How exciting! It is absolutely ridiculous they want to charge for it. I really wanted visual voicemail on the Dare on a future firmware update, but I will not pay an extra $1.99 a month for a convenient feature. I am very disappointed in Verizon for this.
Want more...pay more. Seems like a sound business model, no? seriously, I would venture that eventually it will be swallowed into a 'bundle' package such that it would not be as obvious that it's being payed for. Just like they did with mobile web and vcast and everything else that is in the premium plans or whatever they are called.
It's really no different than AT&T charging $10 more for the 3G data on the new iPhone. Anytime an offering is refreshed with something new, they will try to extract any dollar they can.
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How exciting! It is absolutely ridiculous they want to charge for it. I really wanted visual voicemail on the Dare on a future firmware update, but I will not pay an extra $1.99 a month for a convenient feature. I am very disappointed in Verizon for this.
Want more...pay more. Seems like a sound business model, no? seriously, I would venture that eventually it will be swallowed into a 'bundle' package such that it would not be as obvious that it's being payed for. Just like they did with mobile web and vcast and everything else that is in the premium plans or whatever they are called.
It's really no different than AT&T charging $10 more for the 3G data on the new iPhone. Anytime an offering is refreshed with something new, they will try to extract any dollar they can.