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To: Eric L who wrote (49)	10/14/2003 2:41:40 PM
From: pyslent	Read Replies (1) of 54

Have you, btw, spotted the Treo600 GPRS version available in the US yet? no, t-mobile was supposed to have launched it this weekend, but software problems are now purported to delay it a few weeks (some say 11/24 is the scheduled launch). discussion.treocentral.com The Treo600 product manager at T-Mobile and the Sales manager from Handspring had a conversation this week, it turned out that T-Mobile Engineers have not yet approved the Treo600. There are some software compatabilty issues with T-Mobile's GSM/GPRS network. They expect to get those issues worked out with Handspring by the end of the month. As soon as they approve it, the shipment will be accepted by T-Mobile and it takes 2 weeks for channeling through out the country so the release will be nationwide. More fodder for the GSM/gprs vs. 1X debate (in addition to the more robust voice/data handling for the GSM model): * The GSM model of the Treo600 has 70% longer battery life after real life usage. forbes.com The Treo's nonremovable battery is surprisingly long-lived--particularly in the GSM model. In my tests it managed a whopping 384 minutes of talk time--nearly 6 1/2 hours. The Sprint version lasted only 224 minutes--about 3 3/4 hours. An external add-on battery is promised as a $60 option for big talkers. * And 1X's higher max/avg speeds do not seem to translate to a faster web surfing experience in this apples-to-oranges comparison: sprintusers.com Using an Ericsson P800 and my new Treo 600, I loaded the same page from both browsers at the same time... GPRS loaded faster than Vision every time. This appears to be consistent with my own experiences, in which WAP pages load about twice as fast on my sony ericsoon t68i on AT&T than on my Sanyo 5300 3G phone on Sprint. * The reliability of Sprint's Vision network has always been touch-and-go in my experience, with downtime perhaps 20% of the time. This will not be acceptable for a data-centric device. discussion.treocentral.com

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