Re: Waffling on the iPhone

["Ben Holland" <user=122@nabble.blu.org>]

 The wait will soon be over for you. 
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9423084269.html

There will shortly be linux supported cell phones and the like. I am waiting 
for them to come out as well so I can dump my more then 3 year old cell 
phone. ~Ben 

On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Al Wheeler <[hidden email]> 
wrote: 

> I feel the iPhone is meant for two groups of people. 
> 
> 
> Those who have more money than they know what to do with 
> 
> and 
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> those who want to profit from the aforementioned group. 
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> If the iPhone (future) applications provide a compelling argument, then 
> I will follow the crowd - eventually.... 
> 
> 
> Until then, I will only have it if somebody else wants me to due to some 
> real or perceived business need and pays for it apart from my salary or 
> compensation. 
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> The only work i do on my simple cell is verbal communication. 
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> I need a real keyboard, if I am going to do real work on a 
> computer-network which seems to be what the iPhone is the beginning of 
> and wants to be. 
> 
> 
> Until I can effectively write scripts and the like, the iPhone is more 
> of a delightful toy than a real tool in my thoughts. 
> 
> 
> So, no; I for one do not feel inclined to feed AT&amp;T, yet.... 
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> But y' know I eventually broke down and bought a cell phone, 
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> so probably sooner or later I will 
> 
> 
> get an iPhone or something like the iPhone. I'll try to wait until it 
> runs Linux?.. 
> 
> 
> Doug wrote: 
> 
> > Hello: 
> > 
> > I promised the iPhone to the misses and myself.  Yet she is the 
> > practical sort.  We figure the family plan ($70/month) + data plan 
> > ($30/month) + phones ($210 * 2) + activation ($40 *2) + taxes 
> > ($10/month) + accessories ($60) puts the cost of ownership at $3200 
> > for two years.  Ouch.  She has a monthly plan at $40/month while I 
> > have one at $10/month (pay as you go), so a total cost of $1150.  That 
> > is a $2k premium for the iPhone. 
> > 
> > I have a skype account, and am thinking of using fring to load that 
> > onto a Wi-Fi phone.  That would work at work, at home, and at a 
> > starbucks.  Drop my SIM chip from one phone to another.  If I buy a 
> > decent Wi-Fi Phone, that is a one time cost which I use when I have 
> > Wi-Fi, otherwise I use the T-mobile phone. 
> > 
> > Do people here have multi-phone lives?  Anyone use the fring/skype or 
> > fring/vontage combination?  Is anyone so in love with the iPhone they 
> > think feeding AT&amp;T this amount of money makes sense? 
> > 
> > Doug 
> > 
> > 
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