Thursday, June 9, 2005
Canadian Carrier Telus Offering the Audiovox 6600
Posted by Jason Dunn in "HARDWARE" @ 08:00 AM
"The Audiovox 6600 is a Windows-based handheld that offers always on e-mail plus much more. Clients will have access to familiar applications like Pocket Outlook for e-mail and calendar, plus Word and Excel. The Audiovox 6600 also has a QWERTY sliding keyboard and a stylus for easy touch screen access. The fast processor, large and expandable memory, ability to e-mail photos and videos, built-in speaker phone and key Bluetooth capabilities makes this device ideal for the mobile professional who needs access to more than just e-mail The Audiovox is even easier to install both for a large client with Exchange 2003 or small businesses with POP3/IMAP4 based e-mail solutions."
Telus is now offering the CDMA/1xRTT version of the PDA2K, which is stunning because it's actually a modern device! Telus is the biggest carrier in my area, and they're well known for carrying obsolete Pocket PC Phone Edition devices. The price isn't too painful in comparison to the equivalent iMate device: $749 CAN with no contract, $449 on a one year contract, $399 on a two year contract, and $349 on a three year contract.
The painful part is the 1xRTT data plan: $90 CAN for an "unlimited plan" which also includes 350 minutes of daytime calling and free evenings and weekends...plus a $60 activation fee, $6.95 a month for a "system access fee", $60/year for a "data network charge"...and you still have to pay 15 cents per SMS message. :roll: Oh, and the unlimited bandwidth? They reserve the right to cut you off after 50 MB and charge you $10 per MB over 50 MB. 8O And the carriers wonder why more people aren't buying data plans...
How do the data plans where you live compare to this?
Telus is now offering the CDMA/1xRTT version of the PDA2K, which is stunning because it's actually a modern device! Telus is the biggest carrier in my area, and they're well known for carrying obsolete Pocket PC Phone Edition devices. The price isn't too painful in comparison to the equivalent iMate device: $749 CAN with no contract, $449 on a one year contract, $399 on a two year contract, and $349 on a three year contract.
The painful part is the 1xRTT data plan: $90 CAN for an "unlimited plan" which also includes 350 minutes of daytime calling and free evenings and weekends...plus a $60 activation fee, $6.95 a month for a "system access fee", $60/year for a "data network charge"...and you still have to pay 15 cents per SMS message. :roll: Oh, and the unlimited bandwidth? They reserve the right to cut you off after 50 MB and charge you $10 per MB over 50 MB. 8O And the carriers wonder why more people aren't buying data plans...
How do the data plans where you live compare to this?
