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|  Nine Alternatives To Apple's iPhone
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Apple's iPhone is the sought-after smartphone of the moment, but it's outside the reach of some people and not ideal for everyone. Not only is the iPhone expensive at $499 to $599, but some IT departments won't support it, making it impractical for professionals who want to stay on the good side of the CIO.
Fortunately, there are many iPhone alternatives, including those with media players for music, video, and streaming content. At prices ranging from $75 to $450, they're cheaper than Steve Jobs' latest pet project, too. Go to the link above to check out 9 phones that can do what the iPhone does and you won't have to pay $500 or $600 for them.
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dadkins
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Hercules, CA | $600.00 *AND* it only works on AT&T?
Screw that!  |
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ColorBASIC
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Corona, CA | Then don't buy it. |
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Anonymous_
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said by dadkins  :$1000.00 *AND* it only works on AT&T? Screw that! fixed
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bmn
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| said by Anonymous_ :said by dadkins :$1000.00 *AND* it only works on AT&T? Screw that! fixed The only way you can get $1000 if you are factoring in the contract that ATT sticks you with for two years.
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Anonymous_
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ColorBASIC
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Or you're stupid enough to pay that for one on eBay. Meanwhile my Treo 700W was $600 when I got it so I don't see the iPhone as overpriced for its claimed feature set.
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dvd536
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said by dadkins :$600.00 *AND* it only works on AT&T? Screw that! Well until you unlock it 
Surely some hacker will figure out how to unlock them to use em on a RELIABLE network.
remember cingular by any other name stinks as bad.
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ColorBASIC
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Corona, CA | Almost as bad as Verizon. |
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said by dadkins :$600.00 *AND* it only works on AT&T? Screw that! I bought TEN of 'em!
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itguy05
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Camp Hill, PA | reply to dvd536
Cingular is better than "It's the Notwork" (Verizon), "The least powerful" (Sprint), T-blobile, or "We cover the places nobody lives in" (Alltel) |
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bmn
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| said by itguy05 :Cingular is better than "It's the Notwork" (Verizon), "The least powerful" (Sprint), T-blobile, or "We cover the places nobody lives in" (Alltel) Better than Sprint ? Maybe in PA. I'll take Sprint over ATT any day. Especially when I'm doing anything data related (ie - Treo, Blackberry, etc.), it is Sprint or it is slow as molasses.
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dogma
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For Posterity
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wmcbrine
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Re: Nine Alternatives To Apple's iPhone
said by Anonymous_ :i am talking about ebay Price There's no reason to pay that. Nor to wait in line. Apple will keep making these as long as they sell. It's not a limited edition. The worst that happens is that you wait a few weeks... but probably not even that. (So, in other words, these people are nuts.)
But, having seen the iPhone and seen other phones, there aren't nine other phones that can do what it does, nor even one, at any price.
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Re: Nine Alternatives To Apple's iPhone
said by itguy05 :Cingular is better than "It's the Notwork" (Verizon), "The least powerful" (Sprint), T-blobile, or "We cover the places nobody lives in" (Alltel) You mean YOU don't live there, at least be specific. For someone who lives in a rural, less populated area, I appreciate carriers (like AT&T Affiliate Edge Wireless and US Cellular, two of the three carriers here, Verizon being the third) that cover us "unimportant" people. |
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NOCMan
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Care to back that up with any independent studies?
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That's right because Verizon and T-Mobile usually top them. Do not get confused when AT&T goes to town saying they're the best with part of the evaluation that in some bum Egypt market comes up with AT&T a .01 percentage point ahead. That's about 10 calls that did not have an issue out of a few hundred.
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Bobcat
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Bedminster, NJ | reply to GOLFnSUN
Verizon says they have 18 phones that do what the iphone does. They just don't have large, touch-sensitive screens. |
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matrix3D
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Deep River, CT | reply to wmcbrine
I'll wait for iPhone 2. It's bullsh*t that the Europeans get HSDPA and we get EDGE... not to mention the crappy non-replaceable battery that forces you to always be near a power plug. |
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Re: For Posterity
said by dogma :eBay apparently took this down, but it was fun while it lasted. Free shipping? Sweet!
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