Just to add a clairification to t-mobils data plans (the ones available with contract) The "free" data plan is the walled-garden plan, called t-zones. It is included with any of the basic contracts. It can access only t-mobile approved sites.
Next step up, is "t-mobileweb", for 5.99 additional a month. It can access any host on the internet, but only specific tcp ports. Web access has to go through port 8080, therefore requires use of a proxy (t-mobile provides a proxy for web access). Also, some other ports are available, such as for pop email, etc. But, if you have a home broadband connection you should be able to set up a vpn tunnel via one of the open ports, and then use that to get anywhere. I do that currently with my motorola a780 (using ssh and port forwarding, but vpn's should also work). All open ports are tcp only, however (udp doesn't appear to work). Next is "t-mobile total internet" for 29.95. This plan can use almost any port, tcp and udp, to any site. It is the one normally used with smartphones. Also includes access to t-mobile hotspots. They used to have the total internet plan for 19.95 without hotspots, but recently combined both plans (they must not have been selling that many hotspot plans). If you don't want the hotspots but internet only, you can subscribe to the blackberry connect plan which appears to be the same as the old intenet-only plan. To do this, go to my.t-mobile.com, change your phone model to a blackberry, then you will have an option to select this plan. Cost is $19.95. Note that t-mobile has no by-the-kbyte plans. Therefore, you will never be suppriesed by a $500 phone bill for excess data. Cingular, however, does have a cap of $99.99 per month on their data plans (last time I looked into it). So you can get buy with one of their cheaper plans (instead of getting the $79.99 unlimited plan) if you mostly won't use that much data. Hopefully this hasn't changed since I looked into it. Another good place to look for information is on howardforums.com, they have carrier specific message boards that usually have carrier employees hanging out on them, and they have a fairly accurate wiki with details on the plans. Hope this helps... _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community