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Subject:Re: Digital voice recorder is priceless From:Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:04:05 -0600 (CST)
Thanks for the info, Craig.
As it happens, I just priced a smartphone through Verizon for the first time this weekend. (Yep, I am the world's latest adopter.)
My biggest reason is that I'm certain that tech comm will move to mobile apps -- although I find it hard to envision a true user manual being reduced to that tiny UI -- and I need to become familiar with the technology.
With a discount, the Android phone that I liked would cost me $30, a great price.
But, the Verizon smartphone contract would have run just about $100 per month ($80 as advertised and several "Oh yeah, and you have to pay for this, too" things).
Does anyone have a phone-plus-data plan that is significantly less than ~ $100 per month? Do you think we as a group get a lower rate if enough of us signed on?? Is there any way around this big a chunk of money?
--Nancy
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