(Ben Jackson) wrote in message news:wc%fd.15146$HA.8665@attbi_s01...

I'd like to get a new phone, but I really don't want to give up the
coverage. My friends with tiny, week-long-battery-life GSM phones love
them when they're in town, but often have no coverage when they stray
more than a few miles from a city or a major highway.

You might take a look simply keeping your existing plan and just
switch to the Nokia 3560 phone.

http://www.nokiausa.com/phones/3560

It is a TDMA/Analog combo phone that has battery life nearly as long
as the new GSM phones (~ 6hrs digital talk time about twice as long
as your 8260, ~ 9 days standby time). I've had one for a year and
never been able to run the battery down yet!. Also there is the Nokia
2260 with standby time of 15 days and talk time of 5 hours, but it's a
heavy little sucker.

ATTWS is still selling both models right now too. If you renew your
plan, you might be able to talk them into giving you the 3560 for
free. I was able to do that at a time when they were not normally
doing that for existing customers.

I really like my 3560, at 3.8 oz, it's very lightweight, but is a bit
larger than the tiny new GSM technology.