@Zaos: Yea seriously. She does weird/crazy soo well. I loved those paintings she'd do.

Yeah I know that in some cases the actual price is spread out and added to the bill. I'd much rather have that than have to pay 600 upfront. I don't mind having to extend my contract.

A lot of the issues people have with the buy out have to do with competition. Even if it's just att the parent company buying t mobile, you've still lost a GSM competitor.

I'm just hoping that they don't find some loop hole.

Yeah, as much as I love my tech , if things keep going at this rate I'll be forced to get a cheap adequate plan sans the bells and whistles. You can have the most top of the like phone on the market and it can be virtually useless if bogged down by a terrible network.

Seconded. Seems like consumers are being slowly but surely squeezed into these higher price brackets.

Yeah it's possible to unlock a phone to use on another GSM network, but to do that you most likely have to purchase the phone at its full retail price. What I was talking about are the phones that the carrier provides. I've noticed that Att has a larger phone selection that updates more frequently than t-mobile's.

The only marginally good thing that could come out of this would be a larger selection of phones. Other than that there will be no advantage to existing t mobile customers. I'm going to hold on to my plan for dear life. I'm surprised that the FCC allowed this to happen. If I'm not mistaken they wouldn't let direc TV…

LOL trackfone....an option.....lol.

I think that great customer service is invaluable when it comes to cell phone carriers. Mistakes happen, (even with the best companies) and when they do it's great to have a competent helpful individual on the other side. I've been with t-mo for years and when I call with questions or confusion, they can always…

I'm well aware that it's natural for things to become obsolete. I just don't like it when the NEWER model is not only superior BUT ALSO less expensive and it's only been months. I'm not as willing to upgrade my console yearly like I am with my phone. I've always thought that the original DS was rushed out before the…

@SageofMusic: Well, the ds lite came out like a year and a half after the original ds. It's launch price was cheaper and it had received some pretty drastic upgrades. I honestly wouldn't want to spend 250$ on something that's could be obsolete in 18 months.

THIS! seriously no one asked for things to be changed and theres no option to rearrange the law out to make it less smashed to the center : < .

Making money of the ignorance of people in love with the brand ? Sounds more like apple (and sony lol) than google to me. Heh they build trust in consumers...................by releasing a product then dropping the price by 200$ 3 months later (and after the price protection date).

Considering apple's massive following, huge app store and it's successful marketing strategies, the Xoom would need to be 4x superior in EVERY way for the average consumer to even consider it a better choice than the I pad2. How many people on the street would even know what you were talking about if you brought up…

Very true, took the words right out of my mouth.

It's so horrible that it almost looks fake. Like a prop from a movie or something.

Yes ,I've "operated a remotely controlled car" before. It's how I know that controlling a 3 lb peace of plastic is different than maneuvering 2 tons of steel . Playing with an RC car may get a child more familiar with cars but saying that it comes close to driving is like comparing "OPERATION" to open heart surgery.

Yeah I was kinda hoping they MEANT for it to be crappy. I don't quite understand the motion lines on the car paired with the obviously static back ground : < .

I strongly believe that even stupid 90's movies had way more attention to story line that many of the films that come out today. Just take a movie like "junior" Hilariously stupid plot but still STILL wasn't nearly as infuriating to watch as " the last air bender". Nowadays studios rely waay to much on special effects…