Then, a few weeks ago, I offered this phone - supplied by the manufacturer - as a prize in a charity fundraising effort.
But when it's in a Wi-Fi wireless Internet hot spot, this phone offers a huge bargain: all your calls are free.
The real question is, what does this phone offer that the G1 (or even an EDGE BlackBerry) doesn't, especially when the G1 costs less up front and less per month?
They offer the phone itself as a loss leader; the real money is in airtime.
AT&T now plans to offer the phone in a range of colors.
He would not comment on price or which service provider would offer the phone.
This phone is offered by other carriers and is generally regarded as a solid low-end device (it's not going to look great next to a Galaxy S II, but it'll more than suffice for a lot of people).
A spokesman for Omnipoint, a unit of Deutsche Telekom that offers mobile phone service in this country under the brand name T-Mobile, declined to comment on the case involving the nuns.
Whereas KaZaA offered internet users free music, Skype offers free phone calls.
Sogo offers no phone advice or branches.
