~sigh~ Yes, yes. That's the way it would be, in an ideal world.
But wireless carriers universally see any cell phone, and all the
data
on it, as *their* property. They don't sell you a phone, they let
you
use their phone, maybe, for a little while, so long as you keep up on
your protection payments. My thoughts on that policy are best not
uttered aloud, for fear of waking the elder gods.
Well, this is just tinfoil hat logic. Before my current
Blackberry, I had the same phone as travis, Treo 650.
My Treo sits here in the drawer next to me, still 100% functional
(other than the fact it can't make a phone call). I can still use
it as a PDA, I can still sync with my MBP, and so on.
Yah, for a Verizon phone, the Treos are fairly open. The very few
locked options (using the treo as a bluetooth modem for example) are
very easy to unlock. It's not like their other phones that are
totally crippled.
Although you don't want to hear it, I too prefer 1 single device.
I don't want to walk around with this "geek belt" of crap on my waist.
Ditto, I don't need to pretend I'm batman with his utility belt, or
something adding weight to my belt and pull down my pants (thus
eliminating the whole reason for having a belt)
I've looked a lot at the Zarus models, they suck (IMO). It's nice
that they run linux and have the potential for all this uber-cool
extended functionality. But all I want/need in a PIM is the basic
functions done well and reliably. I like my Blackberry a little
better than the Treo, but either option is (IMO) the best choice
out there.
I also don't want to have to switch PDAs just because I switched
wireless carriers.
Get something that uses a SIM card.
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