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<alpine.WNT.0.99999.0711090921060.792@Shimo-Tomobiki.Panda.COM>,
Mark Crispin <MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU> wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Nov 2007, SomeBloke wrote:
> > Ah yes, at £259 ($544) for the phone and a MINUMUM contract of £35
> > ($73.50) a month with O2 I'm sure we're all going to rush out and join
> > the huge queue of 12 people feverishly waiting for its launch outside the
> > Apple store in London. I don't think!
>
> Especially since that £259 phone (about £60 more than it sells in the USA)
> doesn't have 3G so it is S-L-O-W for data, and its GSM voice performance
> is only mediocre.
>
> If you want the capability of an iPhone, you can keep your existing 3G
> phone with bluetooth and buy a Nokia N800. I don't know UK prices, but in
> the USA it sells for about $230 (retail is $400 but nobody pays that). No
> need for iTunes either -- you can download directly to the N800.
>
> In fact, the N800 works with any Bluetooth phone on any network. Why wait
> forever for S-L-O-W legacy EDGE networks, when we can use 3G on modern
> networks! In the USA, Verizon with its EV-DO network is further along in
> 3G deployment than the GSM carriers, so the fastest data speeds are
> currently with Verizon.
>
> There is a rumor to the effect that the real reason for all the marketing
> hype for iPhone is so that AT&T can get more EDGE revenue from the
> suckers, since otherwise they won't be able to afford to build a 3G
> network...
>
> > What a rip-off.
>
> As kids in the USA, "well, duh!" ;-)
>
> -- Mark --
>
> http://staff.washington.edu/mrc
> Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate.
> Si vis pacem, para bellum.

You all seem to be forgetting that comparing the Pound or Euro to the
dollar is ridiculous. The dollar is in the toilet and well down the
sewer at this point.

Look at the what people earn in the UK in US dollars.

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