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Data Plan confussion for Treo650

jakej

Apr 25, 2005, 10:06 AM
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What do I need?, so many choices. I just want to use the 650 for checking a pop email account and surfing the web on my commute. Is there a difference between Media Net and Data Connect?

Media Basics/Works
Media Net
Multimedia Messaging
Text Messaging
Data Connect for PDAs

Thanks,

Jake
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drumminf00l

Apr 25, 2005, 10:30 AM
Media Net isn't for Treo's or Blackberry's, you're actually supposed to get a data connect package, b/c of the email push function that PDA's have 😁
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jakej

Apr 25, 2005, 10:38 AM
Thanks for the quick reply. What is the email push function? Is text messaging included in the Data Plan?
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drumminf00l

Apr 25, 2005, 11:14 AM
for the Treo's and Blackberry's, the e-mail push automatically fowards emails from your email inbox (i.e. Outlook, AOL, etc. ) to your device, text messaging is not included in Data plans, text are .10/message sent or recieved, we do have several packages, 50 for 1.99, 200 for 4.99, 1000 for 9.99, etc. all the way up to 2500 text messages
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jakej

Apr 25, 2005, 12:56 PM
Thanks again. This will be my last question on the subject. Do you need the push program to check email, i.e. you need to keep you email app running on your computer? Aren't there settings in the Treo to check the account direct?
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drumminf00l

Apr 25, 2005, 1:09 PM
not sure there, the novelty of the PDA's is they automatically push your emails to you, theres probably a way to get on internet w/your treo to check mail, but not sure how, the push program is automatically built into the PDA, its not a seperate feature, when setting up your treo, it comes with a cd to install software on your computer so that you can sync your Treo and computer, thats where your treo gets the info/settings for the email normally
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cingularchris

Apr 25, 2005, 1:12 PM
if you set up the treo using the pop3 account, it should just use the internet to login to your mail box using the pop3 account info and download the mail to the mail program. the push program is used the sync the info. you can always go to mail.yahoo.com or any of the such to check your online accounts.
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jakej

Apr 26, 2005, 11:44 AM
That is what I was looking for. When I sync to Outlook it will then pull the emails from the Treo into my Inbox. So, when I leave my office I will shutdown Outlook, activate the Treo to check the account, then synch when I return to the office. Does this sound right?
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Buckock

Apr 26, 2005, 1:40 PM
Treo650 DOESNT USE the "push" technology that RIM Blackberry uses. yes, you can set-up your treo to get email from say Yahoo, or msn
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SForsyth01

Apr 26, 2005, 11:50 AM
This brings up a question that I have: Say I have a calling plan, the PDA Connect Unlimited plan, and a text plan. Does that give me also allow me unlimited internet access from the Treo?
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