Comments on: Could Boost be getting the Motorola ROKR?

By: Blee

Blee — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:31:19 +0000

I disagree

By: John Brown

John Brown — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:13:13 +0000

I disagree. Have you tried any prepaid phones or you are just talking.
I have the X-tc on Virgin Mobile, and I have the I875 on Boost. We use the walkie-talkie at work, So I got the I875 when it was out. I brought it because it had the biggest screen Boost had. I use the walkie-talkie a few times a month when I’m off work.
I use the X-tc for email and texting. With opera mini on gmail, I can open and view attachments from work. We use some type of google mail. I can check my work email in seconds on the X-tc(I don’t have a computer in my house). I hate the x-tc keyboard. Call quality is o.k.
I had the first color side-kick on T-mobile(pre-paid). I can do the same thing with the X-TC for less money. I spend about 200 dollars total, a year for the two.

By: Blee

Blee — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:28:31 +0000

all those phones suck wtf are you talking about

By: John Brown

John Brown — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:08:12 +0000

What does not signing a contract have to do with putting out crapping phones.
Virgin mobile x-tc cost 99 dollars. It has a 2.4 qvga screen, and you can get opera mini for the web. They had the shuttle as well for $99 that had 3g and ev-do. that plays video.
You mean to tell me that Boost and Motorola can not make a quality qwerty phone with at least 2.2 qvga screen for less than $150.

By: Peter Kent

Peter Kent — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:14:00 +0000

The i9 might be worth 299 to some poor fools who want a five year old design with deadend 2g iden technology , a blazing 19 kbps web speed and a network known for dropped calls and slow texts.

But for anyone else, it’s a fool’s paradise. You can buy good conditioned used Blackberry Storms, Tmobile G1s and iPhones for that price.

By: Blee

Blee — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:19:45 +0000

the reason it is 299 is because you arent signing a contract. If you were signing a contract saying you are gonna give them money for 2 years. They can deduct on the price of the phone so that is why it is $299. It isn’t highway robbery. It’s smart business. You could sell the i9 for $100 and then the person drops there service a month later. Yeah…Not exactly a good business move on there part

By: Peter Kent

Peter Kent — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:06:57 +0000

$299 for the i9 is absolute highway robbery. You can get used iphones, G1s, Blackberry Storms and even Palm Pres for that price. The i9 is basically an iden
Razr, a five year old design.

They can pretty up the handset list as much as they want, but because it isn’t gsm or cdma, Boost’s options will continue to be at least a full generation if not more behind gsm/cdma level designs, asthetics and features.

They really should come out with more dual gsm /iden phones like the old Nextel i920/930. The don’t really have to worry about losing users to gsm as there are no gsm unlimited plans in the US at all yet.

By: John Brown

John Brown — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:38:43 +0000

Let’s see, $50 a month for unlimited data, text, and voice, but Boost has nothing but crappy phones to use it on. Boost does not have one phone I would buy at this time. I would buy the I9 if it was 100 bucks.

By: Blee

Blee — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:42:22 +0000

dude yes

i love you