Nov
29
2008
4 Ways to Waste Money with your PDA Phone
PDA phones have revolutionized the way that we wor,k and revolutionized the way that we waste money too. Below I have listed 4 common ways that you can waste money with a PDA phone.
For the sake of this post a PDA phone is any phone that allows you to sync, email, and calendars, and contacts and lets you browse the web with a graphical web browser. This includes smart phones like Blackberries, Iphones and Windows Mobile phones, as well as PDA phones like the Samsung Instinct.
- Getting one if you don’t need it. If you don’t need to check your email, and can barely keep up with your calendar on paper, don’t bother investing $100-400 on a phone plus about $100 per month on service. A phone isn’t gong to make you more organized, or more likely to return your email.
- Not buying an unlimited data plan. Once you are able to surf the web, check the weather in Madagascar, and get quotes from the Tokyo Exchange, you will start racking up the data charges, so do yourself a favor and get the unlimited data plan.
- Not keeping track of text messages. It’s easy to text with a full keyboard, but if you don’t get the right plan you may end up paying upwards of $0.20 per message.
- Using it internationally without a plan. Make sure you call your carrier so you don’t get hit with obscene roaming charges
What ways have you found that a PDA phone can suck money from your budget?
