Since the 700p just came out, you might be able to get a good deal on a 650.
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Tom Scola - Jul 18, 2006 4:35:26 am PDT #8530 of 10003
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Gris - Jul 18, 2006 8:05:01 am PDT #8531 of 10003
Hey. New board.
Tom speaks truth. And, thought the 700p is somewhat nicer, it's not that much nicer really.
I got my 650 refurbed through cingular.com for $150. It was supposed to automatically renew my contract, but as far as I can tell, it didn't. (Not that I care - I'm on a family plan with my parents, still, using a number I've had since I was 16. I'd get a new number but... 7 years. And, also, family plan means I pay my dad about $35 a month including 1000 text messages and 5 MB Data.)
-t - Jul 18, 2006 9:19:00 am PDT #8532 of 10003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My laptop (iBook) is freaking out. Yesterday it started taking forever to boot up and going from the apple logo to a box of garbae in the midle of the screen. I'd interrupt it at this point. After alterating that with just turning it off for a while, it would get up to where I could supposedly log in, only it wouldn't recognise my password. After failing to log in a few times, it fails over to changing the password- it apparently recognized the "administrator's password" just fine, but wouldn't accept the new password for the account. This morning I tried resetting the password using the OS X installation CD. and now it's giving me that box of garbage again.
Anybody seen this and now exactly how scresed I am?
Jessica - Jul 18, 2006 10:09:46 am PDT #8533 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Since the 700p just came out, you might be able to get a good deal on a 650.
The main difference seems to be that the 700p can access the EVDO broadband whatsit. I don't know how much I really need that though, since access is so expensive compared to their basic data plans.
Typo Boy - Jul 18, 2006 10:09:58 am PDT #8534 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Who does the board use as DNS host. That is who hosts our domain name (as opposed to our server). Anyone have any thoughts as to who is cheap, comparatively easy to deal with and gives you notice when your domain expires?
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2006 10:13:28 am PDT #8535 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My domain registrar (domaindiscover) tells me when a domain name is about to expire, and gives me plenty of notice (just yelled at me about one in October). The term "DNS host" is a little confusing, but I think you mean registrar, right? The name servers that do the actual primary resolution belong to the same company that hosts the site, in my experience.
Although you don't have to do it that way. It's just the most convenient for me.
Jesse - Jul 18, 2006 10:16:12 am PDT #8536 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My domain registrar (domaindiscover) tells me when a domain name is about to expire, and gives me plenty of notice (just yelled at me about one in October).
Hey, me too!
Typo Boy - Jul 18, 2006 10:19:34 am PDT #8537 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Thanks. And yeah the wording was clumsy I did indeed mean domain registrar
Jessica - Jul 18, 2006 10:20:46 am PDT #8538 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've used both Dotster and Godaddy with no problems -- they've both given me plenty of notice on renewals.
Back to my shiny toy question...let's say you've all convinced me to go with a Treo 650 as cheaper than a 700p and not really all that different. Can you think of a good reason for me not to buy this one?
[y'all are too slow, so I went ahead and bought it. Cheaper than the new-contract price, so yay!]
Rob - Jul 18, 2006 10:27:08 am PDT #8539 of 10003
My laptop (iBook) is freaking out.
It sounds a lot like the problem that is covered by the Expanded iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program. The bad news is that this happens a lot. My friend is sending hers in for the fourth time. The good news is that they are very quick about getting them back to you fixed.