AAPL
At the Cambridgeside Galleria, there's at least $100,000 in sales waiting in line at the Apple Store. Wish I owned more than one share of <a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=AAPL">AAPL</a>, although, maybe it's time to short? Think of all those bugs that will be reported on Monday.
$600 for a phone that works only with Cingular (rated 2nd to last in customer service in Consumer Reports BTW), holds a tiny (for $600 at least) <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html">4 gigs</a> that can expand to 8gigs for an additionally purchased flash card, seems higly unreasonable to me.
Are you really going to want to jump from like hundreds of different of Wifi services during a bus/train/taxi/car ride to check your email and watch viral videos?
the dual battery idea (one for phone, one for music / games / bullshit) and the touch screen ideas or good, but it is my humble opinion people would do well to wait 2 or 3 generations into this product when more service carriers, memory, and features are available.
I think I will pass for now, although if anyone gave me one, I cant deny that it would be fun to play with.
Cingular is now Cingular Wireless is now AT&T Wireless is now AT&T, right?
Someone gave me a 2gig iPod nano last night. I can't deny it is fun to play with.
Also - I saw the camera is only two megapixels.
All of this stuff would be cool for 250- 300, but for 600, it better wash all my dishes and carry the entire history of recorded music, instantly identify prank callers while allowing me to stream audio/video of all Red Sox games.
oh, and the fine print after the 4/8 GB says *formatted capacity less.
where I stand, I guess there are too many hoops for that particular $300 strategy.
I will play with one if one passively comes my way (which I'm 99.9% sure it won't - oh well)
Otherwise I'm interested in what it does, but I'll let it breathe for 2 or 3 generations in hope of :
-rebates
-better service providers
-greater memory
-lower costs
We'll probably get an iphone (or equivalent) when they start implanting chips into people and get rid of land lines altogether.
meaning to "fat fingers".
I'm getting better just standing
here. Funny, iPhone suggested "DTs"
for "standing".
And hardly a zine--they were selling <a href=http://www.2600.com/>2600</a> at Hastings (the Southwest's answer to Barnes & Nobles) in Santa in 1997.
Personally, I always just read it for the pictures.
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