<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">btw, no, those are not subsidized prices... these are examples of
blackberries and treos that have recently been offered online by a
major us retailer (unlocked, so therefore not subsidized by any cell
service provider ... they are prolly overstocks)<br><br>ummm, well, so
if there's anybody out there with a new or forerunner used that i could
buy for $50 (can pick up in south florida) please write me! i'm dying
to test one out! merry xmas.<br><br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 12/16/08, Tim Dobson <i><lists@tdobson.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Tim Dobson <lists@tdobson.net><br>Subject: Re: Ask Sean Moss-Pultz about Openmoko<br>To: "List for Openmoko community discussion" <community@lists.openmoko.org><br>Cc: wmichaeltrout@yahoo.com<br>Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 5:48 PM<br><br><pre>Sargun Dhillon wrote:<br>> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:20 PM, mike <wmichaeltrout@yahoo.com><br>wrote:<br>>> ok, with all the old smartphones going on sale unlocked for as low as<br>>> $99-$149, how soon can i buy a moko for $99 (i'd prolly take<br>three)<br>><br>> Those are subsidized prices. Sometimes you can get them used for $99.<br>> I never buy used phones as they usually are broken.<br><br>Umm It's not too hard to work out
actually.<br><br>For the Neo 1973:<br>Find 3 current owners who aren't using it and make them an offer.<br><br>For the Neo Freerunner:<br>Wait til GTAv3 is released and then watch as the price of second hand<br>Freerunners plummet as all the developers and hackers upgrade...<br>For better or for worse, they all will. there's community for you.<br><br>Well... there's the answer. Don't ask me when GTAv3 will be released<br>though... :p<br><br>Tim<br>-- www.tdobson.net<br>----<br>If each of us have one object, and we exchange them, then each of us<br>still has one object.<br>If each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, then each of us now<br>has two ideas. - George Bernard Shaw<br></pre></blockquote></td></tr></table>