Comments on: Unlocked Apple iPhone 3G for $799 at Buy.com http://www.intomobile.com/2009/04/13/unlocked-apple-iphone-3g-for-799-at-buycom.html Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:05:46 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Tommy Hendricks http://www.intomobile.com/2009/04/13/unlocked-apple-iphone-3g-for-799-at-buycom.html/comment-page-1/#comment-337442 Tommy Hendricks Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:57:22 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=46314#comment-337442 I went to my corporate sales agent at AT&T and they have never heard of buy.com before. They said that all of there corporate customers use a company named American Wireless for the unlocked phones, so we ended up using them. They also offered us $200 off the iPhone if we went with a new T-Mobile contract and since we were going to be going with T-Mobile any way we jumped on that option. I went to my corporate sales agent at AT&T and they have never heard of buy.com before. They said that all of there corporate customers use a company named American Wireless for the unlocked phones, so we ended up using them. They also offered us $200 off the iPhone if we went with a new T-Mobile contract and since we were going to be going with T-Mobile any way we jumped on that option.

]]> By: Simon http://www.intomobile.com/2009/04/13/unlocked-apple-iphone-3g-for-799-at-buycom.html/comment-page-1/#comment-336789 Simon Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:30:53 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=46314#comment-336789 Oh! I thought its a joke! Who would pay $800 for an iPhone when there are many other ways to buy it at a cheaper price? Not worth it for sure Oh! I thought its a joke! Who would pay $800 for an iPhone when there are many other ways to buy it at a cheaper price?

Not worth it for sure

]]> By: Former Apple Employee http://www.intomobile.com/2009/04/13/unlocked-apple-iphone-3g-for-799-at-buycom.html/comment-page-1/#comment-336625 Former Apple Employee Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:44:10 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=46314#comment-336625 This is not fully jailbroken. You still have ONLY one option for downloading apps... and that's through the app store. You're still locked into that. For $800, I can buy a very nice notebook computer with WAY more capability, including phone capability (or, for $200 more, a full blown desktop in the palm of my hand that I can install any OS on (XP/Vista/Linux/Hackintosh): http://www.oqo.com/store/shop.cgi/op/op_index.html). If I want a computer, I buy a computer. If I want a phone, I buy a phone. If I want a combination and NO lock-in, I buy a Windows Mobile device. Plus, I can (and do) write my own apps for it and don't have to ask permission from Apple (or Microsoft), nor do I have to pay either of them a single red cent to do it. AND, if I choose to sell my apps, i can, on my OWN website, and not share a single red cent of my profit with Apple or Microsoft. People love to hate Microsoft (and there are plenty of reasons to do so), but Windows Mobile is a fully open platform (not open source, of course)) and very powerful, despite it's lack of a "designer" look and feel in the UI. For Windows Mobile, I've written apps that track my travels via GPS and export the data via Google Earth KML files, apps that scan UPC barcodes and lookup the product details via a web service, track my weight, do price comparisons (in store), etc... There's virtually no limit to what I can create using Windows Mobile and I've got complete freedom to do with the app, what I want. This is not fully jailbroken. You still have ONLY one option for downloading apps… and that’s through the app store. You’re still locked into that.

For $800, I can buy a very nice notebook computer with WAY more capability, including phone capability (or, for $200 more, a full blown desktop in the palm of my hand that I can install any OS on (XP/Vista/Linux/Hackintosh): http://www.oqo.com/store/shop.cgi/op/op_index.html).

If I want a computer, I buy a computer. If I want a phone, I buy a phone. If I want a combination and NO lock-in, I buy a Windows Mobile device. Plus, I can (and do) write my own apps for it and don’t have to ask permission from Apple (or Microsoft), nor do I have to pay either of them a single red cent to do it. AND, if I choose to sell my apps, i can, on my OWN website, and not share a single red cent of my profit with Apple or Microsoft. People love to hate Microsoft (and there are plenty of reasons to do so), but Windows Mobile is a fully open platform (not open source, of course)) and very powerful, despite it’s lack of a “designer” look and feel in the UI.

For Windows Mobile, I’ve written apps that track my travels via GPS and export the data via Google Earth KML files, apps that scan UPC barcodes and lookup the product details via a web service, track my weight, do price comparisons (in store), etc… There’s virtually no limit to what I can create using Windows Mobile and I’ve got complete freedom to do with the app, what I want.

]]> By: LivingAudio http://www.intomobile.com/2009/04/13/unlocked-apple-iphone-3g-for-799-at-buycom.html/comment-page-1/#comment-336622 LivingAudio Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:57:44 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=46314#comment-336622 Lame I hope no one buys this.. but you will, oh you will Lame
I hope no one buys this..
but you will, oh you will

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