AT&T offers iPhone plan for the hearing-impaired

This is going to get abused, I'm sure. Why can't AT&T just give us unlimited text messaging anyway? It doesn't make sense to me.

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WHAT??

One might assume that when signing up for a plan for the hearing-impaired which includes something called "Visual Voicemail", you'd be getting a service that transcribes voice mails into a visual format, like text.
Perhaps they should have chosen a different name for it...

LOL! I can get this plan even though I could hear you on the phone quite well anyway!!!! and it's elagl too

Wow, it would be nice if this was offered to the general public, as I know many people, including myself that use the Iphone mostly for data and texting rather than voice. Personally, I think this could be a suit against AT&T because they are discriminating against normal people. I can understand something like a handicap sticker on their car, where this actually is something that AIDS in helping their disability, where a text+data plan doesn't AID in there disability, but rather simply 'saves' them money, something many other people may want to do as well. Anyone agree, or am I just stupid?

This is a good start. But it would be really nice if the iPhone had speech synthesis and voice recognition so I can make/answer calls without looking at the screen.

This plan would be good for a lot of people, and not just the hearing impaired. Alas, though, AT&T wants to gouge us who use few minutes but enjoy texting a lot.

This will be perfect for my brother! I find it amusing and a little sad because he's been very fond of iPods and especially the iPhone, but the thing is, he was born deaf. He's been restricted to using a sidekick which is apparently all the deaf people use but I'm sure he'll switch to this.

What's odd to me is that you need to be hearing impaired to get this plan. I understand that forcing others to get a more expensive plan even though this is the best option for them is good for AT&T's bottom line, but I'm surprised it's legal.

I think this will attract many more Text Happy Teenagers than expected. :-) I for one, as a Text Happy Teenager, have been wanting an unlimited plan for Text and Data, but few Minutes. I won't jump on this as I still need a small amount of minutes, but still.