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# Friday, October 14, 2005

New Phone itch

I'm getting the itch for a new phone? Why? Cause the Treo 650 Exchange Sync story is pissing me off. VersaMail is a big unstable application. It crashes all the time for me now. Not having Contacts and Tasks sync over the air is getting to be a PITA. And now that there is light at the end of the tunnel, and there is a future Treo 700 running Windows Mobile 5 with all its over the air on demand sync goodness I'm getting antsy.

The way I see it there are 3 likley possibilities to replace my 650.

  1. Cingular launches the HTC Wizard
  2. Cingular launches the Motorola Q [seems unlikley]
  3. Cingular launches the Treo 700
  4. ... or, either one of these can be purchasd unlocked for GSM with quad band support (850 is a must).

My thoughts are Cingular will never cary this many WM Devices, and that #1 and #2 are most likley to happen in the next 6 months and thatn #3 may not happen till late 2006.

 

Saturday, October 15, 2005 2:50:29 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
Omar,

If you see my new i-mate K-JAM (HTC Wizard - GSM version of the Apache) "in action", I'm sure you will be upgrading your phone next week. It rocks! And with the EDGE support it rocks 4-5 times faster than any GPRS phone - 110-140kbs in Seattle area! :)
Saturday, October 15, 2005 4:34:35 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
I might go Verizon just to get the EV-DO Windows Mobile Treo. Still debating.
Sunday, November 13, 2005 9:21:03 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)
Omar,

I am a frequent flyer on American Airlines and read your blog about becoming a million mile lifetime gold member. My questions is, do they use the "program to date" miles number on my balances page of the AA site, or a different number to calculate the million miles. By the end of this year I will achieve the 600,000 mile mark for "program to date" miles and at 37 years old I am hopefull to achieve gold for life and 4 extra VIP upgrades.

Thanks for the help

Mike
Mike Wallack
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