pda or cell phone?
@macdingolinger (10386)
United States
August 12, 2009 10:54am CST
I was in prison ministry for awhile and I could not take a cell phone in so I opted to use a pda because I had an entire Bible program and a couple of resource books on it. Now that I am not in the prison ministry any more I really don't even use my pda and I'm thinking of selling it. I did use the oraganizer on it until recently. So... I have kept a pretty simple cell phone until now. So .. do you use the features on your phone enough to make it worth the extra money? Pda's still sell for around $300 which is what I paid for mine.... do you think I'll have any luck trying to sell it?
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@ShellyB (5241)
• United States
12 Aug 09
I am not sure if it will sell or not. It seems that when one has a blackberry, one has to have a certain type of service, like personal plan and one can't have a family plan, I know this based on a friend wanting a blackberry and she couldn't cause she did not have a personal plan with unlimited minutes, date and texting (text, picture and video).
I believe her company sprint has those at 100 but for one phone it was not what she was looking for.
I wish you good luck.
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@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
12 Aug 09
I don't know either. Since they are still selling for around $300 I figured I could get half that much out of it... maybe! I just don't use it too much anymore!
I haven't checked out the blackberries and iphones to see about plans and availability... guess I should look into it!
Thanks!!
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@skysuccess (8858)
• Singapore
13 Aug 09
macdingolinger,
I think before you decide to sell off your PDA and switch over to a cellphone, you should consider if you could appreciate or be comfortable with the smaller display screen of a cellphone. I find this to be the dominating fact for PDA users to switch.
Also, there are some relatively useful functionality of a PDA that are absent in most of the average cellphones in the market i.e. WiFi. which is one of the very useful and much needed functions.
I can understand the concern of lugging a bulky piece of communication equipment just to make a call but I feel this can be easily overcome with a useful accessory called a bluetooth headset where you can pick up or make a call without any hassle. Besides, it is also a much cheaper than a new cellphone and still be able to maintain quality communication.
So, I feel you should consider the above concerns before the switch and hope that you will be able to decide from there.
Take care and have a nice day.
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@skysuccess (8858)
• Singapore
13 Aug 09
macdingolinger,
You are welcome.
If you had this PDA for sometime already then I think it would be wise to make a visit to your nearest authorized service agent to upgrade its latest software or drivers. This will probably settle some of the evident glitches you found while using your PDA.
Again, I am just glad to be of help here.
@macdingolinger (10386)
• United States
12 Aug 09
lol!What makes you think I am from the judicial department???? thanks for the response anyway!!
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