New PDA/Phone

I’ve upgraded to a Palm Centro with Sprint, thus moving into the 21st century, or so my kids and wife tell me. One would think someone as involved with computers as I am would be OK with phone devices, but I’ve resisted anything that does more than dial, and provide me with a single type of ring for incoming calls.

My local customers will be happy to know that this phone works inside my office, so there will be no more trying my cell phone and then calling the office number if you don’t get through. Presumably since it works, it will also pick up messages and notify me of them while in the office, unlike my previous phone, though I haven’t had occasion to try this.

I found a great deal of complaining about Sprint around the web while looking for this phone, but I have to say that the folks at the Sprint store were knowledgeable and efficient. The only complaint I had through the whole process was that it came up during a Sprint account upgrade, so my account was not accessible for a period of time. Sprint customer support didn’t seem to know when this would be complete, which was a bit annoying. The suggestion that I check in with a Sprint store every so often was not particularly helpful.

Overall, however, I am quite satisfied with my Sprint phones. As far as the phone itself is concerned, I’m a little bit out of my depth, since it does so much more than anything I have carried before. I’m trying to put all my notes and organization stuff in there, and thus far it appears that will work. I don’t need a full hand-held computer capability, but this seems pretty comprehensive for my purposes. I may comment a bit more on it after I have used it for a bit longer.