cellphone service

The Grouse

Cell Wars: A New Hope?

After running from Sprint, the Grouse predicts the constant battle for decent cellphone service might finally start favoring the consumer

To spend our precious time here together moaning about how royally screwed up our cellphone companies are here in the States would at this point be too easy. You know the drill: Half-assed handsets, crippled functionality, spotty signals, dumbfounding user interfaces, outrageously priced call plans, incomprehensible outsourced customer service reps from a far-off land, and lets not even talk about the indentured servitude contracts. No, the topic is cliché at this point, so today Id like to take a positive spin on things.

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PDA vs. Cell

Do you want a PDA that acts like a cellphone, a cellphone that keeps you organized, or something in between? How to decide.

A PDA WITH A PHONE BUILT IN



Great For: Anyone who travels
frequently on business. Having inte-
grated high-speed communica-
tions leaves your PDA's expansion
slots open for other devices


Think Twice If: You're constantly looking for a new cellphone service provider
What to buy: Handspring Treo ($399)



A PHONE ACCESSORY FOR YOUR PDA



Great For: The occasional traveler
who wants to use his PDA as a laptop
substitute for e-mail and Web browsing

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