Best used phone for Wireless Web access

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I have a friend who has been using a Samsung A460 for over year. She has the
unlimited wireless web plan still, which allows her to check her email on her laptop
using a USB cable. Wireless web is slow, but it's good enough for her needs and the
price is right. She doesn't have a land line, so this is also her only voice phone.

The Samsung is almost dead. The display has failed, so she has to type in all
numbers by hand now, and the net connection also no longer works (although the phone
will answer AT commands).

She would like to buy a used handset from ebay which will be a decent voice phone
and also handle wireless web. She doesn't plan to use vision or any of the newer,
higher-speed data services, and she doesn't plan to stay with Sprint once her
current contract is up in a few months, so she is looking for a very low cost
solution to see her through a few months.

Can anyone recommend phones available for $25-50 that will meet her requirements.
Phone must have infrared data connection (preferred) or data cables still available
for sale. She is hesitant to go with another A460 as the display problem she had
seems to be common with them.

Thanks,
Mike

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In article <cn3ak7$l9k$1@reader1.panix.com>, Michael Wileman <jwileman@panix.com> wrote:

>She would like to buy a used handset from ebay which will be a decent voice
> phone
>and also handle wireless web. She doesn't plan to use vision or any of the
> newer,
>higher-speed data services, and she doesn't plan to stay with Sprint once her
>current contract is up in a few months, so she is looking for a very low cost
>solution to see her through a few months.
>
>Can anyone recommend phones available for $25-50 that will meet her
> requirements.
>Phone must have infrared data connection (preferred) or data cables still
> available
>for sale. She is hesitant to go with another A460 as the display problem she
> had
>seems to be common with them.

If she can use serial instead of USB, I'd recommend the Kyocera 2035. It works
well with WW and can readily be found on ebay for $10. Cables should be
still available from Kyocera or I'd sell her mine for cheap.