Well, I'm screwed.

[kickaha]

3G, GPS, kick-ass apps*, battery life I'm going to have to see to believe (**300 hrs standby?!?**)... $199 for 8GB, $299 for 16GB, 16GB available in white as well as black.

July 11th.

Sweet.



Edit: *LAUGH* First four comments, and you all knew what I was talking about, without me even having to say what it was. :D

Edit 2: * dollraves, you're going to want to take a look at the official eBay auction app... with push notification...

Comments

[tealynx.livejournal.com]

Damm, me too.

*sigh* Hopefully I can get one by the second week in August. With any luck the supplies won't be a quick to dry up this time. Wish me luck.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think they'll have a buttload on hand for July 11th. A metric buttload, not that wimpy Imperial buttload.

[theevilhalf.livejournal.com]

Cool! I'm getting a new phone this summer.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I said last year that if it had been 3G/GPS at that price point, *or* half the price, I'd have bitten, but...

Then they went and did both. Damn you Steve Jobs! *shakes fists at Cupertino*

[meep.livejournal.com]

Hey -- will I get to play with it?

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

At that price, you both can get one. :D

Heck, that's cheaper than the OLPC, isn't it?

[meep.livejournal.com]

I'm so cheap, I've got one of those prepaid minutes disposable cell phones (well, not totally disposable, but it's pretty cheap.)

Also, I'm waiting for a tablet Mac to spend my pennies on.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I'm not convinced they'll make a tablet Mac. A tablet, yes, but not one with the Mac interface, or the ability to run anything but Cocoa Touch apps. ie, a big honkin' iPod Touch.

And if you wanna talk cheap, ask my wife what CBG stands for. ;)

[spkorb.livejournal.com]

I'll buy your old one for $99 bucks ;)

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

I know this is a shock to most people, but I don't *have* one.

But, you're welcome to my Nokia 6115 for $99! :D

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Huzzah! A 16GB top end means I don't have to have one!

Wonder if the Touch will get the storage upgrade that the iPhone didn't?

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

It might - but right now it's selling for $100 *more*. Either Apple convinced every cell provider on the planet to subsidize it, or the touch is in line for a *BIG* price drop, considering that the $199 is global. (22 countries on July 11th, 70 by end of year.)

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

I'm sure we're looking at a Christmas present anyway, so current price imbalances are not much of a concern.

[dhw.livejournal.com]

I expect to buy one this summer; that price is insane.

Of course, there *is* the hidden cost of the requisite flat rate data plan...

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Yup, RHI at $30 on top of the voice plan. I think the current is $20...

[keridwen.livejournal.com]

*drool*

I can't wait...

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

We are so Steve's bitches.

You are?

[sfeldon.livejournal.com]

Drop and give me fifty, bake me a chocolate cake, then lick the toilet clean with _his_ tongue, over there.

Then report for some _work_.

Re: You are?

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Until you can pull an iPhone outta your ass, you are not the Steve we are looking for. :D

Re: You are?

[sfeldon.livejournal.com]

I can do that.

I don't _want_ to do that.

But I _can_, technically, do that.

I wouldn't want to use the iPhone, and I'd probably have some trouble using the ass.

But I _can_ do that.

Does that get me anything?

Re: You are?

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Awkward applause?

Re: You are?

[sfeldon.livejournal.com]

Upon reflection, I guess that's the best I could hope for.

Re: You are?

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

.... followed by a long, uncomfortable silence, and a transparent attempt to change the topic of conversation? :)

Re: You are?

[sfeldon.livejournal.com]

How about them Mariners?

Think they can pull an iPhone out of their asses?

Re: You are?

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Better an iPhone than a Ping-Pong paddle.

I am *so* ashamed that I have seen that movie.

Re: You are?

[sfeldon.livejournal.com]

That film. . . wasn't made in America, was it?

Re: You are?

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

Nope, _Beerfest_.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486551/