Palm Treo 650

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hkelley@yahoo.com wrote:

> I am baffled about the Palm Treo 650. Is this strictly a Sprint phone
> or can it be purchased without a service plan so I can take it back to
> Europe and use with my service there?
>
> If it will function other than a Sprint PCS phone, where is my best buy
> for a non-service connected purchase.

Unlike in Europe, in the U.S. there is more than one cell phone
system in wide usage.

Sprint uses CDMA. Lots of other people use GSM (which is what is
used almost exclusively in Europe).

Because they have different radios that operate on different
frequencies, use different chips (probably), etc., Palm is
planning to make two different versions of the Treo 650:
a CDMA one (which only works on Sprint, the major CDMA carrier
in the US), and a GSM one (which will work in Europe, since
it's a quad-band phone, and which will work with 3 or 4
major carriers in the US).

However, they haven't released the GSM version of the Treo 650 yet.

This situation is, I believe, exactly analogous to the Treo 600
situation, except the Treo 600, being an older product, already
has both versions available.

So, yes, one day you will be able to buy a Treo 650 and take it
back to Europe and use it, but not yet.

- Logan

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hkelley@yahoo.com wrote:
>Thank you for a very cogent reply. I may take my chances with the 600
>although the 650 certainly has some appealing features.

Just make sure you get one that's not SIM locked. IRC Cingular
sell{s,ed} non-locked Treo 600s...

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NOSPAMrobertocastillo@ameritech.net (Zombie Elvis) wrote:
>T-Mobile does
>claim that you can ask for an unlock code for their phones.

Andi f you've had the phone for more than a year, they are likely to
honor your request. If you want to buy a phone today that you can use
in Europe next week, get one that's not locked...

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Are you saying someone can take a Tungsten W bought with Rogers Wireless
plan and simply take it to Europe, install an appropriate sim card and have
it work without having to pay someone to unlock it??!!



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David Nimon
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>
> US carriers all impose a subsidy lock, so your SIM card from a different
> carrier will not be accepted. T-Mobile USA policy has (IIRC) been to
> remove
> the subsidy lock on request after three months of paying your bill on
> time.
> As to Canadian carriers, I heard Rogers is now using subsidy locks on
> Treos, whereas they never did that with the Tungsten W.
>