iPhone, cost 500 or 600 bucks + tax, activations, mandatory contribution to the Steve Jobs vacation fund, etc., and people are buying them. Apple has limited purchases to 2 per customer. Remember that old quote about a fool and his money being soon parted? Folks this is nothing more than a cell phone with iPod capabilities!!! Think about it, they paired up with AT&T as a provider!!!! If I ever become Emperor of the Known Universe and find the sorry SOB that came up with that "least dropped calls" ad campaign he will be shot like the rabid dog he is in life! The campaign should be, "Come over to AT&T where u never have to say goodbye because we'll cut you off before you are through talking...oh yeh, we're the phone company - we don't care!"
When these ridiculously priced phones start breaking down or you have to replace the battery don't whine about the cost, you deserve to be charged any amount chosen by Apple. After watching an interview with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates last month I decided Jobs might be loosening up. He's still a damn site better than that idiot clown prince Ballmer. Anyway, Jobs was cordial, informative and actually smiled once or twice. His humorous banter was almost on the same level as Bill's. I'd hoped for a more decent and competitive prices on the newest Apple computers. Instead we get served a bowl of the same old hype. Make it a little different; promote the hell out of it and watch the suckers line up.
No, I haven't physically held one. Going to do that tomorrow, if the local Orchard dude has one in stock. Besides, I suspect one of my friends will buy one. Begging is useless, besides it's her money. Ahhhh, humans.
"In general, my children refused to eat anything that hadn't danced on TV."
~Erma Bombeck
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