Treo 600 Questions

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Considering buying this phone/PDA. Need to access my coprorate email whih I
understand is accomplished via an internet connection between desktop at
work(running business connection software) and the Treo. My question is: can
this be accomplished from an international location, say, Canada? I think
the Sprint version of the Treo is only CDMA and not GSM?GPRS. If so, the
phone won't work out of the US, right? Does Sprint offer a multi-band
version like T-Mobile does?
-Mark

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The Sprint Treo 600 (CDMA) will work fine on 1900 and 800 CDMA for voice
calls in the heavily-populated portions of Canada, roaming on Bell
Canada and Telus. However, I don't know if the data portion of the
phone will work in Canada. I was in Niagara Falls, ON last month and
while my phone roamed fine on Bell Canada (1900 CDMA), I neglected to
check if PCS Vision worked there.

The Sprint Treo 600 is "multi-band" by one definition - it does CDMA at
800 and 1900 MHz. Unfortunately, "Multi-band" can mean whatever a
provider wants it to mean. The T-Mobile Treo 600 does GSM at 800 and
1900 for the North America and 900 and 1800 for Europe.

--
Frank Harris in San Francisco with an A620

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Actually the GSM version of the Treo 600 is quad-band (850, 900, 1800, and 1900).


"Robert M." <rmarkoff@faq.cIty> wrote in message news:<rmarkoff-8BAA5B.11105719062004@news02.east.earthlink.net>...
> In article <cb1jhe$ojm$1@ngspool-d02.news.aol.com>,
> Frank Harris <frankbhX@XcompuserveX.com> wrote:
>
> > The Sprint Treo 600 (CDMA) will work fine on 1900 and 800 CDMA for voice
> > calls in the heavily-populated portions of Canada, roaming on Bell
> > Canada and Telus. However, I don't know if the data portion of the
> > phone will work in Canada. I was in Niagara Falls, ON last month and
> > while my phone roamed fine on Bell Canada (1900 CDMA), I neglected to
> > check if PCS Vision worked there.
> >
> > The Sprint Treo 600 is "multi-band" by one definition - it does CDMA at
> > 800 and 1900 MHz. Unfortunately, "Multi-band" can mean whatever a
> > provider wants it to mean. The T-Mobile Treo 600 does GSM at 800 and
> > 1900 for the North America and 900 and 1800 for Europe.
>
> and neither does Analog for roaming in rural areas of the United States.

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Yes, I forgot to mention that. This something that people must
consider if they want to purchase a GSM Treo 600 (whether they need
analog service or not). I don't since the area that I frequent with my
cellphone has digital coverage so I don't have a problem with not
having analogue service.


"Røbert M." <rmarkoff@faq.cIty> wrote in message news:<rmarkoff-9874AD.20424822062004@news02.east.earthlink.net>...
> In article <480ea63d.0406221611.7c8c4713@posting.google.com>,
> invalid_jimpoon@canada.com (Jim Poon) wrote:
>
> > Actually the GSM version of the Treo 600 is quad-band (850, 900, 1800, and
> > 1900).
>
> and none of those are Analog.