http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/
Troll intelligently.]]>Nov 17th 2009 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/
you can get this phone for 20 euros/month WITHOUT a contract! wich means, you'll be paying 481€ in the end and you can stay with your provider!

e.g.: you're currently with t-mobile, paying 80euros a month and you buy this phone from O2, then you'll pay 100 euros a month but your provider still is t-mobile ;)

plus, i think you can "pay off" parts of the fee at once, e.g. you get a ton of cash for christmas, so you give o2 200 euros and then the contract will run 10 months less. pretty nice i'd say.]]>Nov 18th 2009 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/
this is not a phone contract and means you pay a total of 481 euros PLUS whatever contract you decide to subscribe to.

]]>Nov 17th 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/
btw this means the phone costs 714$ around here! ]]>Nov 17th 2009 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/1 EUR with a 2 year 20 EUR per month contract for a phone like this would practically be a steal....]]>Nov 17th 2009 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Of course, with an expensive plan (60€ or more) I'd expect the phone for free.

But eventually it depends on specific usages. I guess for people that just want to get the phone this could be a good offer, so that they don't have to pay the entire price at once.]]>Nov 17th 2009 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/
As for the Eris and Hero, well isn't that HTC Sense UI on top of Android? And for Milestone (not the Google Experience Phone) it is Motorola placing a little extra on top.]]>Nov 17th 2009 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/T
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The law was created as a consequence of "exotic" and complex contract offers from the telecom industry... (Go regulation!)]]>Nov 18th 2009 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/its been a while.]]>Nov 17th 2009 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/

i wish i could have done something like this, i paid 500€ for my phone on a 2 year 15€ contract, it would be much better if i got the phone for 20€ and paid 35€ per month.

there is a small carrier that offers a similar deal in my country, but the spread-out price is 50% higher than it should be and they do not mention the total in advertisements.]]>Nov 17th 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/
This is a payment plan for the phone without a contract. Just the plain phone, no sim card included.

]]>Nov 17th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 18th 2009 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/
Google Translate can miss a few subtleties sometimes.]]>Nov 17th 2009 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 18th 2009 3:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 18th 2009 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/
American philosophy seems to be " I exist for the benefit of the company". Thus companies give you want they decide you want.

EU philosophy is the opposite. "A company exists to offer stuff to us for sale". Thus, companies offer use stuff they think we might want, and we decide to buy or not. ]]>Nov 17th 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/
A Contract with O2 costs 0€ a month. Clever, aint they? 13ct/sms, 13ct/min.

this week also no starting price (usually 25€) and 15% off everything.

you cant pay more than 60€ a month. because they have a "cost airbag".

timing is 60/60. 30days cancelation period.

the internet-package which you'll want to your droid costs:

4,25€ for 30MB a month (haha!)
8,50€ for 200MB (then speed reduction)
and 21,25 for 5gb (then, again, speed reduction)

so its not really a steal for more than 40€ a month, 60$. but not that bad at all.

greetings from germany.

(nope, im not working for o2. im working for a competitor)

]]>Nov 18th 2009 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/The real question is how and why is O2-Telefonica offering a Nav solution through Motorola for the droid but not for the pre?
That´s scary...I hoped we´ll never get the silly US Nav Solutions (VZW NAV, Sprint Navigator...) monthly fee based model and keep our old european offline but cheap and much better (TomTom,Navigon,Garmin) Model. You buy it once and lay back. My question is: what should i do when i have no coverage? And there´s still a lot of places with bad or no coverage even in Germany ]]>Nov 17th 2009 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/achtung-motorola-milestone-now-free-on-contract-in-germany/Nov 17th 2009 7:05PM