[Leaplist] Two-Year 3G Wireless w/Notebook for Free (or almost free) -- WAS: RadioShack Offers $99 Acer Netbook

[Craig Conner]

> When you buy a cell phone you KNOW you're paying for the service.

And when  you buy that particular computer, you KNOW you're paying for
that same service.
What did you expect, free bandwidth forever?

> **BUT** they seem to be pushing this as a really cheap computer,
> and it isn't.

It's a computer that is as cheap as many cell phones (cheaper than a
few even), and in _exactly_ the same way.
What did you expect, free hardware?

> it would just be a portable device that I could synch
> with an ethernet or USB connection when I got back
> to my desktop PC ...

I think you've completely missed the point.  The point is that you
shouldn't have to *go* anywhere to do any kind of syncing.

> what I'd really like is a sort of a thumbdrive with a screen and
> keyboard and enough guts to run OpenOffice :-) THAT'S what
> I was hoping the $99 thing would turn out to be.

Your description sounds a lot like ...a cell phone or blackberry, but
in a few years (as none of them can run OpenOffice just yet).

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