[Noisebridge-discuss] Verizon Android Phone with GPS I can barrow for a couple months

[Corey McGuire]

I am a low data rate client, too, but I would like to preempt the July 7th
BS just because, damn it, 2GB?  That's nothing when you consider podcasts.

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Taylor Alexander <tlalexander at gmail.com>wrote:

> Actually, getting a contract now might be a good option, if you use a lot
> of data.
>
> You may have heard about this but Verizon is getting rid of unlimited data
> plans after July 7th. Plans purchased before then will be grandfathered in.
>
> You could just buy a phone now, then sell it when the Bionic comes out and
> use that money to pay for the Bionic. But I guess you'd lose a bit more
> money that way, since the used phone would be worth less than a new Bionic.
>
> I feel ya though. I'm on AT&T because work pays for it, and I love my Nexus
> One (AT&T 3G), but I haaaaaate AT&T. I've been waiting for the Bionic since
> January so I could switch, and its excruciating!
>
> But personally I don't mind a tiered data plan, as I really think 2GB will
> be plenty for me, so I'm definitely waiting myself.
>
> -Taylor
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com>wrote:
>
>> I *NEEEEEEEEEEEED* to get off of AT&T and the iBoned.  Can anyone kick
>> down a serviceable Android phone that I can barrow for a few months while I
>> wait for the Motorola Bionic to come out?  I want to join Verizon and get
>> useful phone service while I wait, but I don't want to jump in to a contract
>> that will disallow me big discounts.
>>
>> I'll even buy something if the price is right, which I'd probably donate
>> once I was done with it.  Tiny-Tux could explore a Android on something
>> designed for it.
>>
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