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Originally posted by johndw
As a Palm user for 4 1/2 years now I beg to differ on your views of the kyocera 6035. I bought it at Office Depot back in December '01 for $179. I just saw it yesterday @ Best buy for $149-. If someone wants something in this day of the internet, you'll be pretty hard pressed not to find it. I have heard stories of it going for as low as $79 - $ 99- around the country. I really love the integration of all that the phone/palm does. I also have an air prime digital link and it is turned off right now because it isn't as near as good as far as working with the Visor Prism. The jog dial, the ability to email, fax and phone is great. When the Palm VII came out in 10/99 it was very cool. The kyo takes the palm to the next level. My only concern is the screen. after using a color device for a little over two years, it's tough to go backwards.
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Thanks for your feedback, John, but I do have a question. How did my views differ from yours? The only problems I had with the phone were the (then) steep price, and, fact of the matter is, buying this phone in a storefront *can* be hard. When we acquired this phone, we had to check with several Sprint stores in the area to get it - None of the office supply stores or other cellphone vendors in our area carried it.
[EDIT]And let me point out that, as a professional review site, we're primarily concerned with purchases of new equipment from established vendors, seeing as how buying used equipment doesn't guarantee that you'll get the same experience as you would buying a new phone firsthand. Also, the two primary vendors of the phone, Sprint PCS and Verizon, both use subsidy locks on the phone to prohibit users from switching phone networks, even after they've completed their contract. There isn't any documented way to unlock the subsidy lock, outside of some social engineering on the part of your old wireless carrier. I wouldn't be surprised if Alltel does it too.
And let's face it - If you buy it on the Internet used, then you had better hope that the seller is friendly enough to have either removed the lock for you, or helps you contact his old vendor to try to get it removed.[/EDIT]
But those were really the only reasons I docked points on the phone...I can think of a couple of other trifles, but all in all, the device is great. Did you think I was overly critical of it? And if you did, how so?