| | Buy An Unlocked Phone Go to »www.gsmarena.com/ and check the reviews and find the best unlocked phone for yourself.
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 | | Re: Buy An Unlocked Phone I've always done that. Currently I'm using a Nokia E75 and I'm very happy with it. I also have a Nokia 6110 navigator and and an N95. I think I will buy N97 pretty soon, or at least as soon as the prices go a little lower. All of these phones work on any of the GSM provider's networks 3G and all. I'm truly not interested in the CDMA crap or this Google phone. | |
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 a333A hot cup of integrals please
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Rego Park, NY
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1 edit | Good Lord... they expect $530 for an unsubsidized ANDROID phone??? For $549 I can go buy a Nokia N900... and get a real mobile computer and OS while I'm at it. Also, I don't have to sell my soul to Google. Also, like others have mentioned, ~$500 is a price I expect on say a netbook... if I'm going to pay that much money for a cell phone, I'd put my money on the N900... it's definitely much more of a mobile computer than the Nexus One, at least OS-wise.
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join:2005-03-19 | Re: Buy An Unlocked Phone i don't know anything about the n900, but what OS does it run?
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| | a333A hot cup of integrals please
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| Re: Buy An Unlocked Phone Maemo Linux, which is basically an adapted Debian Linux distro. That means you can actually install tons of linux apps by adding a few extra repositories. Also, porting desktop apps to Maemo is a bit easier, since in many cases it's a matter of recompiling for the ARM architectures...
About the resistive touchscreen it is actually way better than the others, according to most who have reviewed the N900.. it's actually pretty accurate and for most everyday tasks you probably wouldn't notice the difference.
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kudos:1 | Maemo OS, built around a Debian Linux platform. The Linux shell is fully accessible with no need to hack anything at all. And the apps currently available are pretty astounding in that most are free, and they're actually useful!
I'm currently working on a video review of the phone. Here's the trailer.
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il5uQ0P0YZA
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join:2001-03-05
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kudos:1 | Re: Buy An Unlocked Phone What's the problem with resistive touchscreens? It seems to be working fine at this end. | |
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| | | | | Re: Buy An Unlocked Phone They are nowhere near as accurate or durable as a capacitive touchscreen. | |
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| said by a333:Good Lord... they expect $530 for an unsubsidized ANDROID phone??? For $549 I can go buy a Nokia N900... and get a real mobile computer and OS while I'm at it. Also, I don't have to sell my soul to Google. Also, like others have mentioned, >$500 is a price I expect on say a netbook... if I'm going to pay that much money for a cell phone, I'd put my money on the N900... it's definitely much more of a mobile computer than the Nexus One, at least OS-wise. -a333 You do know how much an iPhone costs, right? $699
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| | | | Re: Buy An Unlocked Phone It costs Apple nearly that much to make one, of course it's going to be expensive.
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| | | said by a333:Good Lord... they expect $530 for an unsubsidized ANDROID phone??? For $549 I can go buy a Nokia N900... and get a real mobile computer and OS while I'm at it. Also, I don't have to sell my soul to Google. Also, like others have mentioned, >$500 is a price I expect on say a netbook... if I'm going to pay that much money for a cell phone, I'd put my money on the N900... it's definitely much more of a mobile computer than the Nexus One, at least OS-wise. -a333 If you pay over 500 for a netbook I`d have to label you crazy. | |
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| | a333A hot cup of integrals please
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Rego Park, NY | Re: Buy An Unlocked Phone Fixed.....want a cookie?
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Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | said by sonicmerlin:If you pay over 500 for a netbook I`d have to label you crazy. Ya I know one person who paid 2 grand for a netbook
I can't give any more details but just say its a company netbook and he could pick what ever he wanted | |
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kudos:1 | Re: Buy An Unlocked Phone The only way I was able to pay more than $500 for my netbook purchase a year ago was if I included the price of the upgraded hard drive and memory.
With today's prices however, the upgrades are no longer enough to bring the price close to $500.
Then again, I did pay $650 for my Nokia N900. Now THAT'S crazy! 
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