# So. 700p? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 10, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-700p/27398 "2007-04-10T13:04:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-700p/27398/1 "2007-04-10T13:04:21Z")
NE2 is a month away and I’ve been itching for a PDA phone for a while. I was settled on the BB 8703 because it seemed like it would do everythign I wanted it to and I really liked the physical form… Until I learned that the minimum data plan was $25/month. I’m not going to pay $600 over 2 years for a service I won’t use. (Although based on evolve’s excellent advice I will have unlimited data for the first month or two to give myself some room to fuck up.) What I want in the phone is something that will help me keep track of my personal, professional, and (soon) student lives. -Phone calls & text messages (duh) -A solid calander/scheduler -Task manager -Finance manager checkbook balancing style -Lots of other software options to accomadate other things I’ll want to start doing over the next year or two -Stability -A physical design that relies primarily on the keypad. (I.E. if I spend $123412512 at wegmans I don’t want to have to pull the stylus to log it into whatever software I end up using) -No syncing necessary -No emailing necessary Seeing as how I’m not really thrilled to have windows on my computer it doesn’t make much sense for me to have it on my phone. :roll2: So any reason not to go with a Treo 700P? Am I way off thinking that it’s more likely to be stable than a WM phone? ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-700p/27398/2 "2007-04-10T13:09:22Z")
palm OS = only one app open at a time, dont know if that sucks for you. If you weren’t on Verizon i’d recommend a Symbian OS smartphone as they’re definitely the most stable, but nokia doesn’t do CDMA. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-700p/27398/3 "2007-04-10T13:40:22Z")
I didn’t realize with a BB you were required to have the data plan? ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-700p/27398/4 "2007-04-10T14:47:19Z")
[quote=“ryanmcell,post:3,topic:27398"”] I didn’t realize with a BB you were required to have the data plan? [/quote] yep ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-700p/27398/5 "2007-04-11T05:06:31Z")
[quote=“Joe,post:2,topic:27398"”] palm OS = only one app open at a time, dont know if that sucks for you. [/quote] Eh that’s probably fine. I don’t need to do any time consuming stuff like write emails with it so it won’t be a problem to finish one thing before going on to the next. I think I’ll pick up one of these next month. Does Verizon still do that 2 week trial period? ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-700p/27398/6 "2007-04-11T05:07:25Z")
[quote=“BikerFry,post:5,topic:27398"”] Eh that’s probably fine. I don’t need to do any time consuming stuff like write emails with it so it won’t be a problem to finish one thing before going on to the next. I think I’ll pick up one of these next month. Does Verizon still do that 2 week trial period? [/quote] its 30 days now