I didn't see the hype myself, but may not have known where to look. What kind of places was the hype expressed in popular consumer info venues?

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Samsung i730 (LOVE IT! I always use it as the main PPC)
-XV6800 (Nice but need better signal strength for where I work-a keeper with the custom ROMs, GPS, design, 2MP cam)
-SCH-i760- The new replacements I got work well, but I prefer the one handed vertical qwerty in my i730 over any horizontal sliding qwerty keyboards.
NEXT? Maybe i770..?..Omnia?..Innov8? Chuck Verizon all together for an SGH-i760? iPhone? I don't know yet but I still thoroughly enjoy my i730!

dominick - Do you remember that "beating a dead horse" conversation we had a while back?

is there any truth to the rumor that a data plan is required on all new pda/phone purchases AND you can not get a data block?

I really want a this phone, but paying extra for data seems a bit ridiculous as there is no sign of EVDO coming to my area any time soon and I have building wide WIFI at work.

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It's the network - 'cause it sure isn't the expansive selection of cutting edge uncrippled phones

Look at this, do you think their maybe same thing wrong with wm6? This link is from Brighthand.com. Sorry I don't know how to do links.

Sprint PPC-6800 May Be Delayed Until This Fall

What part of that article led you to believe there may be a problem w/ WM6?

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The last part, Verizon will be releasing the vx6800 with wm5 instead of wm6.

That part just tells me VZW would rather release the phone on time instead of waiting for WM6 to get tested and confirmed on the device.

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Thurgood210,

Although VZW's PPC/smartphone users must subscribe to a data package, it can be a pay-as-you-go offering that incurs no charges unless used. Still, the carrier will block data access upon request. Alternatively, there are a couple of device-based methods of disabling access to VZW's data service.

Lack of EvDO coverage isn't necessarily a reason to block packet data access, as 1xRTT can be useful. But for some folks, the high cost of "Unlimited" data service ($40 and up/mo),--whether EvDO or 1x--can be hard to justify.

--BAM

I guess things may have changed in the past year, but when I got my i730 the first month it was available, I didn't get a data plan for the first year that I had it. My boss got his almost 7 months after I did and he didn't have a data plan either for the first 6 months that he had his. We had to get ours from our local Verizon store and they had to make a couple of calls to figure out how to code it in the system to have no data plan.

Actually you have a data plan, but it's Pay As You Go. Which means if you use data, you just pay per KB of usage, if you use it. This is considered a data plan. You can however call and request a data block put on your account. The best way to do this if they give you any hassle is to say that you have a teenager that will be using the phone periodically, and you want to block all access to the data. You can also do it locally on the device (deleting all the connections), but putting a block on your account prevents it from using it.

But when they say that you HAVE to have a plan, then don't mean you have to have a plan that costs you per month, like the unlimited plan, but it mean you get Pay As You Go, and you just pay for what you use. So if you don't use any of the over the air data (1x/EVDO) then you don't get charged for anything.

This has always been the case with PDA phones since the i730 was released. Because these devices can integrate so much over data, they require some type of data, and don't advertise that they CAN put a block on data. The key thing is telling them to put a block on the data.

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