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To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (8271)	3/8/2001 1:48:12 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (4) of 196444

Caxton, << Did you ever find yourself trying to juggle a mobile phone and a Palm hand-held computer to look up phone numbers or consult your calendar while making a series of calls? >> Yes! But no more. I am now the first "kid" on my block with a Kyocera 6035 Smartphone. Maybe the first in Delaware. The phone went on sale Monday at the large local Verizon store (Wilmington BTA), but I was the first buyer here 2 days later. None of the limited line of accessories are available yet and I will probably order the "portable hands free kit" on the Kyocera site. There is no extended battery available for the phone. I'll miss this. Battery life of my Audiovox CDM9000 with extended battery was truly exceptional. The included travel charger, however, is compact enough to easily pack on business trips. Price was $499 with an annual contract. $699 without. This was almost a gotcha. I purchased my Audiovox CDM9000 last August, so was not eligible for the promo price till July but worked around this by purchasing a sub for my wife who inherits the CDM9000, which I had planned to do anyway ... ... so we have 1 CDMA net sub add to count today. Meantime, I cancelled the $6.95 per month WAP add on, which I experimented with over the last year but never really used. I still hate WAP crap. AvantGo & ProxiNet through my regular ISP a much better way to travel. ProxiNet data optimization make throughput a lot brisker than the nominal 14.4 kbps of CDMA. Phone comes with an (unpowered - can't be used for charging) synchronization cradle with DB9 serial connector which I will plug into my Palm's Serial to USB connector off an 8 port hub since my serial port drives a label printer. I'm a little disappointed the cradle is not powered (so can't charge the phone). Phone fits neatly in the universal cradle mounted on my dash and will use the same microphone that's dressed through the dash into the driver side visor when the car kit is added. The car kit is identical to that for the 2035 but has a different connector than that for the QCP860 Thinphone I retired last August. Phone also comes with 2 software CD's which include the same Palm Desktop software I already have installed, an Outlook conduit and 3rd Party software. Salesman says the phone supports 2-way SMS ... he thinks? [Prior to the 6035 the Kyocera 2035 was only phone in Verizon's lineup to support the new 2-way SMS capability ... software upgrades due shortly for the Motorola models and the Nokia 5185i due shortly ... at least according to the local sales folks]. My initial reaction to the 6035 is VERY positive although I haven't used the Palm or other data features yet (only voice). Initially on my frustrating journey to useful wireless data, I used the QCP860 with the Palm Vx and the "Qualcomm/Kyocera" Organizer". Nice rig with a neat short data cable. With the CDM9000 I had to kludge together 2 data cables with a null modem DB9 to DB9 connector. Not exactly a real streamlined package. 6035 eliminates a lot of clutter for me since I always travel with a phone and palm and sometimes the cable and keyboard. One minor drawback is that the phone connector is different that the Palm Vx or Palm III connector so my portable "GoType" keyboard(s) can't be used As for stocking levels for the 6035, they are probably pretty low. Its predecessor the pdQ did not move well. Salesman told me that in the year plus it was stocked locally they moved 5 units. The pdQ of course was limited to 2MB memory and was rather unwieldy. The 6035 is lighter and very shallow. Not a bad form factor at all for wireless Palm computing. Its not 1xRTT, but I am a happier CDMA camper today, than I have been for a long time. I think I'm gonna like this phone. Not a bad price if your into Palm computing. Saves lugging a laptop on my short trips. I'll update my "review" here when I have all installed and programmed. - Eric -

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