Talked to our local telcomm person — a very nice young lady that I actually hired long ago when I was doing the IT site management gig. <\/p>\n
Formally, the company only buys the 8700. The telcomm group only supports the 8700 if there are problems. <\/p>\n
That said, there are plenty of “caveat emptor” exceptions made. They can enable the service, and I can go to a local AT&T<\/strike>\/Cingular<\/strike>\/at&t store and buy the 8300 (Curve) myself (expensing the cost back), then move the SIM chip from my existing Treo to it, and all should be well, and all should be well.<\/p>\n
On the one hand, there’s a bit of a risk involved — if the phone goes all flooey, I’m on my own. On the other hand, that’s been my assumption with my Treo, etc., and as long as the phone supports the Exchange services (it does), there’s nothing else I should need to worry about from the company telcomm folks.<\/p>\n
Famous last words.<\/small><\/p>\n
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