Apple - To all iPhone customers

For anyone who bought an iPhone in the past 2 months for $599 Apple has decided that you will be entitled to a $100 credit to use online or in the store. Sweet, they will be giving you $100 to spend more $$$, so that way you feel like you were not taken advantage of. It is a nice jester, and a great publicity stunt to say the least. This came after lots of customers emailed their frustrations. I personally think that most people wouldn't be so upset if this price reduction would have come after 6 months, but 2 months is not a very long time. This will make a lot of people think twice to buy something so expensive in the future, which will affect the launch, and could make or break a product. Well, enough said read the letter here.


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4GB iPhone $299

Apple is clearing out the stock of the 4GB iPhone and you can get it now for $299. I don't know how long they will last, but if you don't want to spend the $100 more for the 8GB, then here is your last chance to save. 

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Darth Vader

Funny.... $30 at the Star Wars Shop dot com.


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The new iPod family (Picture Book Edition)

5 different colors, 1GB $79
Most available in 24 hours



Silver 4GB $149, 6 different colors, 8GB $199
Available 1-3 days



Black or Silver, no more white iPod, 80GB $249, 160GB $349
Available 1-3 days



8GB $299, 16GB $399
3.5-inch widescreen color display
Wi-Fi
Safari, YouTube, iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store
8mm thin
Available September 28th



No more 4GB, 8GB $399 (don't be surprised in the next few months we see a 16GB for $499)


Wow, this is truly a huge iPod update, the rumors were there, but still it is amazing to see all of the choices. Which one intrigues you the most. I see a lot of iPhones being sold at that price, the Nano has it market and I always thought that you should be able to play video on there. The iPod classic looks real slick, and the iPod touch is a nice touch for people without an iPhone with Safari, YouTube, WiFi iTunes store. The WiFi iTunes store is huge, and being able to go into Starbucks and buy the song that is playing while you are enjoying that Iced Grande Tuxedo Latta is genius. As I am posting this, the Apple store is not working correctly in Firefox, so you might need to use IE... Hope they fix that real soon.

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I originally started this as just a comment, then it was getting too long, so I decided to post my opinion on the subject here.

#1. Agree, I would love to have a copy and paste function [original post].

#2. Disagree, I like the keypad just how it is, I don't need the feed back that lots of people love. I do wish when your doing IM that when you rotate the iPhone you would have a bigger keypad, but really it wouldn't be that easy to type holding is sideways, so I am happy the way it is.

#3. Disagree, Safari on the iPhone is amazing, it is a total Internet experience. I don't know the circumstances that you were running into, I have never had that problem. I would say the only drawback for me is that it won't let you view flash videos, which is more than half of Youtubes arsenal and other sites that like to post videos.

#4. Agree, I think that Edge is too slow for most instances on the internet, but for looking at the weather, checking your email, and finding out what movie is playing where and when it plays is just fine. Trying to watch a Youtube video is rough but doable.

A couple of things you might want to think twice about is the sim card is 3G, just wait, we could see a software update in the next few days (hint, hint 9/5/07), or in the next few months with a software patch that would allow 3G, but who knows. Also, for how functional this phone is, there is no way that they developed it in 12 months, probably when they started it they only had Edge to work with, and by the time 3G was started to be used, it was too late to change.

The best thing about the iPhone is that other developers see what people want with their cell phones and this will make them develop better phones to compete, and then makes the industry stronger. Look at the Nokia on engadget.

I don't like to admit things like this, but not everything in life can be perfect, but I try to be the iPhone is almost.

No more calling Popcorn Sept 19, 2007

R.I.P. POPCORN

At&t will end the service to call POPCORN on your phone to find out what the current time is September 19, 2007. The truth is that most people don't use the service anymore, most likely we can blame the cell phone. Me personally I like to use it when time changes, just so I know exactly what time it is when I am setting my clocks. Well, goodbye time lady, make sure you call POPCORN (767-2676) on or before the 19th so you can say your goodbyes.

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