Few cell phone Q's, Sony Ericsson T610 and T-Mobile

[ArmchairAthlete]

CLIFF'S NOTES BELOW.

Today I went to T-Mobile, Sprint, and Cingular stores. T-mobile appeared to have the best plan (unless they're hiding something) and best service (at least in the store itself). I'm not sure what their coverage is like around Atlanta, if anybody could fill me in that would be great (good or bad experiences).

T-Mobile was also offering a Sony Ericcson T610 phone for $30 if I sign up for a 1 year contract with any of their plans. They didn't have other Sony E phones, but looking at this phone online it seems pretty good, I believe I've also heard members say that you can upload MIDI files to use as ringtones as well as games, pics, etc from your PC (free obviously) with a USB cord. Also appears to support Bluetooth, even though I don't own an access point the wireless headset might be cool. Loads of features for $30...

I also made a thread some time ago about developing small cell phone games and someone said Sony Ericsson phones are good for this with their PC connectivity and support for J2ME and Mophun games.

Can anybody vouch for how easy it is to upload games/midi ringtones on a T610 or similar phone?

CLIFF'S NOTES:

-looked at phones, leaning toward Sony Ericsson T610 $30 with 1year T-Mobile plan
-want to know about how good coverage is in Atlanta/Norcross area
-want to know how well uploading games, pics, MIDI ringtones, contacts, etc from PC works with T610

Thanks in advance if anybody can help me out!

 

[deejayshakur]

i can tell you that paying $30 for a t610 is a rip off. i got it free 2 years ago with a 1 year contract.

that being said, see what deals amazon has. you can typically get decent phones with a 1 year tmobile contract for (negative)$100-$200.

edit: uploading is cake if you use bluetooth. sonyericsson's have pretty much the best implementation of bluetooth (due to ericsson's original development of the standard), so all you need is a bt dongle for your desktop and you're set.

edit2: one last time...you'll find all you ever wanted to know about the t610 in the FAQ at Text

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Thanks deejayshakur.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de...7-3744606?v=glance&s=wireless&n=507846

That appears to be the right place to start on Amazon. EDIT: It's $50 after buying a plan?? Or Amazon seems to have some kind of mail in rebate hmm.

Looking at Bluetooth dongle prices I may as well pick one up for about the same price as some would charge for the USB cable. Newegg has 'em.

 

[isekii]

http://www.letstalk.com/landing/search3.htm?landId=5&k=T-Mobile

 

[Albis]

amazon gives you a 100 bucks if you get the phone and a plan

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Originally posted by: Albis
amazon gives you a 100 bucks if you get the phone and a plan

Doh, they're sold out of the phone =(

They want you to sign up for expensive plans for their discounts/rebates as well. I was looking for a $30/month plan (T-Mobile seemed to have one that would be enough at that price point). Activation fees too at amazon... $35 for T-Mobile.

 

[deejayshakur]

yea, the t610 is an old phone so i wouldn't be surprised if it's sold out. do they have the nokia 6230? or t637?

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Originally posted by: deejayshakur
yea, the t610 is an old phone so i wouldn't be surprised if it's sold out. do they have the nokia 6230? or t637?

I'll ask. I think they said it was the only Sony Ericsson phone they had though.

Reading around the Nokia 6230 sounds pretty good, just need to make sure I can upload sound files from my PC to use as ringtones, and possibly upload my own games/apps for free. Maybe most phones let you do this now... lol I'm such a newb. Amazon is selling that one with Cingular as the provider... cheapest plan is $40 / month =(

 

[AreaCode707]

I like Nokias a lot. T-Mobile has the best customer service, I know. (Has won JD Power awards for it for the last few years, over all the other companies.) Dunno about coverate around Atlanta.