I you want the facts- read this……

Let’s clarify. Any carrier charges different fees for different services. The 29.99 “consumer” charge is for the ability to access email on any smart phone at VZW and unlimited web access. This service does not include the syncing of PIM. (calendar, contacts, and tasks). The awesome thing is that the Droid will allow that with the Google Sync capabilities- see boygenis report.com.

The 44.99 “business” charge is available whether you are a business or not. It only matters if you are trying to access a microsft exchane server through your corporation. This is regardless of whether a busniness is paying the bill or not. What I mean is that if you are a small business, you do not have to pay the $44.99 fee unless you have a need to access a microsoft exchange server and get PIM on your mobile device. The great thing is that there is no charge for a business to set up this service internally ( a Blackberry is $100) per user, regardless of wireless carrier.

The bottom line is that, unless you have all the facts don’t print a newspaper article. All carriers have the same rules.

celia, you too are wrong.

They don’t care what you do with the phone, they just care who’s paying the bills. If you’re a single person/family, you get the $30 plan and can connect to Exchange just fine. However, if a business/corporate plan is paying the bills, they’re paying $45.

Maybe you should read a little more too.
http://www.gearlog.com/2009/11/personal_droid_data_will_cost.php

sheesh…the darned thing isn’t even available generally but someone knows everything there is to know about everything! He who shall…so shall he who.

Kaos- Before you claim to be the almighty and all knowing, you ought to kow the actual facts.

I know for a fact that a personal/individual user can pay the $44.99 and get access to my PIM with the my work’s Exchange Server. The only stipulation is that my company has to be using the exchange server in the first place.

I am an individual business person- with plan in my own name not business. I am the employee, not the business owner. The $29.99 feature is for a mobile email product that does not allow PIM. That option did not work for me- so I switched. I needed the PIM.

I appreciate your enthusiasm, just make sure you are correct first.

Heavens to merga Droid!……..this is a tough place.

Shouldn’t the word be “touted” in the headline?

Care to say something constructive against the review or are you just here to spew trash? This looks like an excellent device and it’s good to see google making improvements in their OS. Great review!