The first thing that needs to change is the relationship between cell phone manufacureres and cell phone networks i.e sprint and cingular, the reason is that they are creating a monopoly on communications. Sprint offers EVDO for internet, but if your phone has WiFi you can use that as well, but if you dont there is no other way to send emails, blog, twit, browse the webs(yes there is more than one, or make a VoiP call other than the wireless network. Now why would they not want us to be able to communicate with WiFi? Because money that you do pay for it doesn't go to them. I pay half the amount I pay for rent to Sprint and they can't have a company make a touch screen smart phone, with Windows Mobile 6, and WiFi for under 200 dollars. There are phone out there for every american cell phone network that do what i want, but when you get in to the 1,200 dollar range for a phone without a contract and 599 with the technology is not going to get adapted and then you are going to have no one use it.
Where is this rant going you may be asking, all I would like to see is more companyies and consumers, yes you, use the technology that we have available to us and next time you are going to spent more than 300 dollars on a phone, do it because of the communication and technological aspects, not because it is a fucking iPhone.
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