Apple iPhone

[Q]

The iPhone isn't that great as everyone makes it out to be.  In My opinion, it should only be $300.  I mean you can't put in a spare battery, what if you drained the battery while listening to music or doing other stuff and you needed to take a really important phone call.  Also, AT&T ONLY? THAT STINKS!  Really, its much cheaper to just get a nano and a Treo and more practical.  I'm just waiting for people to crack the apple iPhone so that it will work for other services other than AT&T lol.  It will happen soon, in fact, they're overdue.  In about a year the next generation will come out.

[JoSpiv]

Yeah, the battery thing is really stupid.  I mean I have a 30GB Video iPod and I have a cell phone.  Why would I need an iPhone?

[Jobydrone]

I disagree with the comment that the Xbox 360 has failed as a multimedia device.  I just recently got it hooked into my laptop through the wireless network in my home and have been fooling around streaming movies and such...it's a pretty good feature.  The Xbox live marketplace has tons of content, and I would use it alot more if their pricing model was different.  I think they should offer unlimited access to their movie/TV downloads for a flat monthly fee.  Tons of people would take advantage of that as an option I think.  Xbox Live Platinum or something.   

[Bryancd]

AP
Apple Sells 1 Millionth IPhone
Monday September 10, 11:14 am ET 
Apple Sells 1 Millionth IPhone, Nearly a Month Ahead of Schedule

NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple Inc. sold its millionth iPhone on Sunday, just 74 days after the combination cell phone-iPod went on sale and less than a week after its price was cut by a third. Apple previously said it expected to hit the million-sold mark by the end of September. Monday's announcement sent Apple shares up $2.94, or 2.2 percent to $134.71. On Wednesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs cut the price of the 8-gigabyte iPhone from $599 to $399 and discontinued the $499 4-gigabyte version.

The next day he apologized to those who had paid full price and offered $100 credits to early buyers. In a letter on the company's Web site, Jobs acknowledged that Apple disappointed some of its customers and said he had received hundreds of e-mails complaining about the price cut. Jobs added that "the technology road is bumpy," and there will always be people who pay top dollar for the latest electronics but get angry later when the price drops.
"This is life in the technology lane," Jobs said in the letter Thursday.





 

[markinro]

I just had my first hands on experience a few nights ago.  My company is going on a corporate cell phone service this week.  If they were not doing this and the iphone was cut to $300 (not going to happen), I would get one.  I wouldn't use it for the internet.  Even though you can zoom in, the type font is still small.  If you see anyone using one of these things while driving -- get as far away as you can.

Hey Rick, you get the $99 Zune ?

[Rico]

Hard to beat a free company phone.  That's what I use.

P.S.  Didn't get a Zune yet, but www.woot.com has them today now at $80!

[Blackride]

I don't think the Iphone sucks at all. for what it is designed for it works great. I don't see why people are hating on it. Yes, it's expensive but what Apple product isn't? That's the premium you pay to say you are using their products.

[Rico]

But do you have one?

P.S.  And for the record, I'd probably get one if I didn't have a free company phone.

[The IC]

I am waiting for iphone 2.0. 

That being said, I picked up a new 160Gb iPod classic last Friday.  It is one sexy piece of tech.

[psikeyhackr]

Jobs added that "the technology road is bumpy," and there will always be people who pay top dollar for the latest electronics but get angry later when the price drops.
"This is life in the technology lane," Jobs said in the letter Thursday.

I confess.  I don't have any sympathy for those suckers.  That is one of the fastest drops I have ever seen though.

I got my PMA400 off ebay. So I have a separate phone and video/MP3 player.  Together they cost less than an iphone at the reduced price.

I have to save money to buy those low tech Oriental Rugs that don't depreciate.   :2cents

psik