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title: "The A500 ain't 3G"
date: 2003-03-26T15:42:11-05:00
url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2003/03/26/a500-not-3g/
author: Les Orchard
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# The A500 ain't 3G

<blockquote cite="http://www.mobitopia.com/20030326.html#191341">Sheesh. Okay, come back to us when you get a real phone.</blockquote>
<div class="credit" align="right"><small>Source:<cite><a href="http://www.mobitopia.com/20030326.html#191341">Mobitopia: Slashdot - Life in 3G</a></cite></small></div>
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So says Mr. Beattie.  And I say, "Hey, that's <strong>my</strong> phone!"  And then I
say, "Oh yeah, that's right, that's my phone."  I like my phone, it's a
nice phone.  I had a Treo Communicator, but it went kaput.  I thought the
A500 would be a decent 3G device.  It's not.  But it's a nice phone...
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