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just because some dont use a lot of data doesnt mean they dont use thier phones. not everyone has a need for over 2gb of data obviously. i bthink you really answered your own question. why have a multimedia device? becuase its a multimedia device, data centric activities are but a small portion of what you can do with these monsters. playing games, watching movies, making movies, editing/creating docs for work etc plenty of things to do that dont require data but cant be done on a dumbphone not to mention the abundance of free wifi hotspots that would negate the need of data somewhat also. you act as if just becuase they dont use a bunch of data they dont deserve a phone of this caliber and should be stuck in dumbphone purgatory.

a $5 savings isnt gonna make anyone rich but its still something esp for someone like me with lots of lines. every dollar counts.

i also fail to see who it would be finacial disastorous for them perhaps you could expound upon that one. att just brought on 2 million new contracts in the last couple weeks, i think theyll be ok lol. big companies make bonehead moves all the time (m$/kin) but imo this was a well researched move by them but like you said, time will tell.

most people will never need to or even know how to load nonmarket apps, most will never even want to flash roms so outside of the dev community (which is very small) those arent really that important to them i would assume. what percentage of iphones/winmo phones/androids are jailbroken/unlocked/rooted? not too many. dont get me wrong im a tweaker just like you fellas and would love to be able to flash but there is 2 sides to the coin. people bricking phones trying to flash that must be replaced, people loading up apk's from random websites and getting all their data stolen. im not saying i agree with these policies, i actually think they blow pretty hard, but i can fully appreciate the logic behind them.