Now, with the IPhone, you won’t have a watered-down version of the Internet. 
I know of no such law. And from what I’ve heard, AT&T actually added features to their service specifically to support the iPhone, so there would certainly be features that wouldn’t work if you got one working with Verizon, right?
I don’t want one because:
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It will never work as advertised.
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It’s basically just a status symbol.
Uh huh…and last time you said that…
My BlackBerry + me = 4eva
I don’t understand why they did not make this a 3g phone. Does any body else sell a smart phone without 3g anymore?
Whoa back up the train here a minute.
Basic 450 minutes / month ATT cell service is $40/month. The iPhone is $20. / month additional. so 2/3 of the cost you mention is for basic cell service. Further more the basic ATT cell service does not include web browsing or text messages. A bundle that will add 200 text messages / month plus unlimited MEdia (web browsing) is $19.99 /month. So if you deck out your existing ATT phone to do what the iPhone does, it will cost you exactly the same.
AT&T’s Internet offering is slower than the service for virtually every other provider (or so I’ve heard).
Unlocking cell phones. There was a law that mandated that the cell phones had to be made unlockable. I don’t recall the law, and the law wasn’t made spefically for that reason. I believe it was a rider.
To sell more of the iPhone-Buy the New One NOW Motherfucker.
Yeah, that’s the official name. I saw the press release.
Do you doubt me?
Heh heh. I’m sorry. I’m not trying to be mean but when I read this I thought, "Montana? A million customers?
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Montana?"
Montana doesn’t even have a million people. 
Anyway, do I want a iPhone? Sure. I want a PS3 and a Pony too, but I’m not getting one in the foreseeable future.
We just saw some very impressive ads for it last night. My iPod-owning wife was drooling.
Which I think is the key to understanding this beast. It’s not so much a phone that can do lots of other shit, it’s an iPod that has internet and phone capability. I think the wealthier end of the existing iPod fanbase will eat it up.
These should make life convenient, as, once the students at the expensive private school I teach at get one, I’ll only have one forbidden electronic device per student to confiscate, rather than two. Thanks, Apple for the convenience!
Yeah, but we’re getting close! And it’s clear that even infants and centenarians will want iPhones, right?
Yeah, yeah, fine. You caught me rounding the numbers off. Quick, what’s the population of Montana (ages 12 and up), rounded to the nearest million?
Yeah, I guess I’ll just have to settle for my pony. Well, horse, actually 
You, sir, have pegged it.
And you! Sir! Stop drooling over this phone!
I will be glad next week when the pre-release frenzy is over with. I’m tired of getting all the rah-rah corporate (AT&T) emails. I’m curious to see how the network availability issue plays out.
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As I write this there are thousands of Tech geeks lined up in front of Apple stores. This is the biggest project launch since Windows 95. How is something, which everyone is either crazed about getting or will eventully need to get, a status symbol? (I do hope that five years down the line there is competition with the Apple IPhone) But Paris Hilton, Charles Gibson, William Shatner, geeks, celebrities, and everyone in between will get a IPhone. Let’s not kid ourselves, OK?
What you are missing out on is that T-Mobile is marking phones to jackrabbits. Everyone knows there are three jackrabbits to every person in Montana.
See ATT/Cingular is completely overlooking the jackrabbit market.
Windows 95 sold millions of copies within a few months. It was well on its way to 50 million sales after two years. It was also software, and not a durable good. It also cost less money. If Apple makes and sells 50 million iPhones by 2009, I’ll put my money where my mouth is, and buy one and eat it for dinner.
And how does this not make it a status symbol? A status symbol (as far as materialism is concerned) is a discretionary item which costs more than items of a comparable nature, and which is in shorter supply. Perhaps you’re stuck in the Reality Distortion Field since you think it means something else, but this was probably obvious when you suggested everyone would eventually need to get one. If you really believe everyone will have one of these at $500 a pop, you need to check your meds. More people than not would rather go sans phone than sign a cellular contract unless they get the hardware for free in the first place, because the majority of people buying cell phones don’t need or want the perceived boost in status that the aforementioned tech geeks think their shiny new toys give them. No doubt, there’ll be more than a few of them who’ll brandish their iPhones with reckless abandon at every opportunity, but most people still just want a reasonably priced phone that isn’t a conversational centerpiece.
I’d say this has more in common with 1964 Mustang release craze than with the Windows 95 release craze, where people were literally staking out their cars by sleeping on (or in) them at the dealers … but then, the original Mustang was priced quite reasonably for what it was. Can’t say the same for the iPhone.
I never said everyone will have one of these at $500 a pop. Last time I checked Blu-Ray players were just under a $1000. In five years time… $150.
Why do need a car? To get from point A to point B. You basically need anything with four wheels. Who needs a car? With rare exceptions, everyone! Why do you need a cell phone? To communicate (calls, email, Internet, take and share pictures, music and other media). You need something that fits in your pocket! Who needs a cell phone? With rare exceptions, everyone!
Status symbol - Bentley, Ferrari, Jaguar, ect.
Not a status symbol - Ford, Toyota, Kia, ect.
Status symbol - jewel encrusted IPhone
Not a status symbol - basic Apple IPhone
I had a minor epiphany this morning. I along with a retty good number of other people have said ‘I’ll wait this version out…I wanna see what revision two/three/x looks like.’
Well, we’re pretty much guaranteed future sales. I’m having a hard time seeing how they could screw it up bad enough that I won’t eventually own one. Now, I’m an admitted phone whore and have had, probably 10 difference phones in 8 years, so maybe I’m not the best guy to talk to. I think if you look at it’s current featureset, and put 12 gig in it for $600, I’d have to lock up my wallet to keep from buying it.
I just hope not everyone gets that epiphany.
I would suggest to 9 out of 10 friends (one should have the fun in the meantime and the rest of us will check out all the features…oooh touchscreen photos) to wait until Apple converts all the YouTube videos. The IPhone is capable of playing 5,000 videos as of today, and by November all of YouTube will be accessable. So IPhone will make a nice Christmas gift.
If Robin Roberts does a live demo on Good Morning America and shows the ABC News website, then we will know she probably got my email.
Dude, you are living in some weird-ass tech wonderland and you’re the one kidding people.
“will eventually NEED to get”?
My wife and I share one cell phone that we pay roughly $7 a month for, for a “pay as you go” plan.
And, believe me. . .we’re just as busy as EVERYONE ELSE. I have a full time job, and many hobbies. She has her own business which she travels for 15+ times per year. We travel.
Your confusion of “want” and “need” just indicates that the marketing people at places like Apple have infilitrated your brain, and I’m sorry for that.