> -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Mike Miller > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 10:37 AM > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: [tclug-list] what to do with a Palm Pre? > > On Thu, 16 Feb 2012, Jeremy MountainJohnson wrote: > > > I do have a question: Suppose I drop my plan. What can I > then do with this Palm Pre? It does have Linux inside and > I've been able to use that to copy files out of the device. > It has WiFi. Sell the Pre. Don't hang onto technology that is obsolete for you. Should be a way to "politely" shut it down so another Sprint subscriber could easily activate it without getting your data. I bought several early 3G smartphones off ebay that way. Had no trouble at all getting Sprint to enter the changed hardware code for my account to activate one. Did that when I'd break one. > But what exactly stops working if I drop my > plan? Do apps fail even if I'm using WiFi instead of Sprint > networking? Do any of you have any experience with this? Dunno. My old Samsung I330 wasn't that smart or that well-connected. It just goes to a stand-alone Palm mode. Chuck