eh, sometimes when you need it now... you pay extra to have it now.
Thats why the charges exist. To make money in a situation where people have already decided what they want and can't easily say no.
The smartphone itch is kind of agonizing. I put it off for a whole year, waiting for the market to mature a little... and in the end when I got there I still went for the same G1 model I'd been putting off. The payoff is big once you have one... so, stupid as that might be, it's exactly what I'd do too in the situation.
I've held off for quite a long time myself as well. The iPhone has done a wonderful job jump-starting the industry and making all the options out there better--and now I have the money to be able to afford one.
What's wrong with buying an MP3 player to tide you over until your AT&T contract is up? It's going to be cheaper, plus you'll have an MP3 player. I hear people like those.
Also, is it possible that Android 2.0 phones will come to other carriers, like yours?
I do very much like the idea of unlimited mobile broadband--that way I'm not limited with my constantly-inadequate local music collection. (For the record, these phones can effectively be MP3 players too, in case it wasn't clear--this particular phone comes with a 16 GB storage card and can support more, and they have the added benefit of access to Pandora, last.fm, etc. from anywhere.)
It would certainly be very nice if AT&T got an Android 2.0 phone, but it's much less likely--AT&T has the iPhone, which is the most popular phone of that class, so they have little incentive to offer decent Android machines.
I looked into Droid recently, and found a lot of good information in the Gizmodo review.
Apparently, Android still has enough issues where it's not necessarily the best thing to get. Just suck it up and get an iphone, if you already have AT&T. They'll let you switch without a fee, and you can get a refurbed 3G for like $100. It'll be better than the best Android phone.
I've read the Gizmodo and Engadget reviews, and I played with one in a store. My main reaction to those reviews was being perplexed at Gizmodo's hatred of the camera, because when I played with it I found no problem with the camera--and besides, I really don't care much about a camera in a phone anyway.
At any rate, I'm really not a fan of the iPhone. I need multitasking in a phone (it particularly annoys me that you can't play Pandora/whatever and navigate in a car at the same time, for example), and I take issue with a few ethical practices of the iPhone app store--I'm looking to develop software for this thing, and I'm not looking to go through an app store to distribute it
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Dan's senior research was actually an app for Droid. Granted it was a couple years ago on the alpha platform, but if you have questions about developing for Droid, you could probably ask him.
You can develop for the phone, without actually having it. (I think.)
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Thats why the charges exist. To make money in a situation where people have already decided what they want and can't easily say no.
The smartphone itch is kind of agonizing. I put it off for a whole year, waiting for the market to mature a little... and in the end when I got there I still went for the same G1 model I'd been putting off. The payoff is big once you have one... so, stupid as that might be, it's exactly what I'd do too in the situation.
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Also, is it possible that Android 2.0 phones will come to other carriers, like yours?
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It would certainly be very nice if AT&T got an Android 2.0 phone, but it's much less likely--AT&T has the iPhone, which is the most popular phone of that class, so they have little incentive to offer decent Android machines.
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Apparently, Android still has enough issues where it's not necessarily the best thing to get. Just suck it up and get an iphone, if you already have AT&T. They'll let you switch without a fee, and you can get a refurbed 3G for like $100. It'll be better than the best Android phone.
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At any rate, I'm really not a fan of the iPhone. I need multitasking in a phone (it particularly annoys me that you can't play Pandora/whatever and navigate in a car at the same time, for example), and I take issue with a few ethical practices of the iPhone app store--I'm looking to develop software for this thing, and I'm not looking to go through an app store to distribute it ( ... )
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You can develop for the phone, without actually having it. (I think.)
That's about as much help as I can be. =(
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I certainly could develop without it--the SDK comes with an emulator. But then I wouldn't be able to enjoy the fruits of my labor. :-P
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