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NEWS: Sprint punts 99� netbook

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From: John Navas
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:27
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<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/07/sprint_subsidized_netbook/>

   If you're jonesing for a netbook and you live in the States, Sprint
   and Best Buy will sell you one for the low, low price of 99�.

   ...

   The catch is that the netbook - a Compaq Mini 110c-1040DX - must be
   purchased with a two-year Sprint 3G wireless-broadband service
   contract that runs $60 per month for 5GB of data downloads. Add to
   that $1,440 the sales tax you'll need to pay on the netbook's $389.99
   list price, and you'll be shelling out just south of fifteen hundred
   bucks.

   ...

   If the Sprint deal doesn't attract you, Best Buy will hook you up
   with AT&T or Verizon instead, but they'll charge you $199 up front
   for the hardware.

   AT&T offers a 200MB-per-month plan for $40 - that'll run you about
   $1,160 over the two-year contract. The company also has a $60/5GB
   plan, plus other plans that include subsidized netbooks.

   Verizon's entry-level 3G plan gives you 250MB per month at $40 and
   matches Sprint and AT&T at $60 for 5GB. Verizon is offering its own
   netbook-bundling plan, but if you want to skip the netbook part of
   the deal they'll be happy to set you up with one of a half-dozen 3G
   cards and dongles.

   [MORE]

Details at Best Buy:
<http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat182100050001&type=category>

Notably missing is T-Mobile.

-- 
Best regards,
John           <http:/navasgroup.com>

If the iPhone is really so impressive,
why do iFans keep making excuses for it?
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