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Have you heard about the iPhone?

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iphone.jpgYeah, I know, I was just being facetious.

iPhone mania officially begins this Friday, and we’re seeing multiple reviews from multiple news sources weighing in with their opinions on the device that Apple belives will change the way the public will use cellphones.

David Pogue, who is one of the best tech writers around, has written his review in today’s New York Times (see link below), and he believe that although flawed, the iPhone is indeed revolutionary. It offers the functionality that people want in a (fairly) small form factor, and that people will finally have one device for a variety of uses, inlcuding a web browser, a camera, an organizer and, oh by the way, a cellphone.

Since I have yet to hold an iPhone in my hand and check it out for myself, for the time being I will have to rely on what others are saying about it. I happen to be an AT&T customer, so I will have the ability to switch to an iPhone fairly easily, but let’s not forget about the increased costs that come with getting this new “status symbol,” with the phones going for up to $600 (or more), depending on the storage size.

Reports indicate there will be three monthly plans with a minimum two-year service contracte available: the $59.99 plan includes 450 minutes of voice time; a $79.99 plan includes 900 minutes; and a $99.99 plan includes 1,350 minutes. All three offer 200 text messages, unlimited data services, minutes that roll over month-to-month and mobile-to-mobile calls. Let’s not forget that $36 activation fee. (Couldn’t Apple/AT&T work something out where that activation fee is waived for say, the first 100,000 customers?)

Anyway, Friday will certainly be a frenzied day in the cellphone world. Am I going to be one of the many hundreds of thousands who will plunk down their hard-earned cash for an iPhone? Probably not–Apple is already working on iPhone version 2, and I could see it coming out for the holiday shopping season. (I don’t have any inside info, just my own speculation.)

However, Apple and AT&T will be quite happy with the increased revenue stream beginning in about 48 hours. Just not from me–yet.

[Via New York Times]


Posted in General on June 27th, 2007

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