Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 12th Mar 2009 23:49 UTC
PDAs, Cellphones, Wireless "They won't say when it'll arrive and they won't say how much it'll cost, but representatives from Palm and Sprint on Thursday were willing to talk about stuff like service plans for the wildly anticipated (though not anytime soon) Palm Pre. It'll be the Everything plans for would-be Pre users: The available individual service plans, according to company officials will be for 400 minutes, 900 minutes, and the $100 all-you-can-eat Simply Everything option. For families, the options are 1500 minutes, 3000 minutes or (again) Simply Everything for $190."
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link that works?
by umccullough on Fri 13th Mar 2009 00:11 UTC
umccullough
Member since:
2006-01-26

How 'bout a link that works... that one doesn't seem to be clickable here ;)

Ah, source says "hef" instead of "href" ;)

Edited 2009-03-13 00:12 UTC

Insane pricing
by kragil on Fri 13th Mar 2009 10:12 UTC
kragil
Member since:
2006-01-04

100$ a month for a phone???

The US seriously needs some competition and/or more regulation.

RE: Insane pricing
by Adurbe on Fri 13th Mar 2009 16:08 UTC in reply to "Insane pricing"
Adurbe Member since:
2005-07-06

look at uk pricing ;-)

although part of our cost is to cover the 'free phone' you get with your contract

RE: Insane pricing
by bousozoku on Fri 13th Mar 2009 17:05 UTC in reply to "Insane pricing"
bousozoku Member since:
2006-01-23

100$ a month for a phone???

The US seriously needs some competition and/or more regulation.


It's a better deal than the competition has. Generally, it costs about US$30 more for their equivalent plans.

I'm not saying that it's good, but being less expensive, it helps.

the real news in the webinar
by MobyTurbo on Fri 13th Mar 2009 11:18 UTC
MobyTurbo
Member since:
2005-07-08

The real news in the webinar is when they said that it comfortably multitasks *4* applications. Let's see, 1) email, 2) IM, 3) web, 4) music, 5) fail. They also said at the webinar that it won't be able to run games other than casual web-based type games, the app store sells mostly games for the iPhone. I was set to like the Pre, and I really want Palm to succeed (I own two Palm devices, a centro and a TX) but I think the Pre is going to disappoint, and there's a reason besides hype that they aren't letting it get examined by just anyone.

WAY too expensive
by lqsh on Sat 14th Mar 2009 14:07 UTC
lqsh
Member since:
2007-01-01

I can lease a new small car for $190 month.

Why the hell is a cell phone contract soooo expensive???

RE: WAY too expensive
by kaiwai on Mon 16th Mar 2009 09:38 UTC in reply to "WAY too expensive"
kaiwai Member since:
2005-07-06

I can lease a new small car for $190 month.

Why the hell is a cell phone contract soooo expensive???


It depends on what you're going to use it for. There are alot of NZ'ders who, for example, only have a mobile phone for their home phone rather than a land line. As wireless improves in speed and lower in price you're going to see people tether their mobile to their laptop (rather than it being just a small number of people).

Edit: I hope they allow people to purchase the phone outright; I have a Vodafone prepaid phone and would like be able to purchase this phone.

Edited 2009-03-16 09:43 UTC