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[mousepod]

There are thousands of apps in the iTunes store. And if you want apps that were not approved by Apple, then jailbreak your iPhone and you have access to thousands more not approved by Apple.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by mousepod

There are thousands of apps in the iTunes store. And if you want apps that were not approved by Apple, then jailbreak your iPhone and you have access to thousands more not approved by Apple.

Forgive my naivity, but do you just buy these apps and be done with it, or are many of them a service that you subscribe to and pay monthly for?


Pfft, I'm not nearly tech-saavy enough to jailbreak my phone. I doubt I'll need any of the apps that are not "official." But if I have to add the monthly price of application subscriptions to my monthly service, it's pretty much a deal-breaker (the base price itself is close to deal-breaking as it is.)


If they are buy and be done with it, I could enter the modern age. If they are pay and pay and pay, I'm remaining a troglodyte.

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

If they are buy and be done with it, I could enter the modern age. If they are pay and pay and pay, I'm remaining a troglodyte.

You pay one time.

[lashbear]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

do you just buy these apps and be done with it, or are many of them a service that you subscribe to and pay monthly for?

You pay for Apps once only, however if you pay for one particular App (AppSniper) then it finds all the discounted or free Apps daily.

I have hundreds of really useful Apps I've downloaded over time (and a lot of corny games too) and I've paid for about 4 of them. The most recent was a scheduling/time management tool that was free.

The 3.0 software updgade seems to make things go faster too!. I really love my iPhone.

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Forgive my naivity, but do you just buy these apps and be done with it, or are many of them a service that you subscribe to and pay monthly for?


Pfft, I'm not nearly tech-saavy enough to jailbreak my phone. I doubt I'll need any of the apps that are not "official." But if I have to add the monthly price of application subscriptions to my monthly service, it's pretty much a deal-breaker (the base price itself is close to deal-breaking as it is.)


If they are buy and be done with it, I could enter the modern age. If they are pay and pay and pay, I'm remaining a troglodyte.

Jailbreaking usually just involves a comp program w/your phone attached or a code that you enter after a couple of click throughs. I've never done it but I understand it is simple.

[bewitched]

iSm, it seems to me that you don't want to pay for the iPhone but are attracted to its, well, attractiveness. Personally, from your comments, it seems to me that you could probably get what you want in a much cheaper phone/plan, with or without a contract.

If you don't want a contract but want a capable not quite smartphone, Olivia (dd) has the X-tc by Kyocera for $99 through Virgin Mobile. It is 3G and you can download Opera so you have access to real, not just mobile web pages. I think her bill is about $60 for unlimited phone/text/data (review).

Virgin's (Helio's) Ocean 2 ($149) is supposed to be an excellent phone as well-- according to a friend who owns one and loves it (review)
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Sprint's Boost Mobile has the Motorola i9 which, although not a smartphone (like the Razr, which was my previous, previous phone and was really quite smart enough, to be perfectly honest), has internet capability (not sure if it's 3G) and lots of other features for $50 unlimited phone/text/data.

Sure, they aren't as sexy as the iPhone, but they do a lot of the same basic functions, including (important to me) push email from any provider.

If you're willing to enter into a contract or pay a little more for your phone (as I did with my Nokia smartphone), your options expand greatly and your pricing will be lower.