iPAQ 6315 - R.I.P. (T-Mobile pulls PDA from shelves)

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The news today (from Engadget) is that T-Mobile has pulled the HP iPAQ 6315 (PDA/Phone) from the shelves.  I was an early adopter of this device starting about 6 months ago.

I, after a while of searching, experimenting and tweaking, got mine to where I found it reasonably functional.  I loved the always-on-email but the phone was marginal and the camera was completely useless (it's "shutter speed" is so slow I couldn't take a picture unless I was resting it on a table!).

So I was a pretty happy camper until recently when it started crashing in the middle of important phone calls!  I mean "freezing" so that I had to "reboot" the phone and the caller thought I'd hung up on them!

So last weekend I went to the T-Mobile store and for $40 got a Samsung SGH-C225.  It's just a phone!  No camera, no email, it does do SMS but that's it!

And it works great!  I have signal everywhere (with the HP I was always dropping out) and I can talk with confidence!

However, now I have a $$$ brick that I wish I'd never bought and I don't have my always-on-email anymore :(

T-Mobile service, now that I can talk to people is great, costs a reasonable amount, and they're nice people....so here's hoping T-Mobile does the right thing by their customers and get some new PDA model and offers at least a trade-in for the 6315 so I can start getting my email again...and one more thing: MAKE SURE IT WORKS AS A PHONE!!!

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Published 19 March 05 01:10 by Michael Lehman

Comments

# Phil said on March 21, 2005 2:04 AM:
keep us informed. i dropped tmobile because of this phone. i still want compensation, just like you do. it's funny, cause my story is about the same as your- i went through 3 replacements!
# Keith said on March 23, 2005 10:31 AM:
The 6315 is no longer on T-Mobile's website!
# talan said on March 28, 2005 8:06 PM:
This one should never have been released. It's slow, it crashes constantly. The wi-fi feature is almost useless and interferes with normal communication as it finds every wireless network out there, except one it can use. The phone works only about 40% of the time. What a waste!
# Thomas said on March 28, 2005 9:43 PM:
Same think here. As a PDA - it's fine. As a phone, it sucks. So you say it has a camera? Mine freezes all the time - almost always when I either place or receive a call. <br> <br>I'm considering a small claims suit to get my money back. Spent more $$ on high capacity battery and other periphs. I'm pissed
# Kevin said on April 8, 2005 6:33 PM:
There is a new software download for the 6315 that addressed several of the know issues.
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