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| Broher Zachary 2007-06-29, 3:33 pm |
| On Jun 29, 10:53 am, clifto <cli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> RANT: SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR iPHONE CUSTOMERS - WTF?!http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/rnr/363059301.html
>
"Why then does the iPhone get to pay a lower price for the same amount
of useage? WHY?!
BECAUSE YOU JUST SHELLED OUT $500 F***ING DOLLARS."
Yeah. Duh. What's next, a rant about end of year and holiday sale
rebate and financing specials for motor vehicles?
"My goal here is to get the same services for the same price: it's
only fair."
Life. Isn't. Fair.
Deal with it.
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| Jud Hardcastle 2007-06-29, 10:33 pm |
| In article <ghtfl4-kok.ln1@remote.clifto.com>, clifto@gmail.com says...
> RANT: SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR iPHONE CUSTOMERS - WTF?!
> http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/rnr/363059301.html
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>
> RE So here's the deal: I have a Samsung BlackJack with AT&T/Cingular.
> My rate plan is $39.99/mo for 450 minutes, rollover, night/weekend, etc.
> I pay $4.99/mo for 200 text messages. Unlimited data costs $39.99/mo.
> All told, that's about $85/mo for 450 minutes, unlimited data, and 200 text messages.
> But now they have special plans just for iPhone users:
> 450 minutes, 200 texts, and unlimited data (same as above) for $59.99/mo.
Actually you can get the exact same thing. "MEdia(TM) Max 200" without
M2M is $19.99 ($24.99 with UL M2M which you probably have already) and
includes unlimited WAP data plus 200 text messages--the same thing the
iPhone plan has. Drop the $4.99. So $39.99 + $19.99 = guess what %59.98.
Gosh, you'd be paying 1 cent less than the iPhone users. And you can
ignore the compatible phone and plan dropdown--they just added it for me
even though I've got a GAIT plan and phone that hasn't been listed in a
year or more. Keep calling until you get someone who knows what they're
doing--and be polite--very polite.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/254v44
--
Jud
Dallas TX USA
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| Byron Foster 2007-07-04, 10:33 pm |
| I believe the Media Max 200 deal is not available for PDA's, so he would not
be able to get this package with his blackjack.
Jud Hardcastle wrote:
> Actually you can get the exact same thing. "MEdia(TM) Max 200" without
> M2M is $19.99 ($24.99 with UL M2M which you probably have already) and
> includes unlimited WAP data plus 200 text messages--the same thing the
> iPhone plan has. Drop the $4.99. So $39.99 + $19.99 = guess what %59.98.
> Gosh, you'd be paying 1 cent less than the iPhone users. And you can
> ignore the compatible phone and plan dropdown--they just added it for me
> even though I've got a GAIT plan and phone that hasn't been listed in a
> year or more. Keep calling until you get someone who knows what they're
> doing--and be polite--very polite.
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/254v44
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| Jud Hardcastle 2007-07-05, 10:33 am |
| In article <OdYii.476466$JN6.134861@newsfe17.phx>, bvfnews2@base2.cc
says...
>
> I believe the Media Max 200 deal is not available for PDA's, so he would not
> be able to get this package with his blackjack.
>
>
>
Good grief. The Samsung Blackjack is running Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone
Edition and does not have a touch screen--that's a definition of
smartphone not pda--to everybody ELSE. But Cingular does have it paired
with the pda plans on their site--so I withdraw my answer--they probably
wouldn't do it unless you can do it without getting a human involved.
Anyone care to challenge Cingular on their smartphone vrs pda
definitions? Including why they even have them? Phone vrs tethering I
can somewhat understand--but smartphone vrs PDA no longer is meaningful.
--
Jud
Dallas TX USA
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| Todd Allcock 2007-07-05, 12:33 pm |
| At 05 Jul 2007 08:55:44 -0500 Jud Hardcastle wrote:
> Good grief. The Samsung Blackjack is running Windows Mobile 5
Smartphone
> Edition and does not have a touch screen--that's a definition of
> smartphone not pda--to everybody ELSE.
Actually that's only Microsoft's definition, AFAIK. Generally every
company has their own definition, and the industry tends to use the
"Smartphone" for any advanced data-capable device.
> Anyone care to challenge Cingular on their smartphone vrs pda
> definitions? Including why they even have them? Phone vrs tethering I
> can somewhat understand--but smartphone vrs PDA no longer is meaningful.
Because Windows Mobile Smartphones (MS definition) are almost as capable
as PDAs and can certainly burn through as much data.
I assume to Cingular, a "Smartphone" is something more like my old Nokia
3600 series Symbian phone- it can do POP/IMAP e-mail, browse with a low-
grade HTML browser, and run Java apps.
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