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BillRyan -> RE: the New iMate, Visual Studio Magazine etc (5/29/2004 7:12:54 PM)
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Hey Rob.
Yes, you can. I had a CDMA plan from Verizon when I got my first Smartphone. Since my plan was through my job and we bought a bunch of contracts, I could just cancel it and give the minutes to everyone else. So I did. Went to T-Mobile and although I was told there's no such thing as SmartPhones in the US, but they did have some really smart phones with Cameras and everything, I was a bit worried. I had been told by Paul O'Brien of www.modaco.com that I'd be ok though and was willing to take the risk - Paul knows his stuff and it was a good bet. Anyway, went to T-Mobile, got a phone activated (they wouldn't just give me the SIM so I had to take the phone which was free). Anyway, I pulled out the SIM, stuck it into my Smartphone and all was good. Fast Forward to the iMATE. I knew the service was a lot better than their sales people's knowledge of other phones, so I figured I'd not waste my time asking them about anything. Just pulled out my SIM from the SmartPhone, plugged it into iMATE, started iMATE and all was well. It was so painless on both counts that's its not worth mentioning. As a matter of fact, talking to the sales people was much more difficult than getting the phones working, the Smartphone or the iMATE.
To that end, I think it's a safe bet you'll have no problem whatsoever. Just don't get talking to the sales people b/c they'll likely tell you a bunch of crap of which they are clueless. On three occassions they told me three different phones I had didn't exist in the US. Same holds for every other carrier so I'm not beating up on T-Mobile... actually I like them the best.
I'm planning on blogging about my experience with Verizon last week. They found out a bunch of us were giving up our Verizon plans so we could use T-Mobile and our Smartphone...I wish I had a recording of it.
Get the iMATE and go with T-Mobile, I couldn't be happier with both of them.
Good luck on the contest my friend!
Bill
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