Sure not a problem but when you are finished 'papering' please explain to all the consumers why the costs of their $49 (or free) handsets just doubled or tripled to full retail/manufacturing costs.
No one is forcing you to buy these handsets. Sim only plans are available. Get over it and get real about what is important when it comes to gsm mobile connectivity and the sales structure that carriers have chosen to implement this connectivity with. Your arguments are childish and boring, and give the masses more credit, they know that these devices don't really cost $49 to build. Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +1-212-203-4357 Ph +1-917-207-3420 Mb +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sam Kome Sent: Monday, 26 February 2007 11:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: A timely rant: Time for SIM-free phones. We should paper the world with (something like) this rant ahead of the wide release of Neo1973. The fettered masses really don't get it yet. Covers 8 myths which drive folks to buy locked phones and/or 2yr contracts: http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/Its_time_to_buy_SIM-free_ph ones.php "How would Apple fans react if the latest Mac computer was exclusively locked to a particular ISP, was only available to people who live in that ISP's service area, and people had to sign up to a 2 year contract with that ISP? The Apple fans would be mad as hell, so why on earth are they having to put up with exactly the same restrictions on a portable, pocket-sized Mac computer called the iPhone?" "How is it that Finland, a poorer, lower-density country without phone contracts, and with a law banning locked phones, developed far better phone coverage than America, the land of locked phones and 2 year contracts?" Sam Kome <http://www.motricity.com/> UX Team Member <http://www.motricity.com/> www.motricity.com <http://www.motricity.com> view corporate video <http://corp.motricity.com/press/video.php> NOTICE: This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information of Motricity. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
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