On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:09 PM, James Knott wrote:
Basil Chupin wrote:
I/we have a big guffaw when we see people walking around with a bottle of water in one hand and a smartphone in the other or attached to their ear while pushing a pram or walking in the street -- AND paying ~$A70/month for this 'yuppie-type' "privilege"!
Many people no longer have a home phone. Basic cell service costs about the same as home phone. Of course, data plans will add to that.
That's what I do. I've got a mobile with data plan is about 1/3rd the price of a land line. I've got unlimited data (6Gb at LTE speeds, and then real unlimited at 3G speeds). A smart-phone is a huge win for me too. One device and I've got a portable internet hotspot, IM client, Skype client, web browser, sat-nav device, streaming internet radio, phone etc. etc. I tether my phone to my laptop all the time so I've got internet when I travel on the trains. The only thing I'm really missing is a way to install openSUSE on my phone and have it pop up when I dock the phone or connect it via HDMI to a monitor. (like that vaporware device that Canonical waffled on about last year) C. -- openSUSE 13.1 x86_64, KDE 4.11 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org