HTC 3125 / Smartflip / 8500 (Star Trek)
Got mine ...
I bought from smart-mobile-gadgets.com and was impressed: good price, personal contact.
The 8500 was buggy at first. A couple of the weird things may have been just me. For example, at first I couldn't get it to find a signal at all. Thread: http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t= 960760
Then it wouldn't disconnect from VM (I assume because the other end didn't hang up). Thread: http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t= 963002
Finally, I had the known issue of the phone falling into a deep sleep and missing calls. The "band aid" worked for me. Thread: http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t= 962687
After the couple of days...
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