As of June 4 2009.
The smart phone deals:
- Palm Pre: $199 after $100 mail-in rebate. Available Jun 6 2009 on Sprint. 2-year agreement with qualifying voice & data plans required.
- iPhone 3G: $199. AT&T has announced the 3G data plan for the iPhone will cost $30 a month, which is $10 more than the $20 EDGE plan of the original iPhone. This cost is in addition to a voice plan, which starts at $39.99. About $70/month minimum. For complete updated information on pricing, go here.
- G1 (Google Phone):
What types of plans are available for the T-Mobile G1?
Once you’ve selected a specific T-Mobile voice plan (starting $39.99 individual, $69.99 family plan), you must also choose a data plan in order for your T-Mobile G1™ to work. You can choose a data plan that offers unlimited data access and unlimited messaging (text, IM and email) for $34.99 a month. Or for $24.99 a month you get unlimited data access and 400 messages (text, IM and email). These plans are the best value.
The iPhone 3G data plan costs $30 a month for unlimited data. That $30 does not include text messages or a voice plan. The voice plans start at $39.99 for 450 minutes of talk time.
Samsung Comeback – Pearl White Plum: t-mobile with email: (can browse web?)
phone $129 after rebate
$39.99 monthly plan
$9.99 unlimited email
$50/month total
G1: 39.99+24.99(no messaging)
Samsung Comeback – Pearl White Plum
Perhaps most surprising in the Comeback is the addition of a full HTML Web browser. We found it easy to enter in URLs, and we liked that we could use the volume rocker to move up and down pages. Still to zoom in and out and resize a page, we needed to dig through the Options menu, which was a pain. Also, because of the Comeback’s small screen size, we had to scroll a lot more than usual. Aside from those issues though, we actually quite like the browser. Not only does it support JavaScript, it also has a form of Flash Lite that supports video playback. We were able to watch streaming video from YouTube, for example. We also managed to download a video clip from the CNET TV Web page and saved it to the Videos folder for later viewing.
Samsung Behold – Rose
* Real web browsing
* 3G
* 5 Megapixel Camera
* touch screen, beautiful design