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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 > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > > Alfred Wheeler > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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