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Celz, what was the point of your post? This is a comments section on the Vu, not on Sprint's rate plans.

Phreak9mm, you are right, the Vu is much like Verizon's Voyager, except you CAN type on screen. The phone has a dial pad and a full keyboard similar to that of the iPhone.

One update I would like to make on my assessment of the Vu, is that the web browser for sure does not support flash or flash video sites such as YouTube.

One other note about the build quality of the Vu. Let's just say it feels "plastic".

Regards
The AT&T store I work at just got a shipment of these in. I have been playing with one for about 15 minutes now. The web browser loads at decent speeds, but no Flash video support that I can tell. Camera quality is good. The pressure-sensitive touch screen is hard to get used to after using an iPhone. The biggest thought I have on this phone is that the interface leaves something to be desired. But for a non smart phone the Vu is not a bad device. It has more features than most other non smart phones.

If the price point was better then the Vu would be an excellent device.
The one in the bottom left of this photo looks like one of the phones that HTC says is coming to AT&T. The HTC Device Rep described a thin touch screen device with a sliding keyboard.

Can't wait to see.
I think it is funny how the top two bundles are essentially the same. One just has the $15 media net bundled in to one price. Oh well. Maybe seeing one price will show value.

In any case, I can't wait to see this in action.
And for the record, MediaFlo officially launches May 4th which means that the Vu is just a couple weeks away.
Are they going to sue the US treasury dept for putting magenta on the new $5 bills?

Whats next?
Cing Emp is correct. The insurance list shows the Pearl 8110. That being said, insurance goes through a company called Asurion, so it may be a typo.
True or not, that is not what the price tags look like at my store. And we are a corporate owned store...


In any case, it wouldn't surprise me if the price was that high. Gotta love motorola's price point...
When customer care audits the account and notices a smart phone IMEI attached to your SIM ID they will remove the $15 plan and either block your internet or up you to the $30 PDA feature. They normally contact you if this happens.
Chris, our unlimited data is only $30 for consumer PDA and Blackberry plans, or $15 on regular handsets. Therefore, the unlimited rate plan plus unlimited data for a non-enterprise consumer would be only $130 for PDA/Blackberries, or $115 for regular phones.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I own an iPhone 3G and I'm looking for a decent speaker / alarm clock for it. I am going to listen music in a mid-sized room, so I want nice quality speakers with solid bass. I also want to use it as an alarm clock, so it would be great if there is such a feature. The price can be low-mid to mid-high range. I was looking at the Klipsch iGroove SXT; it's powerful, slick and the reviews are good, but it doesn't have an alarm clock feature. It's no deal breaker if I can set it up from the iPhone, but I'm not sure. Thanks!"

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