Junkz
11-12-2009, 11:08
I live in Australia. I'm a customer with one of the large cellular carriers here and have been for some 10 years. My last contract expired several months ago and am happy to renew said contract with a new handset which they have provided with no initial fee for the last 10 years.
I want a smart phone, not a shitty nokia, LG, motorola, samsung or FUCKING IPHONE... I want a SMART phone, particularly an android based device. I investigated the Palm Pre.. still not available here. Motorola DROID which by all accounts is a magnificent device and even HTC's version of the DROID... Will never be available in this country. The brand new linux based Nokia N900? Nokia themselves state that it will never be released in this country due to current market trends. HTC Hero, possibly the best (non v2) android device around can only be purchased outright through retail stores (non of the carriers provide it). There are several WinMo phones available.. but after using WinMo for several years I have become sick of its shit performance as a device OS, fuck me Symbian OS used in shit nokia phones is more responsive than a high-end windows mobile device.
So I'd like to say a big THANK YOU to a: Apple for your typical facist-like blitzkreig creating a market dominance. B: The Australian cellular carriers for pandering to Apple and offering no REAL alternatives. C: And you the sheep buying a device simply because of its name and the marketing hype. Thank you, for leaving those that want a choice with none.
I want a smart phone, not a shitty nokia, LG, motorola, samsung or FUCKING IPHONE... I want a SMART phone, particularly an android based device. I investigated the Palm Pre.. still not available here. Motorola DROID which by all accounts is a magnificent device and even HTC's version of the DROID... Will never be available in this country. The brand new linux based Nokia N900? Nokia themselves state that it will never be released in this country due to current market trends. HTC Hero, possibly the best (non v2) android device around can only be purchased outright through retail stores (non of the carriers provide it). There are several WinMo phones available.. but after using WinMo for several years I have become sick of its shit performance as a device OS, fuck me Symbian OS used in shit nokia phones is more responsive than a high-end windows mobile device.
So I'd like to say a big THANK YOU to a: Apple for your typical facist-like blitzkreig creating a market dominance. B: The Australian cellular carriers for pandering to Apple and offering no REAL alternatives. C: And you the sheep buying a device simply because of its name and the marketing hype. Thank you, for leaving those that want a choice with none.