SOCIAL: "smart phones?"

[Eric Arons]

i LOVE my new iPhone, and it loves me back.  i know it does.

favorite new app i found?  iNap - it wakes you up based on GPS if you fall
asleep on the train so you won't miss your stop.

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Amandeep Jawa <deep at deeptrouble.com> wrote:

> A couple of other follow ups:
> Karen:  One other thing to be aware of is that smartphone plans tend to be
> more expensive than dumbphone plans because you have to pay for data (which
> means internet service) as well as phone service.  There are various
> technical reasons why this is stupid, but nonetheless it is how all carriers
> structure their rate plans.
>
> Jen:  From my reading of the AT&T site, for 95 dollars a month, you'd get
> 900 free minutes and 200 TXT messages, or $105 for 900 free minutes & 1500
> TXT messages, I'd get the $105.  You'll TXT even more on an iPhone.  So it
> sounds like this is about the same as you'd get with a Blackberry on Verizon
> ("about $100. That includes 900 anytime minutes and 1000 text.").  Also your
> Blackberry on Verizon would be a pain to sync with your Mac I think, whereas
> the iPhone plays well with Mac & Windows.
>
> Check the rates here:
> http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/specials/iphone-info.jsp
>
>
> Mike:  I'd say it depends on how big your fingers are, some people say they
> can't two finger type, some say they can just great.  I can't, but I'm
> pretty happy and quite fast with 1 finger.
>
>
>
> On Dec 4, 2008, at 10:54 AM, Jennifer Seuferer wrote:
>
> Karen, thanks for bring this topic up because I too want to get a new
> phone.
> The thing that stops me from getting an iPhone is I keep hearing that the
> plans are a lot more expensive then the Verizon plan I have now. If I was to
> get a blackberry my monthly fee would go up $30 for the data package, which
> would take me to about $100. That includes 900 anytime minutes and 1000
> text. Can anyone say how the iPhone compairs to that? It looked to me that
> the package that would bring me to about $100 would only be 450 anytime
> minutes and would include no texts.
>
> Jennifer
>
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Karen Nemsick <knemsick at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>   Hi All,
>>
>> It seems time for me to get a new phone.  My current, very very old phone,
>> that doesn't even text or have call waiting, is dying a slow death.  So, I'm
>> looking for new technology.  A phone that lets me check email, and maybe
>> even internet, and maybe even GPS!  Is that too much for a gal to ask?  I am
>> an admitted Luddite when it comes to cell phone technology, so I'm looking
>> to the list for help.  Any recommendations?
>>
>> Karen
>>
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