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Well, it had to happen. Read up here:

http://www.apple.com/iphone/
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Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=401
10 reasons why pre-announcing the iPhone was brilliant

Here are 10 reasons why announcing the iPhone six months early was a stroke of genius by Steve Jobs:

1. It gets us salivating. The anticipation of waiting until June for iPhone has been compared to those old Heinz ketchup commercials from the 70s, featuring the Carly Simon song "anticipation."
2. Six months of free R&D by a rabid, foaming at the mouth, customer base. I've never seen so much press and feature suggestions for a product in my life. Why hire more QA people when you can simply pre-announce something and let the blogosphere do your research for you? (Although it baffles me why Apple hasn't added a "suggestion" link to their iPhone pages.)
3. It virtually freezes the market. I don't know of a single Mac user that would buy a smartphone, or any phone for that matter, until June. It would be like buying a fully loaded new Mac the month before Macworld Expo. In fact, almost anyone looking to buy a smartphone will probably wait.
4. Mobile phone contract renewals will also drop significantly. Why would anyone renew a multi-year or annual contract with their current carrier? I can see a lot of people going month-to-month as their contracts lapse and I can see the contract wars getting pretty ugly. Expect the other carriers (Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint) to begin offering mega-incentives to get you into a contract.
5. It gives accessory manufactures six months to come up with cases, skins, lanyards and 30-pin dock connector accessories that will work with iPhone.
6. It gives you six months to save up the US$500-$600 needed to buy an iPhone.
7. It gives you six months to sell your current rubbish phone (or donate it to WillItBlend.com).
8. It gives you six months to swap your existing mobile phone contract with some unsuspecting nincompoop.
9. It gives you six months to justify iPhone to your boss or significant other.
10. It gives you six months to adopt Apple's Reality Distortion Field.
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I agree - it was brilliant - I never thought of it that way - it just seemed to be a phone which i was going to buy within the first 5 seconds it came out - providing they don't run out of stock in the first 3... ;)
I think it almost seems a bit like the Zune. At first, they both looked really good and many people wanted them, but now, after finding that you can't put third party apps. on it and it is locked with Cingular, I'm really not too crazy about it.
I like it's multi use functionality...especially the prophylactic!

Rockn said:
I like it's multi use functionality...especially the prophylactic!

That's funny! :D :up: :up:

Kind-of odd that it is from someone big like NBC. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Can the iPhone not be unlocked???????????????????????????????
if it can...apple is going to have a lawyer hidden inside the phone that sues you every time you try to unlock it and change carriers.
lol:D
I think it's better to just get a PDA which can work as a phone, like an i-mate.

Does anyone know where I can find(I know i'm a little picky):

A brand new,
Windows Mobile 5,
Bluetooth,
IR,
Wireless b/g,
touchscreen,
handwriting recognition,
phone,
with a memory card,
with more than or equal to 128MB space,
with a fast processor,
with at least a 2 megapixel camera,
with quad-band,
with at least 64MB RAM(pref a lot more)
with mp3, mp4, mpg, mp1, avi etc. playback,
with a built in speaker,
with preferably a mini-USB,
and a lot of programs in-the-box,
for approx. $500????????
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cancon said:
I think it's better to just get a PDA which can work as a phone, like an i-mate.

Does anyone know where I can find(I know i'm a little picky):

A brand new,
Windows Mobile 5,
Bluetooth,
IR,
Wireless b/g,
touchscreen,
handwriting recognition,
phone,
with a memory card,
with more than or equal to 128MB space,
with a fast processor,
with at least a 2 megapixel camera,
with quad-band,
with at least 64MB RAM(pref a lot more)
with mp3, mp4, mpg, mp1, avi etc. playback,
with a built in speaker,
with preferably a mini-USB,
and a lot of programs in-the-box,
for approx. $500????????
A touch-screen and hand-writing recognition (which works horribly) are going to be hard to find, otherwise you could probably get something like a Treo.
I have the P910i which runs on symbian, and it has a touchscreen, and the handwriting recognition is fantastic!

Maybe your handwriting is bad ferrija;):D

I am not a fan of palms:(

The P910i is good, but I'd like to have Windows Mobile 5 and a phone with wireless, and i can't afford the P990...

Any ideas?
cancon said:
I am not a fan of palms:(
Why? It'll mostly do what you want it to.
I have Sprint, and since it is combined with Nextel now, I never have any issues with signal when I travel. They have the widest network thanks to their merge. Also the sweet thing with Sprint is they always manage to get these interesting looking phones... blade.... the new samsung which is the thinnest phone in the world....

Also, I read a couple ppl above saying their calls are always dropped..... hahaha got to laugh then because Cingular's commercials always say "Fewest dropped calls" "Raising the bar"
s4baz said:
I have Sprint, and since it is combined with Nextel now, I never have any issues with signal when I travel. They have the widest network thanks to their merge. Also the sweet thing with Sprint is they always manage to get these interesting looking phones... blade.... the new samsung which is the thinnest phone in the world....

Also, I read a couple ppl above saying their calls are always dropped..... hahaha got to laugh then because Cingular's commercials always say "Fewest dropped calls" "Raising the bar"
Now, that I like to read!
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