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Nokia 900 Being Given Away Due To Software Glitch
joemite writes "On early Wednesday, Nokia said it had found a software bug in the new Lumia 900 smartphone, its big hope to take on Apple's iPhone, and was effectively giving the model away until it is fixed. It is offering anyone who has bought a Lumia 900 phone, or who buys one by April 21, a $100 US credit to their AT&T bill. The operator sells the phone for $99.99 with a two-year contract. Both Microsoft and Nokia still have big hopes for this phone. The bug apparently causes a random data connection drop. Nokia plans to push a patch the phone later in April."
The operator sells the phone for $99.99 with a two-year contract.
Emphasis mine. Why don't you 'buy' that phone and then break your contract? I think you'll find out how 'free' those phones that come with two year contracts really are ...
My work here is dung.
Have fun with your five 2-year cell phone contracts which will probably cost you over $7000 over their course.
The summary is rather inflamitory. There are no "free" cell phones, they only look free if you ignore the contract component.
Wait, why is it not a "real" smartphone? It's a really nice peice of tech, really, and as such my guess is that you haven't seen the 900 in action, in person or, for that matter, in a review. A definitive step forward for Nokia.
disclaimer: android user here
If the lumia can be rooted, dual boot to debian, feature an usb to vga cable and a real keyboard, then it's a real smartphone. Else it's a toy, just like iphones and the average android.
Toy is not a derogatory term. Definition of toy: thing with limited functionality and/or safeguards to prevent unintended actions by the "untrusted by default" users.
Uh-huh. So let me make sure I understand your naming approach: if it doesn't have an incredibly specific feature that a rounding-error number of people would use, it's not a real smartphone? Your perspective is somewhat... off.
... effectively giving the model away until it is fixed.
According to Ars Technica, all new phones sold, even with the $100 credit, have the fix already installed.
Customers not wanting to wait can have their phones swapped for updated versions in AT&T stores.
Since when do we use the Toronto Sun as a reputable source for technical stuff?
If I used a sig over again, would anyone notice?
Um. Estimates 100k units in the US in 2 weeks is not exactly a stunning success. Not when new iPhone and Android models are selling 500k+ on the first day, and millions the first weekend. So, no, it's not too early.
make imaginary.friends COUNT=100 VISIBLE=false
Yeah, an Android user would think so. ;)
Pardon us embittered Maemo fans who think a handheld computer should have the same software capabilities as a desktop computer. (Though I suppose MS is indirectly going for the same concept, by crippling the desktop to match. Hi-o Metro!)
I won't say it's not a smartphone, but if one were to confuse it with the good ol' N900 as the GP suggests, they'd be very disappointed (regardless of which one they preferred).
It is mandatory in any /. discussion of cellphones that crusaders from the Obvious League of America swoop in and meticulously and pedantically point out that you have to pay for service in addition to the cost of the phones.