Re: Waffling on the iPhone

["Al Wheeler-2" <user=1343@nabble.blu.org>]

 I feel the iPhone is meant for two groups of people. 


Those who have more money than they know what to do with 

and 

those who want to profit from the aforementioned group. 


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. 


The only work i do on my simple cell is verbal communication. 


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&T, yet.... 


But y' know I eventually broke down and bought a cell phone, 


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&T this amount of money makes sense? 
> 
> Doug 
> 
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