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Old 01-18-2010, 06:48 PM
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Re: Offered the TP2 or the Palm Pre, I chose....

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Originally Posted by Tibman View Post
My friend had a Diamond, now she has an iPhone.

You can get tomtom for the pre. I have never had a real gps program other than telenav.
I love the UI on the iphone but AT&T's coverage is really, really, really crappy here in omaha. Not to mention there is no way I'm going to pay twice as much for my phone plan (my old legacy sprint plan) to get an iphone.

Also... I blame the recent cell provider rate hikes on apple.

The first gen iphone came out priced at something like $650... you could get it with reasonably priced talk/data plans ($40 phone plan + $15 data plan). When they came out with the second gen they started the trend of subsidizing the phone by requiring users to subscribe to expensive plans in order to get an iphone. Now other carriers have followed suit. I'd have a hard time buying an iphone simply due to the principle of the way apple has forced us all into over-priced plans.

And, yes, I agree my phone needs to be hard-reset every 3 months but I don't care... an hour to load a new ROM is worth it to save $600+ over 2 years. That's a lot of beer.

Last edited by apinkel; 01-18-2010 at 06:51 PM.
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