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Beamer,

And do you know how expensive a standard Android smartphone is, when it hasn't been subsidized heavily by the phone carriers?

Man, it's expensive even AFTER that subsidy.

I'm considering the Droid Bionic, but that baby is $300 if I sign a two-year agreement with Verizon. After that, I'll be paying Verizon $70/month, and that's the minimum. If I go over 2GB a month (which I plan to with the 4G LTE services), it'll cost even more.

That's $1,680 in guaranteed revenue for Verizon. Not too shabby ... for them.

And I don't know about you, but I sure won't be running MSWord on that smartphone. Maybe FPG will, LOL ...

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