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Jesse in Japan
12/12/08

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They've been doing deals like this in Japan for months. Only the service here costs 30 bucks a month (actually 33 with the yen so high).
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Pixlmonkey
12/12/08

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That's just crazy greedy. Yay, capitalism!
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strider_mt2k
12/12/08

@Pixlmonkey: It's run of the mill greed.

Yay yellow journalism!
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preaves
12/12/08

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So the big bad Aspire One is $1540. How does that compare to the iPhone's yearly cost of $1975? I'll bet I can copy and paste on the One... and I bet if I install Safari, it won't crash on me every time I load up Gizmodo. I can't even surf the web on my iPhone anymore. By the way, the iPhone price came from Giz's article: [gizmodo.com]
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nutbastard
12/12/08

@preaves:

remember, the iPhone... can make phone calls...
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DeLarge
12/12/08

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Taking advantage of this post:

I am considering giving an Aspire one (NOT this Radio Shack model)to my 11 years old daugther.

She will use for basic homework, browsing and play flash games.

Do you recommend this machine?

Thanks for the input.
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strider_mt2k
12/12/08

@DeLarge: It's a fairly well rated machine from what I've read about it.

Known for good keyboard but so-so battery life. Two SD slots is cool too.

Good screen, good build quality.

Difficult to upgrade, so get the max RAM if you can.

Google "acer aspire one review"
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strider_mt2k
12/12/08

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Your title puts an interesting slant on things, that's for sure.

So how much does AT&T "officially" charge of say, an iPhone? (we'll also just ignore the two years of service you're also paying for, since it's convenient to do so in this case.)

Are the two pricing situations that different?
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Bailen
12/12/08

@strider_mt2k: When Giz was reporting on the iphone, they did have headlines like this saying how much it would actually cost on different networks and compared to different phones I believe.
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strider_mt2k
12/12/08

@Bailen: Was it presented with the negative spin?
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Kaiser-Machead
12/12/08

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At 60/mo, my guess is that after taxes and fees that's damn near 90 bucks or something. But the grand total stated here is not how much the laptop actually costs, no matter how you slice it. You can just get the thing sans plan and pay the full price......

and if you decide you want a mobile hotspot for it, you still have to pay a good amount on the service if you use one of those USB dongles, as well as the dongle itself, subsidized for the plan of course.

If you think you'd use this 3G connectivity all the time, this is actually not too bad a deal, unless AT&T is really that horrible to use for data on a laptop. This thing may be underpowered, but is a heck of a lot more powerful than any cell phone to view the internet with on the go.
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