Wanna buy a Treo 650 in the next few days? EarthLink (the ISP which also sells Treos and wireless service) and OfficeMax have a Father's Day deal that does, indeed, sound like a deal. Full price for the EarthLink Treo is $599 at OfficeMax. But until June 18th, if you sign up for a two-year service contract you get a $150 "instant rebate" (read: discount) and a $150 mail-in rebate offer, for an eventual cost of $299--and they throw a Bluetooth wireless headset in, too. And EarthLink charges $20 for all-you-can-eat e-mail and Internet access, which is one of the cheaper plans out there.
If I hadn't already picked up a 650--for $399, sans wireless headset--I'd be tempted to snap one up during this sale...
how much is their phone service?
you can't get the 650 for 299 (no bluetooth headset :( ) for sprint service through bestbuy.com
Big whoop, not really a great a deal. Check out treocentral.com. $289 for sprint, $229 for cingular, $329 for verizon as of 06/21/05 with various plan commitments available every day.
It's not a bad deal.
+ = Contract Term is actually on 12 months (not the 24 months required for the prices listed above by Ren Hoe'K)
+ = Includes roaming on Sprint and Verizon since Earthlink is a virtual carrier. Sprint requires a 24 month contract for similar coverage
- = Monthly charges may be slightly less on Sprint if you have a corporate or public-sector (City, State or Federal Government) affiliation
- = Acceptable use policy says that you aren't allowed to use Bluetooth Dial Up Networking (although a Tech Support Rep assures me that you can)
- = Maybe hard to resell phone in 12 months, since it's doubtful you can register the phone on Sprint or Earthlink.
I've seen eveb better. I found a $69 TREO deal at SplashWireless.com. They state its a treo on the Sprint network but serice by earthlink. how does that work?