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FINALLY! My Cingular Treo 650 has arrived, and with the proper SIM card and Phone!!! Man, what a mission to get a phone and xfer service. I unpacked the phone this afternoon and set it to charge for the next few hours. After work I finally had a little time to start playing with it. I started by getting the phone activated. Everything went pretty smooth, minus the computer problems the girl on the other side was having. Total time activating and going through the checklists was about 30 minutes.

I totally made out like a bandit. All things considered, the amount of time spent was worth it. To make a long story short without going into too many details, I was able to get the phone for UNDER $300 INCLUDING TAX. Mind you, that this does NOT include a $60 credit, a waived setup fee, and another $50 rebate coming my way. So if you add it all up, I paid somewhere in the neighborhood of $150 for everything! And here is another bonus. Looks like Cingular just changed their pricing and plans today. I had chosen to go on a Nationwide 850 plan, and as of today, that plan is now 900 minutes. But they did make one MAJOR change. I had opted for the MediaWorks plan which included unlimited data over WAP. Guess what? As of today, that MediaWorks plan only covers 3MB of data! Total BS. If you want the unlimited data, now u gotta throw in another $5. I was able to convince the girl to grandfather me into the prior plan with the unlimited MediaWorks.

So all-in-all I am pleased so far in the first few hours with the phone. I am still trying to set up all the services and get my Mac synced up and data transfered, but I am sure I will get to that later tonight. For now, I am a pretty happy camper. I will continue to make updates on the transition as interesting tid bits arise. Stay tuned....