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Obviously I do not belong to the "early-adopting crowd": I do not own a smartphone. Why? Because I find the 80 dollars per month too high price to pay for something(access to the internet) that I have almost everywhere I spent my time: work, home, bookstores. Even though I am seriously tempted everyday to get an iPhone.

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I would be with you, but Virgin got me on their $25 / month unlimited data, 300 minutes plan. I hardly talk on my phone, but being able to tether from anywhere has been a big win.

Now I think they charge $35 / month for the same plan.

May I ask you, how is this possible?

http://www.virginmobileusa.com/cell-phone-plans/beyond-talk-...

Buy the LG Optimus V from Virgin Mobile. It's not super-powerful smartphone, but it does everything that I need it to and is only $150. Then get the $35 / month plan that goes with it.

To tether you only have to download the "Quick Settings" app from the Android market and turn on the wifi hotspot. I'm on the move a lot and have used this as my main internet connection for the last 3 months.

No contract, unlimited data, stop any time. The deal was too good to pass up.

I'm basically the same way with the added point that I don't really like talking on the phone. I'm not asocial - I'm just not a chatty guy.

you can have a smartphone without a data plan, just connect to wifi networks at your work, home, bookstores

Sprint won't let (me) use my Epic without a data plan.

At all these places I have a computer with me

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