Follow GadgetBlips on TwitterMagid: Pre, iPhone, other smart-phones get cheaper to buy, but not to use
Published 6/11/2009 by
By Larry Magid
for Mercury News at Personal Technology
Is there any reason we shouldn't all jump for joy in celebration of this grand new age of cheap and super-powerful phones? You bet there is. Smart-phones may be cheap to buy, but they're not cheap to use.
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