Ok so I have been in Kentucky for almost a year now. And right before we moved up here we switched to Verizon. BIG mistake. Turns out that verizon has no service in Kentucky. So for the past almost year we have had no data coverage. No picture messages. And my poor treo was not able to recieve email. So I finally got tired of it and decided I was switching. After looking around a bit there are 3 main providers in my area. [AT&T/cingular, Sprint, BlueGrass and T-Mobile]. Well if you have ever read themodshop you know that I HATE AT&T so they were out. Bluegrass I have never used. Some of the pluses of it would be no contacts and decent prices. However its only available in specific areas in Kentucky. Meaning if I ever go out of town then I am screwed. So they are out. My sister had sprint and said they were ok so that was a possibility however due to me not wanting to sign a contract I wanted to avoid them. That only leaves t-mobile. They have this nice plan called FlexPay. It offers the same pricing as a contract plan but. With out the contracts so there is the great thing. However the phones are crazy expensive. The phone that I wanted would have costed near $500 for the first month. So thanks to the powers of ebay I bought a unlocked phone for way less than retail. Sure its meant for Cingular/at&t. But being unlocked it will work with t-mobile. Now then there is the problem of the sim card. I called up t-mobile and it turns out a little bit of time a trip down to my local t-mobile store and $19.99 I can get a sim card. So all systems are a go I am getting t-mobile. What is the moral of this entire post.
1. Verizon sucks
2. Ebay rocks
3. I am 1337
the phone I got is the HTC 8125 the auction [HERE]. Paying $122.50. A bit more than I had wanted to spend but I think it will be well worth it.
Its features include
- Touch screen
- Wifi
- Bluetooth
- 1.3 mega pixel camera
- slide out keyboard
- 128mb of on board storage
- 200mhz processor
- 64mb sd ram [wait this thing is more powerful than my first computer was. And almost more storage space]
- Windows Mobile 6
Not a bad line up. Throw skype on it and you have a decent wifi phone to! [thats why I made sure to get one with wifi!]
Sorry guys I wish I could buy and review new phones [like the g1 or htc touch] But they are not in my price range for a free based blog. However if anyone out there wants to send me some products to review ide be happy to do so! Probably wont get any offers but hey if I do thats great! Email: tracker[at]themodshop[dot]net
[I have gotten products to review before. Such as vps servers and dedicated servers so on and so forth but no physical items. Go figure]
-Tracker