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mirgro on 20 April 2010
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TheRealMafoo said:
mirgro said:

Don't you still have to be paying for a data plan with the iPad 3G? I also thought it was still with AT&T. I might be thinking of the iPhone 4G, simply because it's 4G and the new functionalities, however I am absolutely in love with this android I have, and a qwerty is an absolute must for me. If the 4G can somehow outwegih the lack of a qwerty I will probably go back to the iPhone.

P.S. I recently learned about an ssh client for the phone, and it just blew my mind. It is absolutely amazing. I have a linux box with and ssh server hooked up to my TV, I can play movies for the girlfriend even if I am at a party on the other side of the city. I can also mess around with her and stuff while she is watching. Amazing stuff. I am also a fan of the tethering, even if the app isn't official and I had to go around funny ways of getting it on my phone, the feature is absolutely awesome.

I have an RDP client for my iPhone/iPad, so I get full Windows server desktop on my phone (and soon iPad). it's very slick.  It works great over edge too. They also make a VNC client, but I have little use for that personally.

I currently pay around $80 a month for my iPhone. That's voice+data. I don't talk on it very much however. Just a few minutes a day (some days not at all). So that's $960 a year. the iPad is $30 a month, so it cost $360 a year to AT&T. I can get a pay as you go cell phone, with 400 minutes for $25. Those minutes last 3 months. I can't see using 400 minutes in 3 months. Sometime I do talk to family for a while, but for those times I can just use my wifes phone. So, every three months I will just spend another $25. That's 100 a year for a phone.

So, the total it will cost me, is $460 a year, a savings of $500. 

I should look into that.

 

I see, so it's the voice plan that's getitng the costs up. I used to be with Cingular and their rollover minutes and I was really happy. Then they got bought up by AT&T. Funny thing is that at the same time my phone/internet company also got bought up by AT&T, suffice it to say, I was not too happy.

Anywho, with rollover minutes, if you don't talk a lot, you can get the smallest amount and just have them roll over. Talking to people with AT&T also does not use up your minutes.