Sony Ericsson P910

Yeah, I was purchasing a P910 online from letstalk.com and they were offering the service with AT&T wireless...big red flag came up b/c of the merger with Cingular. I asked the operator at Cingular what would happen if I purchased this phone and she told me that if I did purchase, when cingular and AT&T did their final merge, that any phone purchased with AT&T would not work on the Cingular Network, and that I'd have to purchase a new phone. I was like no way b/c the phone cost too much money to be strictly used as a PDA b/c no other carrier will put it on their network. So none of the majors right now have it to offer. Does anyone know when they'll offer the phone? Cingular had it on their screen, but said that they don't sell it yet, bu...
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Problem Fixed!!!!

Sorry for the delay but I got the internet figured out on the p910a. I gave Sony the correct info because what they were giving out was not correct.

Since Cingular currently does not carry this phone they cannot provide support for it unless you get the smartest data tech available, which doesn't happen too often.

If you have any problems setting this phone up please contact me via a post on this forum.

As far as the AT&T/Cingular merger questions... since the phone is unlocked it will work on either system and the only thing you will need to do is pick up a new SIM card from Cingular and switch a plan, so migrate to Cingular from AT&T. Take the discount on a new phone as a back-up is my advice.

Good luck...
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Yeah, I didn't think I'd have the problem as long as the phone wasn't locked, but they told me that it would be locked since it was gonna be an AT&T phone. Well, I cancelled but now I'll just buy an un-locked phone and take it to cingular when I get it. Thanks!! I'll contact you if I need help when contacting Cingular.

Kholubar can you please explain exactly how you got this to work. I purchased the p910i yesterday and opened a cingular account and was up to 4am last night trying to get the internet to work. no matter what settings i enter on the ericsson support website it wont send me the automatic setup message. i emailed support this afternoon but lord only knows how long it will take to get a response from them.

thanks

hey kholubar,

im glad to hear you found a solution for the problem.. iv been busting my behind for the past three days, I have the p910i.. can you please send me the settings you used.

you can email me at am27452p@pace.edu or just post them here.

thanks

Hey, well I finally got the P910 and I'm very impressed. I took it to Cingular and established service yesterday, however the tech was not able to set up the internet (as you stated in your other thread). Can you please fill me in to what setting need to be put in to get the service to work.

Thanks
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GeeGee did you purchase through Letstalk.com. If you did, you may want to call them and ask what happens when Cingular and AT&T networks merge. From what I got from Cingular, the phone won't work once this occurs. Called Letstalk.com and they said the same. So what happens is that you have an expensive phone that you can't use b/c no one else will take the phone from another carrier. Anyone know when Cingular will carry the phone?

Does this mean that when Cingular and At&t merge networks that att customers will be forced over to cingular? Will any of the current At&t phones work then? When will this take place?