about $99 after rebate.
>
> Cingular has some nice phones, but no service where I need it (zip
> codes 78013, 78028) ... If it really will have wifi, I eagerly await
> the Verizon Samsung i730, but it will be expen$ive - so it looked like
> I could get by on a cheap i600 for a year or two.
If you don't need a camera, bluetooth, or EVDO high speed access, then
the i600 may be fine. eBay seems to be the only place to get one now..
if you trust the seller.
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David G.