True enough. But there are any number of ways to look at it. I help out a tax accountant during tax season and there are a bunch of her clients that pay 300/month for phone service. That's ab****ingsurd. I know they're buying service for their kids and probably internet service too but still, you look at year over year comparisons of utility expenses and it is pretty amazing.

FWIW I don't have much of a problem with shelling out for a phone, its equipment. But the access to the service is absurd.
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I have a samsung epic 4g through sprint, so my situation may be different, but I can turn 4g on or off. Same with Wi-fi and GPS.

Battery life is a bit of an issue, which I knew going in. I have a car charger and wall chargers for home and work, so I never run out of juice, but I’m considering getting the extended life battery.

Virgin Mobile has a nice android for under 200 bucks and a 1200 min plan with unlimited text and data for like 40 a month with no contract.

Optimus V

Maybe I should re-read that review. It was balls ass late last night when I read it.

EDIT: Here's the quote

I'm with you there 100%. AT&T buying TMO won't help that at all.

Agree. At this point, it looks like it is just a matter of time for Sprint.

I'm telling ya, if you want the most from your $ go check this out. Unless you really want to spend more $ than is necessary.

It's the best deal going.

I phone would intergrate into your network alot easier B.... Especially with the Exchange server.

Just saying....

Than the droid?

It's foregone that I'm dumping BB.

But whatever you get, if you get your Dad one, make sure it has a hellava case on it... Other wise it will be butt face soup in 3 weeks...

Also check and see what kind of exchange connectors they have. Your mail server would beautiful with our iphones...

I will check on it for you, I have a buddy in FL that uses a droid. But droids allow alot of things Iphones wont, like tethering, which is a life saver on the road.

Let me see how well it intergrates with exchange....

http://www.virginmobileusa.com/check...phone-coverage

Here's my problem. I'm 60 miles from Colorado in the middle of the state.

I think I can see your house from here...

Yeah, I'm going to buck up and get an Otter case I think. I may try to find a generic one like you have, but I could break the shit out of that phone in the 3 weeks I was waiting.

Droids will allow tethering? I'm not sure Verizon is real cool with that. They're pretty proud of that little receiver they sell. If there's a work around, this guy is interested. My tractor could use some laptopage.

Not really. Both the iPhone and the Thunderbolt would access Exchange servers very simply. There isn't a lot of difference between the two regarding that...