Origin: The Blankenship name is ultimately derived from the name Blenkinsopp, which is the name of a castle in Northumberland, England.
The Blackphone clocks in at $629, which is right up there with the unlocked cost of most flagship smartphones. The device will run on a 2GHz (or higher) quad-core ARM chip, with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. Wondering about a microSD card for more storage? What, and let someone walk away with your data?
Gibson - re: about high cell phone bills... you said it. Inflation and cost of living hasn't increased at all compared to luxuries that become standards.. cable, game systems, ipods, computers, cell, etc. It's a problem. Rebekah - Comcast gives free long distance with their bare bones phone plan at about $30 a month.