1) I'm not paying $600 for a phone that's going to be obsolete within several years.
2) AT&T's EDGE network is slow as snot, especially compares to Sprint's and Verizon's EVDO Rev. A.
3) AT&T isn't offering a decent WiFi plan with it despite their wireline users being able to opt for a $2/mo plan with about 3 times the hotspots. This lack of company-wide integration of offerings is displeasing at best.
4) T-Mobile has started offering a phone that can seamlessly roam between WiFi and cellular signals, but I'm not aware of the iPhone offering similar functionality. (See obsolescence concerns above.)
5) Because there's no open API, there's going to be a dearth of 3rd-party apps like on Palm and Windows Mobile devices. (Sorry Steve, Web 2.0 apps don't cut it.)
6) AT&T will charge you both a $50 restocking fee AND a $175 early termination fee if you return the phone and cancel service, which you only have 14 days to do. After the 14 days, you'd better put the phone on eBay and hope that you get enough to cover the ETF.
You might not care so much about those things, but it's worth making sure you keep those things under consideration when you make that kind of purchasing decision. I, for one, am holding out for the updated Motorola Q with Windows Mobile 6.
No, because I don't want all that stuff on my cell phone. All I care about is e-mail access and, of course, the phone part. I would like to be able to take video from my Blackberry, but at least the model I have doesn't have that.
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No. But I want one soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad. Ugh. Really bad.
i paid a homeless a guy 5 dollars to stand in line for me...I got mine
I sure didn't, and let me tell you why.
1) I'm not paying $600 for a phone that's going to be obsolete within several years.
2) AT&T's EDGE network is slow as snot, especially compares to Sprint's and Verizon's EVDO Rev. A.
3) AT&T isn't offering a decent WiFi plan with it despite their wireline users being able to opt for a $2/mo plan with about 3 times the hotspots. This lack of company-wide integration of offerings is displeasing at best.
4) T-Mobile has started offering a phone that can seamlessly roam between WiFi and cellular signals, but I'm not aware of the iPhone offering similar functionality. (See obsolescence concerns above.)
5) Because there's no open API, there's going to be a dearth of 3rd-party apps like on Palm and Windows Mobile devices. (Sorry Steve, Web 2.0 apps don't cut it.)
6) AT&T will charge you both a $50 restocking fee AND a $175 early termination fee if you return the phone and cancel service, which you only have 14 days to do. After the 14 days, you'd better put the phone on eBay and hope that you get enough to cover the ETF.
You might not care so much about those things, but it's worth making sure you keep those things under consideration when you make that kind of purchasing decision. I, for one, am holding out for the updated Motorola Q with Windows Mobile 6.
If only I had that kind of money. Someday I'll have the funds to support the best computer and electronics corporation on the planet like I want...
No, because I don't want all that stuff on my cell phone. All I care about is e-mail access and, of course, the phone part. I would like to be able to take video from my Blackberry, but at least the model I have doesn't have that.
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