[Cialug] the other cool new phone

[Tom Pohl]

We stopped by Radio Shack's sprint kiosk 2 days ago and they were told  
that all of Radio Shack nationally only got 700 of those phones and  
Sprint corporate here in DSM was out too.

-Tom


On Jul 11, 2008, at 12:29 PM, Kenneth Younger wrote:

> Does it have WIFI? I heard no...
>
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Bill Davis <bill.davis at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> Nope.  AT&T doesn't have 3G coverage in Iowa yet.   I read somewhere
>> recently that they're planning to spend $35M in Iowa this year to  
>> upgrade
>> their infrastructure, though.  Hopefully that means 3G.
>>
>> - Bill
>>
>>
>> On 7/11/08, Dave J. Hala Jr. <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> I saw an add on CNN for a new 3G Iphone today.  Sounds like you're  
>>> about
>>> to get it... (3G)
>>>
>>>
>>> n Fri, 2008-07-11 at 12:10 -0500, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
>>>> Anyone had a hands on with the Samsung Instinct? It looks like it  
>>>> is
>>>> cheaper up front, cheaper per month, more full featured and  
>>>> unlike the
>>>> iPhone/ATT, we actually have 3G service here in central Iowa with
>>>> Sprint.
>>>>
>>>> What drew my attention to it initially was that Sun and Sprint are
>>>> having a java developer contest to write software for the Instinct.
>>>> I'm intrigued by companies who make it easy to hack on their stuff.
>>>> http://developer.sprint.com/instinct/ (supposedly the details for  
>>>> the
>>>> contest are available July 16th... for now we know only Java and  
>>>> $25k
>>>> in prizes)
>>>>
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