It Rings, Sings, Downloads, Uploads. But Can You Stand It?

NYT has spoken to early adopter Greg Harper about mobile phones, to find that he isn’t impressed with the latest models. “I’m no longer worrying about hot spots or being out of touch,” said Mr. Harper, a business consultant who carries a Motorola phone from Verizon for talking, a Sprint Pocket PC smart phone for e-mail and an iPod for music. “The big problem is how hard it is to navigate the stuff,” he said. “And they hit you with these extra charges, so you don’t want to use it.” The 3G service can add $60 a month to a phone bill, according to Harper, which is bad for telcos because consumers aren’t going to keep paying that.

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