Jesus, just download Opera Mini and be done with it.

werk

@GeekyNerdGuy: No, the discounted 2yr agreement price does not apply to iPhones. Sorry.

TheManator

@Simpsons-Movie-ruled: Didn't anyone tell you? Frucci is the dancing dissenter that doles out the even-handedness.

That, and he keeps BLAM neck deep in weed.

Kaiser-Machead

I wonder what will happen if there's no 3G iPhone announced come next week....

Hmmm.....angry mobs? therapy sessions? suicide? All over the excitement surrounding a phone that hasn't even been announced, only alluded to. Everyone is getting swallowed in the hype.

I won't lie, I've been waiting too, but it's not a huge deal to me since I'm jobless at the moment and can't afford it either way.

geedots

Good lord... enough already. Why are you guys Phishing for hits again?

pomophobe

Good things come to those who wait, but then again Life is too short and unpredictable to wait..../confused

fusedinertia

Wait....so you are telling me....that theres another Gizmodo writer who ISNT an Apple Fanboy?!?!
TWO?!?!?
Im surprised you guys havent been fired yet.

Simpsons-Movie-ruled

@ichi1: Says you.

Adam Frucci

now the real torture comes for current iphone users who will be trying to decide whether to upgrade. I don't know if i realllly need 3g or GPS. if those are the only main improvements, then I'll probably just keep my current iPhone.

i say probably, because i have zero gadget willpower

MrBlahBlah

After 7 years, it may be time to say "bye bye VZW" I can't wait to find out Monday!

trendspotter

@GeekyNerdGuy: ...and women with experience suck just about whereever the mood strikes...

ps61318

oh boy, only 72 hours left for my trusty, rusty Sidekick II

jfj

"checking reader comments of a post while in a cab," I bet you dont check down this far frucci

ichi1

Amen, brother! I wanted to wait for a 3G, too. But I thought it would come out much sooner. As a matter of fact, a friend was prepared to chip in to buy me an iPhone at Christmas, but I told him to hold off -- that the new model was coming soon. I was also waiting for my Verizon contract to end in January. When it didn't come in January I knew I'd probably have to wait till June. With each successive month I became more hungry after each rumor. It's been like waiting for a Star Wars movie to come out. I'm about to burst. I don't know what I'm going to do with my time after next week. I guess I'll start pouring over all the apps available for the iPhone. At any rate, I'm anxiously waiting to collect on my last year's Christmas gift!

EricLA2NYC

Wow Free koolaid (apple flavor of course)

While it may not have the "COOL" (hey look at me I dropped a load of $$$ on a "OOH Pretty look at all the shiny buttons" crippled phone) factor ...

$150 or so will get you a Nokia N800 Internet Tablet

I know it's NOT a Phone!
(although it does do VOIP really well)

But it CAN connect to one via BT, it has WiFi 2SD slots.... up to 32GB of removable storage so far. Open Source out of the box so no need to "J-Break" a new device.

IMO a better ROI overall.

Well, I've openned a mess'o worms

Flame away fanboys

Snoshrk

What the URL for no apple Gizmodo again.

/I'll be quietly waiting for monday with my old tired treo.
Sell me this iPhone or it's the HTC Pro

wanago

The wait has been unbearable, but I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. It didn't help that my good friend won an iphone in a contest a few months back... we have a little gadget rivalry.

rockstarjoe

Dude .. It's just a phone!

[Running away screaming in horror as I am chased by an iPhone-toting mob.]

Seriously, congrats on not giving into the hype. Not to talk you out of it, but imagine how much better iPhone V3.0 will be.

Monty

@isoSasquatch: just buy it. i don't even care anymore what new features it has. i'm buying.

tucker

@PopsG: hahaha yeah because good design is for women.

atuck

Quit waiting and buy the damn thing!

sandmanfvr

I waited too, until my 5th Gen iPod died an earth shattering death in March. I was going to get an iPod Touch to replace it, but AT&T had their first $250 iPhone refurb sale. So, I jumped on that instead. Basically, for the price of an iPod touch I got free cell phone tossed in.

I'll probably upgrade to the 3G iPhone, but not for 3G. Everywhere I go I get free WiFi so 3G isn't all that important.

krispykrink

i too have been waiting. i didn't even touch an iPhone til last week because i knew i would cave and go buy one.

but maybe waiting was a mistake. i did loose a year of iphone enjoyment.

tucker

The biggest question for me is: now that I've waited a year (really 18 months, I've been waiting since the iPhone was announced), do I wait another week to read some reviews or just buy the damn thing and hope it's everything I dreamed it would be?

isoSasquatch

I'm in agreement with Adam, I've been holding off solely for the 3G. I had the opportunity to buy and sell some on eBay recently, and having used one for a little while, I loved it. I can't wait for the 3G version, but I'm glad I've been patient.

Nickbee

wake = wait in that previous post.

Sometimes I type much faster than my brain.

GeekyNerdGuy

Kudos! I almost made it myself but my girlfriend bought me one in february when the 16 gig version came out. I definitely did NOT have the willpower to ask her to just buy it again for me later that year. Now I can't really justify an upgrade already (at least not without a subsidized phone, heh)

atuck

My biggest question is this -- my account qualifies for a handset discount in October. Will this discount apply to the new iPhone? Because if so, I'll wake until October. If not, I want one now.

Tell me AT&T!!! Tell me if it will qualify!!!!

GeekyNerdGuy

aaahhh..... I'm waiting for Monday also.... I don't care about the price...I just didn't want to buy one only to have a new one come out a month later....

ugh...the suspense is killing me!!!

I ALMOST went over to Helio Ocean...but...we'll see this monday!!!

*crosses fingers* XD

jcrockerman

go get some med, you are severely sick..... :)

clevin

I've been waiting around using the Blackberry Curve for the past year even though I've followed this darn iPhone since before it was announced. I think I'm going to miss the keyboard the most.

Nick_M

100% ditto. It's been a VERY hard wait, with MANY instances where I've screamed if only I had an iphone right now....
But even with none of the other rumored features but 3G, the wait will be worth it.

jwardell

Everyone knows that apple products sell for a good bit second hand, so yes, you were dumb. I would have one, I just haven't had the money :(

johcagaorl

You could have done what I did. Buy another smart phone with all of the iPhone features and more. Even this next generation of iPhone wont be able to do everything my phone can. I have a AT&T Tilt. Sure its not as "pretty" as the iPhone, but I'm a man and I prefer functionality over looks.

To everyone that trash talks Windows Mobile, yes I agree it sucks in its default state. However you can do so much to make it work the way you want and there are thousands of great apps out there for it. Hell you could even make it look and work exactly like the iPhone if you wanted to.

PopsG

@Parapraxis: I agree. But these Giz Editors are making bank, right?

bms

@dallasmay2: Virgins suck in bed.

GeekyNerdGuy

A guy on the elevator today had an iPhone in one hand and a Blackberry in the other. He said the iPhone was personal, the 'berry business and that he regretted buying the iPhone. I gave him a swift kick to the nuts and got out of there.

Gann

@Parapraxis: I wouldn't call it an investment unless it's a workhorse machine, like a business PDA or something.

Now say, "Shut up you nitpicky doucherbean!"

Kaiser-Machead

It's kinda like waiting for sex. Sure you can sell you old iPhone on ebay and be a born again virgin, but it's just not the same as waiting for your first time the true one.

dallasmay2

I waited too, and I feel your pain Adam... Patience is a virtue. Monday can't come soon enough!

Kaveh

@frooch @Aberroownn: @l337virus: @swansong: @sumocat: Word.

soggy_cheerio

I too waited... while my wife taunted me with hers. Tuesday I will have my revenge!

ComicDork

I've actually been waiting for my Verizon contract to end this year, HOPING the 2nd gen comes out in June. Will it?

As Manic 8 Ball would say: "All signs point to yes."

Go team Jobs!

USMarty

OK, let me get this straight. You edit for a big site, that does Tech/Gadget news, you NEEDED an iphone for business, and Gizmodo couldn't get you one? Or at least helped you pay for one? I mean these have went down to reasonable prices. You did wait the whole year, but damn if you needed one, you should have gotten one, used it and then upgraded. Shit, if I needed one, then I would have gotten one, or get a blackberry or something. Not trying to bash the poster, but damn this post was for you make yourself feel better. Yes the FIRST adopters that paid $600, got screwed (got a buddy at work that paid it and had to have his replaced do to the heat problem) but the rest that got the phones as they went down etc, I think did the right thing. Waiting for a whole year is fine, but in the end you just tortured yourself and you could have gotten a fairly priced iphone, been more productive, and then got a new 3g. Just my opinion.

sandmanfvr

Now everyone will have them, and you still won't be cool ...

GeekyNerdGuy

I'm really hoping that that rumored $200 price is true -- because if it is, the prices on the 1st gen iPhones will plummet on eBay, and I might just get one just to jailbreak it and unlock it.

Because, really, it's a swank piece of tech. It's the price tag, and having to use it through AT&T, that made it unappealing to me.

HeartBurnKid

@Razta: $100 says you'll be waiting a LONG time...

IphtashuFitz

mad love for them iphones huh?

king-ILL

@bms:

there's nothing wrong with being frugal.

A $600 phone is quite an investment, especially with soaring gas and food prices.

Parapraxis

"See? It was worth waiting. I'm smart!" -- Totally agree. I've been waiting patiently too. As long as 2.0 has 3G, it'll be worth the wait.

sumocat

I've been holding out because of the lack of internet tethering. I also need the ability to transfer files from my mobile to a protected PC (no iTunes allowed on work computers and we can't install anything) and back again.*

So it looks like I'm still going to have to wait and struggle with my buggy Mogul... for the HTC Raphael this fall.

*I'd get an iPhone if it could do these two things with no hesitation. *SIGH*

DustyButt

You could have still bought one a year ago and bought a new one now. Looks like you lost a year of iPhone enjoyment.

bms

Same boat Adam, and not gunna lie... this year blew.

swansong

Still waiting for CDMA...

Razta

I can't believe you guys used a NAMBLA poster for an iPhone Birth of David parody!

I kid.

I kid because I love.

Kaiser-Machead

i have to say am not an apple person but am thinking of buying a 2nd gen Iphone.

l337virus

Your not the only one who waited. and now i'm glad I did.

Aberroownn

The suspense is killing me!

takashimike 2.0

I didn't want to hate you for the last year, you made me. I'm glad you're finally coming to your senses.

Chatty

i'm waiting right there with you! w00t

chopstickhero

I've heard the hardest part is telling your parents you're gay.

Wait no, false alarm ,that's rollerblading. My apologizes. Continue waiting.

thechansen

I can't wait to jettison my craptastic Moto SLVR!!

SlinkyDink

Next week's going to be a week of tortured feed reading if you're already tired of hearing about the iPhone. At this point, if it doesn't have a food replicator and warp coil I think it has to be considered a disappointment given the hype.

Ron-Mexico

And now you're probably going to have to wait for the 3rd Gen to come out for the GPS.

Sad that such an amazing product has been behind in some features.

fuderyuu

@cylonite: Apple and Lego? Can you imagine the rumormill feeding frenzy if these two corporate entities were to merge? We're talking completely modular interlocking computer bricks, folks! Talk about your literal plug-and-play architecture...

* swoons dreamily *

bosskev

@DucatiGuy: Depends on which "thing" you mean. The attention the device draws, or the argument over its merit. If you meant the latter, I think everyone agrees.

PipeRifle

@Monty: I bet iPhone v 8.0 will even better then v 3.0 but whose going to wait 6 years?

spyz88

Watch the phone not have 3G just to have Jobs spite you. Lol.

dagamer34

With you on this one Frucci. The wait has indeed been agonizing. I did however let my wife take the plunge to help tickle my fancy somewhat. :-) She could care less about a new one.

reddevil07

This iPhone business is getting a LITTLE played out, don't ya think...

DucatiGuy

For once everything going wrong worked out for me. I was all set to run away from Verizon as fast as I could when on the day before my contract expired my laptop died a painful death. New computer meant no new phone.

twoeightnine

If you guys need another editor that uses a PC, let me know. I sent Jason Chen my resume in the form of a long-winded diatribe about zombies and eBay and intellectual property disputes, so, you know, I expect the (not-an-i)phone to ring any day now.

PipeRifle

@Simpsons-Movie-ruled: They do need someone to cover non-Apple and non-lego posts :p

cylonite

(he again shamelessly whips out the religion card)

...And of course, as is always our lot for the past 3000 years, we are discriminated against.

Monday and Tuesday are Holy Days. No phone, no email, no Internet. No Gizmodo! Apple has chosen their big rollout on a Jewish holiday! I'm tempted to organize a boycott!

Nah, just kidding. About the boycott. But I will in all seriousness have to wait until late Tuesday or early Wenesday to see if the buildup has been worth it. Arrggghhhh.

ps61318

@atuck: My bad I wrote that poorly. I didn't mean to imply only women should value good design. While I think they put more importance on it, men do as well. I like sexy cars and I would definitely pick one car over another purely based on looks. My intention was only to describe myself as "a guy who puts looks 2nd when it comes to phones"

PopsG

You could always read a book at the airport. Remember those? Ten bux.

Mr_Human

@Monty: "...but imagine how much better iPhone V3.0 will be."

You are SO right, Monty. But the 4th gen iPhone will be even better than that, which of course means that the 5th gen will just blow them all away. Which is why I'm waiting for a 6th gen iPhone. Don't want to buy in too soon and be able to do things, like, ya know, make phone calls anytime this decade.

I'm also waiting to see if this whole iPod thing catches on.

* swaps 8-track cartridges *
* rocks out to Tony Orlando and Dawn *

(-17)

bosskev

Why would any blogger use a PC?

jpitsch

All your pain was unnecessary! You could have had one this whole time and then sold it on eBay for close to or more than you bought if for! Besides, didn't you make a ton of money on that dancing Intel commercial?

itchytooth

Until I can get an iphone that works with my sprint SERO plan I'll be sticking with my HTC Titan and hopefully, by the end of the yearh, my HTC Touch Pro (Raphael).

auslander

no way dude... even without those "pretty important features" the iPhone has well out-paced any phone I've used previously. Don't get me wrong I'm psyched to see it upgraded with the correct hardware pieces I wished it had, but I didn't really miss them. Everywhere we needed something from the web or whatever, everyone turned to me to look it up for them because it was easier to ask someone else to use their iPhone than it was to look it up on theirs.

Don't forget though the only difference between the two will most likely be a 2-way camera, GPS and 3G... almost every other new piece will be software and thus available on iPhone 1.

RoCKSTaH53

@pomophobe:

alright, come on, stop trolling iPhone posts saying the same empty shit every time.

"Another pointless iPhone post."

"This post was relatively pointless"

nutbastard

See? It was worth waiting. I'm smart! It was worth going through an entire year without the phone I really wanted. I'm the most sensible editor at Gizmodo! Right guys? Right? Please, tell me I'm right.

K-Mart has some sweatpants to sell you...

Magnakai Haaskivi

So, Adam, you've gone a year without a gadget you really wanted and are now trying to rationalize it? Just admit it sucked.

sorensilk

I was planning to wait, until I got one for free. Now I am looking forward to an upgrade - and my dad will also be getting a new phone (albeit slightly used). My wife loves her Treo, so that front is covered.

Canoehead

Amen.

I've been waiting since the original announcement for the exact same reasons. Internet was too slow (although light-years better than my POS Treo). Not enough storage (although 32GB won't really be enough either). No MMS (although there's the e-mail workaround).

Now, finally, the day has come. I'm not alone - all of my family and friends have been waiting for 3G (on my advice). Considering this is 100 posts down on a site for gadget lovers, WE'RE not alone. I don't think I've ever seen a product (esp. a follow-up product) with this much pent-up demand.

Huge sales. AAPL stock up. I finally get an iPhone and can stop caressing my friends'. It's win-win.

JacquesAss

Same boat, different phone.

Spent a good long time lusting after the HTC Touch Cruise (and secretly wishing it didn't look like HTCs attempt to blend a phone and a tug boat). Now that the Touch Diamond is coming out, I'm glad I didn't plunk down $500+ for the Tom Cruise!

blitzkrieg999

Totally wrong. I have lived with the iPhone for a year and loved every minute of it as well as it helping me out with business. Now, if the rumors become true I can give my iPhone to my girlfriend and then have to upgrade to the new spangled iPhone future!

That's called having cake and eating it too!

Tylas

I'm in the same boat as you. Now I just hope that the unlocking tools work with this fancy 3g phone as I want to keep my discount with att

Anks329

Doesn't matter to me -- Apple's choice of ATT means no iPhone here, period, because ATT doesn't serve the area.

So I bought an iPod touch, connectivity is via wifi, which works fine.

I'd sure *like* an iPhone, but good ol' Apple, they've made *that* won't happen.

fyngyrz

@JacquesAss: Do you caress your friends for money to buy an iphone?

ichi1

I too am buying (probably) an iPhone v2. However, in the past year I have been using a Samsung Blackjack and I'd argue it's much more useful if you are a power user. It has 3G, great data programs such as Yahoo! Mobile and Windows Live, etc. In Google Maps for Mobile, you can even do positioning (sort of like not quite). I haven't kept up with the amount of apps (or lackthereof) on the iPhone but I remember it being fairly limited.

sygyzy

im right there with you, brother. i am getting my first iphone next week and i cant wait!

MFlick

Someone said $200 pricing. That would mean, and I'm just spit-ballin' here, the newer, faster, better, stronger, more bang for your buck, iPhone 2.0 would be less than...just about everything Apple makes, made, and ever will make. Demand would skyrocket; silicone would cease to exist, along with aluminum, plastic, and glass; coupled with the ever expanding world-wide carrier list, data networks would crumble, cause brown outs, blue outs AND black outs...simultaneously...;and tear a hole in space through which all the iPhones and iPhone 2s would be sucked into some alternative dimension. We'd be standing there, holes in our pockets, in a world with iPhone and we'll sit back and think..."Man, life is so much better when you're not constantly connected. I need to email that to someone, right...now......AWW CRAP!!!"

Uberdude328i

Honestly, I just want the AT&T exclusivity to go away, and let me keep my T-mo. That said, I probably will switch when AT&T finally gets around to boosting the signal in my office park.

ninjagin

So I guess once you get this new iphone your life will be pretty much complete? As in, nothing ever better will be released, nor will you die, you will have bought "heaven", in which your life revolves around a litt piece of technology...

redrabbit

I don't know if I can tell you that you're right, but I can tell you that I did the exact same thing. Monday will be a fun day.

ferroptic

3G
SDK
mature hacking knowledge base

I think you're smart for waiting, even though you're a gadget guru and that's something akin to having consumer OCD. The will power you must possess astounds me. Have you ever extinguished a candle with will power alone? You should try it, but I digress.

The big holdup for me is still the lack of being able to use the iPhone as a 3g modem for my computer. Paying $500 for internet service that I can only use for my phone is completely frivolous for me. If I could pair it with my laptop and use it on the road, I'd be hard pressed not to get in line for it right this second.

MicroSDHC would also be nice, but not essential.

TorkLugnutz

Haha, I can see it now: No new iPhone yet, sorry guys!

robotleawesome

*know lol drinking and typing not always a good idea lol, don't buy a Iphone, THINK DIFFERENT,

ichi1

In response to the first few sentences:

It drives me nuts when people say the phone lacked important features like picture messaging, video recording and storage. None of that is important. Its a phone you retards. And storage? 4-8gb isn't enough storage for a phone? Could you be any more gluttonous

ferrdidly

@Adam Frucci: hehe :-) but this far,?? It like a mile down the page , I did not you actually read comments. I feel humbled and special

ichi1

As a gadget fan, I can appreciate how hard it is to hold off on buying the shiny new toy. Especially when your friends flaunt theirs in front of you.

But in the end, you gotta remember that it is still just a phone. Even after you upgrade... you are still just buying a phone. Your life is not going to change. You won't start getting phone calls from Hollywood starlets asking you out to the latest coke-fueled rave parties at low profile clubs. The news articles on CNN.com are still going to be just as depressing. Your Mom will still call way too early on a Sunday morning to bore you with stories of what precious thing her cat just did.

Sure... you'll have the quiet satisfaction of having a shiny new toy. But once that initial excitement of the nifty UI wears off, it will just be another phone with crappy battery life like so many other past cell phones that litter your desk drawer.

gschroder

I've had an iPhone for 4 months and while EDGE is a little slow, it was totally usable. As a matter of fact, I don't even see myself upgrading to 3G. Since the iPhone 2 software is going to be available for everyone, I just don't see any reason to get a new iPhone.

UmbertoCabbageton

wait 3 more months for a price dropdown

alter

I'm there with you.
I'll be going from an original release RAZR (2004) to the iphone2 if the rumors of the AT&T contract subsidy are true.

Which is good because the battery on my phone only lasts for about 5 mins of talk time now...

It's made a nice long run for a phone though, so I'm excited.

phor11

@ferrdidly: I'm glad you're here to tell us what is and isn't important, thanks!

blitzkrieg999

dude, you're so right. I may even switch from my trusty Helio Ocean to iPhone 2 next week..

norfizzle

Is Apple a sponsor of this site? How many Apple stories per day are you going to post?

nwjerseyliz

I too have waiting for a god-forsaken year, also defecting to the Helio Ocean when my patience wavered thin. Soon our patience will be rewarded and we will have our all-in-one smart phone... SOON! D:<

beckpeck

aye, awaitin' i did and abuyin' i'll be doin'.

BigPanda

@Kaiser-Machead: amazing.

Calaverius

You waiters were just a bunch of pussies

Couldn't step up and piss like a horse - and now you're trying to justify it with the 20/20 BS

It's been completely worth the $$$ since iDay to have the best phone on the market, and watch everybody else try to feebly justify why they just couldn't stump up the dosh.

I'll be happily plonking down more readies for a 3G version - and I'm more than happy to do so.

May the pathetic whining and iPhone bashing commence.....

MINI Driver

I am by no means an Apple fanboy - in fact, in many ways I'm anti-Apple - but the iPhone is the best phone ever (IMO, of course). Even with its limitations, the smoothness of everything that it does is amazing. I just got my 16GB iPhone a couple of months ago and now I'm selling it on eBay, for more than I bought it for I might add, so I can get the new one ASAP. :) It sounds like holding out for the 3G iPhone wasn't a bad choice for you because you have a lot of patience and your previous concerns about its limitations will (hopefully) be reconciled.

Dean E Nelson

I held out for a long time, but finally caved in March. Sure, there were rumors of a 3G iPhone back then, too, but my previous phone wasn't cutting it. I plunked down $400 for one in March, and sold it on Wednesday night for $350 cash. Apparently, according to a recent Giz feature, I could've gotten more for it. Well, now the 2nd Gen iPhone is coming out (3G), and I'm ready to upgrade, having taken a measly $50 depreciation hit on the phone. Those 3 months of not having to wait were worth the $50 to me.

And now I have a nice wad of cash to snag a 3G version once it's released. I just hope it's soon, because I'm starting to get the shakes without my iPhone...

snoots

@MINI Driver: <sarcasm>OMG! Your penis is HUGE.</sarcasm>

soggy_cheerio

I waited too. No more.

Except for tethering, which I currently pay an extra $15 a month for whether I use it or not, I won't miss anything about my Treo except what it will still be able to do--play late-'90s vintage Palm OS games.

kostia

Yes Adam, you´re right. I´ve been waiting for a year too, and these last days it seems that the time doesn´t pass... Only few more days, only few more days.

literato

Your problem seems to be self-inflicted negativity. You've spent a year looking at all of the things the iPhone doesn't have rather than enjoying all of the really cool things it does have. You need to think more positively. But hey. It's you're loss. While you've been acting all "mature", I've been surfing the web while waiting on my wife to try on 30 different dresses at the store and while it's slow, it's still wonderful...

Ashman

Can't wait,Can't wait,Can't wa... No acutally, Don't Care! Don't Care! Don't Care!

Set to evil

you are right. But you should wait for the 3rd iPhone...seriously, lets be mature here.

;)

rainfever

@soggy_cheerio:

So sorry yours is soggy - there are pills for that you know.

MINI Driver

Well done bro!
Although this monday can't come around sooner, and god help me if it's not released on the day. O.o

Narfmaster

Could have got a BlackBerry.

Except then you'd get used to being able to IM and type at a reasonable rate, and it'd be hard to switch to an iPhone later.

mathew

I'm with you, Adam! You're right! I'm right! We're right!

Pender

you're right... but seeing as you craved one... you might as well be an apple fanboy

noservice2001

When I got out of my Sprint Contract in November I was tempted to get the Iphone, but I made the switch to the Verizon Voyager for service and the Live TV/Real GPS and such, now I'm willing to make the switch if the Next Iphone has at least GPS added and 3G(I tested the browser without Wifi and it's just useless) But after playing with my Ipod Touch and browsing the net, The Voyager's browser works but doesn't even compare to the Iphone. I'll be glad to finally make the switch to the Iphone, I actually have gotten bored of typing with keyboard. I'm surprised though nobody has made a fold out keyboard for the Iphone, Like they used to for Palm Pilots back in the day.

Googlemyname

Cant wait. Ive held out for the last year too. This device is far more than a phone- its is a handheld computer running MacOSX with much as yet unrealized potential.

Any smart phone users that dismiss this device are too entrenched with the familiar, too comfortable with the limits of their hardware amd too biased against Apple to accept that this is a computer running a desktop class OS that fits in your pocket.

No tirades, no petty name calling, no PCvMac BS. Plain truth spoken plainly.

barkolounger

With all those ATT refurb deals for the past months @ $249, Cmon!( which you could fetch more when sold). The Jailbroken iPhone is the perfect buddy. In the plane, in the car, where ever you need to wait. I took a trip to asia with it and was so glad I have it. I even ran a video presentation on it connected to a large tv during our high school reunion.

and you're right, the wait to upgrade is excitingly painful.

pogiboy

You made a big mistake NOT buying one. I bought one when the price point dropped, then sold it a week ago for $100 more than I paid for it. Now I have extra spending money AND cash to buy the new 3G iPhone. Waiting a year actually COST you $100 and the pain of not owning the slickest device out there.

VladimirAcastus

I was in VN for more than a year. I never knew the iPhone came out, so I never got tempted. I only knew about it in Feb. But I got a Sirocco, so that's kinda moot. I don't think I'll get an iPhone anytime soon.

khoafish

ur post completely mirrored my state of being for the past one year....i ve decided on buying it as soon as it is released...

hokiesree

There is a big different from Blazing a Trail & following one, irrespective to whom may have put the technology (iphone) on the map, and it doesn't make you a fanboy becuz you know how to recognize talent, when playing it safe you've missed out on what real fun is all about, which is probably why they never really get the girl/guy, the promotion, the money etc,etc,etc,

Iroc7

If my account gets approved for this comment, and one of you actually reads it, i was wondering if giz would give us a 'noob's guide to haggling for a 3G iPhone' and see if you actually manage to get any money off one. Then not only you win, what with your cheaper 3G iphone, but all of us see that it can be done, and us students can save a bit of cash for other things lol.

I hope u see the sense in this, and the increased numbers of people it will bring to your blog, see, every1 wins, and if u don't succeed u still win for getting more popular.

jonny0204

You could have just used Opera Mini or Opera Mobile. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

AntoinetteDelita

Amen! I registered just so I can comment and cite the beach boys and say...

You know it seems the more we talk about it
It only makes it worse to live without it
But lets talk about it
Wouldnt it be nice

halohater88

@Snoshrk: You really didn't open any can of worms. You thought you did with your Nokia comment, but really, the only person who has the 'internet tablet' is you. It's a piece-o-poo according to many reviews, and the one I saw looked like cheap plastic junk.

The iPhone isn't just the prettiest gadget, it's also the most useful, easiest to use, and MOST FUN to use. Using it is just cool as all hell...

riga

strong strong ditto. Even as a Mac fanboy, it's killed me to wait out this year. but at least doing so made my Verizon contract expire...

tsarnicholas

@PopsG: @PopsG: LOL - is this guy for real? You know... people that don't get 'it', don't get that they don't get it.

riga

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odiigis

You were right, I was right, I hope my 2 year old razr lasts until next week!

jimmac

I also waited for a year. Time to purchase one now!

jayn108

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