Where to get a smartphone *NOT* under contract?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:31:00AM -0400, Christopher Browne wrote:
> Indeed.  One of the more unsung brands that seems rather good is Archos.

Too bad about 90% of android tablets currently violate the GPL.  How nice
of them.

Archos is about 50% at having their models be compliant (for the kernel
at least).

> They carry models that are about the size of a mobile phone:
> <http://www.archos.com/products/ta/archos_32it/>
> <http://store.archos.com/archos-internet-tablet-p-5003.html>
> 
> The latter is carried by Newegg.ca:
> <http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16855501059>
> 
> I have been watching what's going on with Nexus S prices on
> Craigslist/Kijiji; that's how I got my last couple phones, and I
> haven't had any "transaction problems."

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