I was just reading about the new data rate plans for the iPhones that are going to come out here and wow are they ever expensive. There is an article online at the globe and mail where you can read more about it.

The lowest plan is $60/month which gives you 400MB of data and 150 phone minutes with unlimited evenings and weekends. Not only that, but apparently you have to sign up for a three year contract as well.

I honestly thought that the iPhone would create some kind of unlimited data plan here in Canada since the demand for the product is probably going to be pretty high. Then again, a lot of people had no problem paying hundreds of dollars in service fees for it before and so I guess as long as enough people think it is a fair price it will stick.

Judging by the comments on that site, it doesn’t look like there are many happy campers.

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I was fairly busy today and thought that I would try and write a blog post using my cell phone while I was out. I must say, it is a rather tedious process not only from trying to type out sentences in general, but just trying to login to the blog itself is challenging. For example, my phone tends to put the first letter you type in capitals which in hence would cause case sensitive data to not work properly.

It was a noble thought though of not having to buy a more expensive data phone to do this. Although, in the end the battery on the phone was weak and so I guess it was meant to be that I shouldn’t even attempt it. I wonder if there are any other alternatives to a data phone.

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A person I know was talking about wanting to buy a new phone as it was suggested that it would be better if she and her husband each had their own phone. She then threw out a comment on how she wanted a Blackberry Pearl as it looked nice and would be very convenient with all those features.

The husband immediately frowned upon that idea as he mentioned how she would have to enroll into a data plan which costs way more than just a regular phone plan and it’s not like she ran a business. In response, she then talked about how it was only a few dollars more per month and will make things such as text messaging friends a lot more convenient.

For those who don’t know, data phone plans in Canada are pretty horrendous in pricing compared to other countries. That conversation did make me wonder though as I have personally never seen a non business oriented person carry a blackberry type of device here when I think about it. Seems like an overkill to say simply text messaging friends doesn’t it?

Even for myself, I can’t imagine any real need for something like a Blackberry when it comes to personal use. I would have to kind of train myself to use it more such as being more care free when it comes to checking or sending e-mails when a computer is available. Although, I guess that is what cell phones have done to most of us too.

Now I’m just waiting for the day where people won’t even subscribe to a home Internet service as a data phone would be just as good similar to how some people are ditching their home phone lines. Till then though, these data phone plans are still pretty bad I’d say for people that would just use it occasionally and the savings from avoiding it is probably a better decision overall.

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