A hard choice

[tspinning]

Hey all, it's been awhile sense my last posts, and I'm still pretty happy with the HTC Touch on Sprint- however, today my work gave me a phone as my (newish) job role requires access to company email and to have a company phone for support (I work in IT)

however, they gave me a Treo 700wx it seems neat, but it's going to be a hard switch from the Touch...

Anyone have experience with this kind of a (backwards) step... how to cope? Can I get Weather Panel on this, and is it worth it!

Anyway, just wanted to share the news I suppose, it will be nice to get rid of a cell phone bill, but it's too bad the technology is a step back to the dark times.

[Musicman247]

Does your company not have Sprint? If so you could probably ask to use your own phone (since they are both Windows Mobile) and have the settings they need implemented on your Touch.

[mikeylive]

I agree with MusicMan. You should be able to use your touch instead of the Treo. The Touch has a newer version of Outlook anyway!

I use it for my corporate email.

[tspinning]

My company (large University) is in bed DEEP with Verizon... they won't rock the Sprint style even for me, and while I could get email setup on my Touch (working IT I can bend some rules) they won't pay for my phone plan so it seems I'm stuck with the junk-o-treo till this dies and I can then request a BlackBerry Curve or something.

[mindfrost82]

A Treo isn't too bad, but it is definitely a big step backwards. After having my Touch, there's no way I could go back to a Treo. I had the 700wx, then the Q, and now the Touch. While I miss the keyboard, I'm much happier with my Touch.

Maybe you could sell your Sprint Touch and buy a VZW one. Or if you can find someone to do it, you could clear your ESN and get your Sprint Touch setup on VZW (not sure if anyone has successfully done this with any phone or not).

WeatherPanel should work. The square 240x240 screen sucks compared to the Touch though, not much real estate. Most of the apps for the Touch should work on the Treo, you just have to check for WM5 support and square screen support.

[CozBoogie]

Being a proud owner/user of a 700wx (don't flame me), I can attest that yes, WP does work on it. I personally have had basically zero problems with my wx. And yes, while the screen size is limiting I've found that it really makes me question what I need on my phone versus what I want.

And WM5 isn't that bad.

late,
Coz

[Negrito]

Originally Posted by tspinning

I'm stuck with the junk-o-treo till this dies and I can then request a BlackBerry Curve or something.

Id say drop that treo in the lake and call it a day, or sell your sprint touch on ebay or some sh|t and take that money to buy a Tilt or what ever verizons equal is to the touch...

[DHarvey]

Originally Posted by Negrito

Id say drop that treo in the lake and call it a day, or sell your sprint touch on ebay or some sh|t and take that money to buy a Tilt or what ever verizons equal is to the touch...

OR sell your Sprint Touch as a Rev A and GPS enabled heavily upgraded on ebay and buy the Verizon Touch.

Negrito, the Tilt is AT&T. Verizon's equal is in fact, EQUAL, as it is the same phone.

[tspinning]

Thanks for the encouragement everyone! I'm thinking of selling my touch (tear) to pay the buyout on my sprint contract... unless... anyone has a good way to get out of it?

[nxtech3]

VZW will let you use a Sprint device, you just have to fill out a form and send the device to Verizon to inspect it. It takes a couple of weeks though