Today, I ordered a shiny new Sony Ericsson T-637 phone with service through Cingular wireless. I had, and still technically am as of this moment, been using T-Mobile for my cellular/PCS service ever since I was in college and signed up with the local carrier that was bought multiple times. Don't get me wrong, I've been very happy with their customer service and coverage, however, there are a few dead areas around my house and my parents house that Cingular seems to cover well. All of my family has AT&T/Cingular phones and they get great service in their house and at my house.
Another thing that convinced me to switch is that I could get the phone I wanted from Cingular for free! The last phone I bought was a nice flip phone, but cost me $200 for nothing really. Now I decided to do a bit of research and find one that has the features I really want, not just one that looks kewl. My only real concerns were to get a phone that supported Blue-tooth technology as well as J2ME or Java. I want to use this as a modem for my laptop so I can get on the internet when we are out as well as just play around with learning J2ME. What better way to do it than get a phone that supports it.
The only potential downfall I see to this is that I decided to port my number form one carrier to another and order the phone online. I just hope I'm not without cell service for a couple of days while I wait for the phone to arrive. Anyone have any experience with this?
Posted by doug at January 21, 2005 12:25 PM | TrackBackWhy is it that every time I order something that I really want here and now, it ends up on backorder? I just really hope that they don't transfer my number before the phone ships and I end up with no service. If that happens, we'll have to see what I end up getting for free :)
Posted by: doug at January 22, 2005 05:43 PMAfter getting frustrated with always seeing "Backordered" as the status of my order on Cingular's website, I decided to call customer service and see if I could get a better idea of a ship date. Well, turns out the phone is not actually backordered, but they were just waiting on T-Mobile to perform the switch over! While I was on the phone with Cingular, they called T-Mobile and got everything straightened out. The nice lady told me that my phone would ship today at 2:00 and I should have it either tomorrow or Thursday. The nice thing about the number transfer is that it will not take effect until I get the phone and call an 800 # to activate the new phone. Woohoo! My one fear was unfounded.
Now I just have to hope FedEx or UPS isn't dumb and actually delivers the phone
Posted by: doug at January 25, 2005 04:28 PM