AT&T's subsidized Acer Aspire One, Dell Mini 10 and Lenovo S10 netbooks launching nationwide
By Nilay Patel 
posted July 20th 2009 1:09PM
posted July 20th 2009 1:09PM
Not sure what AT&T's thinking as it takes its subsidized netbook lineup nationwide, but it just announced the Dell Mini 10, the Lenovo S10, and the 10-inch Acer Aspire One will now be sold online and in stores, priced at $200 each with your choice of two-year contract: a totally pathetic $40/mo 200MB plan or a $60/mo 5GB plan. Yeah, that's some stiff kitty for two years of XP on last year's netbook hardware -- especially since you can score the similar Compaq Mini 110 from Sprint for just 99 cents on sale with the same $60/mo 5GB data commitment. Of course, we're still standing by our suggestion that you just grab a MiFi and share the 3G love with as many machines as you can, but if these numbers somehow seem tempting sales should be starting in the next few days.
Or buy one yourself at regular price and get Virgin Mobile Broadband on a pay per use rate with no extra fees. That is if your not a power user. If you are Engadget might have the right idea.
I eat 5GB in my sleep. YAWN!
[quote]I eat 5GB in my sleep. YAWN![/quote]
What does that taste like?
zing
MiFi is pretty interesting, but the 3G level has the 5GB cap. 4G is supposed to roll out here in Chicago this year; even if it's delayed some into next year, I'll wait for that, since it's uncapped. 5GB isn't even a single photo uploadto Flickr.
Whathat type of camera do you have that produces 5gb pictures? Are you confusing gigabytes with megabytes?
GODDAMN THAT'S BIG
(No, that is not what he or she said.)
Of just get a phone that isn't a locked-down POS and tether wirelessly to your existing laptop.
WTF? You still have to pay $200 (and that's AFTER main-in rebate), and they call it subsidized? Get real AT&T.
Here's the kicker:
"AT&T ConnecTech Remote Advanced Set Up and Service for $99. With this plan, customers can select installation of a new netbook to a secure wireless network"
Wow, for $99, I can have AT&T connect my netbook to a wifi router, what a deal! Wait, they didn't say the wifi router has to be mine, did they? LOL.
I won't even consider a wireless data plan until there is no restriction on bandwidth. The extent to which our cell phone industry is raping us is appalling. You wonder why we're falling further and further behind in regards to technology in this country...
Holy mother of all rapes.
One more proof of how perverse and twisted the US market is. Too bad consumers apparently aren't doing anything and that kind of madness can continue.
I wouldn't laugh if I'd live in the US.
Us Canadians don't have it much better:
http://www.rgbfilter.com/?p=1356
Rogers HP Mini 110 for $300 with a 2 yr $25/month 500Mb. That's only $125 less than the retail price of the laptop.
Nice
Radioshack has had the Acer and the Lenovo for a long time. The Acer is $149 and the lenovo is $89.
I guess we can only hope that people won't be stupid enough to buy this and it will go away. But chances are the people in DC will tell us its a great deal and we won't have to pay for it, just raise the telecom taxes.
Your better off just tethering your phone if they allow you too. Thats like $40 a month to isn't it? I mean I go over 200MB a month no problem on my phone every month.
"two years of XP on last year's netbook hardware"
I dunno about you guys, but it looks like it's still this year's netbook hardware too. Companies just refuse to break the mold, but then again there's nothing to break it with either. I guess netbooks will only ever just be netbooks.
Microsoft refuses to let companies break the mold. Microsoft won't let OEMs put XP on anything with more than a 1.6ghz atom, 1gb of ram and... do I have to finish it?
Enjoy these outrageous rates while you can AT&T.. When Clearwire arrives they are going to eat your lunch. For less than your $60 rate Clearwire will offer unlimited wireless high speed home network access & mobile (notebook) internet access. I've heard that they are even suppling the internal or usb card for your notebook.
I can't wait for this service to get to Tampa so I can tell Verizon to take a hike.
lol, eat them all up so you can sell them all at 2x as much Way to be a player AT&T!
WHAT?!?! this is so weak! here at Malaysia , we have a cellular provider called DiGi that is giving a free HP mini 1000 for its #G network data . i think the plab is 30GB/ month
We better off just tethering your phone if they allow you too. Thats like $40 a month to isn't it? I mean I go over 200MB a month no problem on my phone every month. http://www.bestlaptopbattery.co.uk/acer/black-aspire-one-a110l-series.htm
we have a cellular provider called bestlaptopbattery that is giving a free HP mini 1000 laptop battery,.welcome you go to see it .it will be good for you.hehe~~~