On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:27:17 -0700, "B. Peg"
<bent_peg69@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>> "iPhone News" wrote:
>> AT&T is planning to put some extra shine on the even sleeker new Apple
>> iPhone.
>>
>> When the 3G iPhone is introduced this summer, AT&T, the exclusive U.S.
>> iPhone sales partner with Apple, will cut the price by as much as $200,
>> according to a person familiar with the strategy.
>>
>> AT&T is preparing to subsidize $200 of the cost of a new iPhone,
>> bringing the price down to $199 for customers who sign two-year
>> contracts, the source says. Apple is expected to have two versions of
>> the new iPhone, an 8-gigabyte-memory and a 16-gigabyte-memory model with
>> price tags widely expected to be $399 and $499.
>>
>> AT&T and Apple declined to comment.
>
>That's because Nokia must be laughing their butts off.
>
>I can already tell you what's in the next generation of iPhone already:
>
>1. Built-in proprietary battery that requires you to send to Apple to get
>fixed, but it is outdated by then.

And Nokia doesn't use proprietary batteries?

And 3rd parties already will supply a replacement battery
assuming you want to keep using a 2 year + old iPhone.

>2. Built-in RAM so you do not get the capability of using your own mini-SD
>cards to increase same (or change MP3 files).

The Built in RAM is more than you can get with any SD card.

>3. Overpriced for what it isn't (a decent phone).
The sales figures say different.

>4. Lack of many options already available in other phones (ergo, their
>dismal overseas units vs. HTC, Nokia, whomever).

Again, sales figures say different.

>5. Dismal lack of software - although they supply an SDK kit, their
>simpletons cannot use it nor want to.

Lots of 3rd party web based software already, SDK built
software starting in July, which should assure lack of crashes so
common on Treo devices.

>6. Dumbed down Wi-Fi GPS that requires phone or Wi-Fi signal to get a
>server-based map.

Free WiFi is a problem? You'd rather pay $300 additional and up
for a slightly better featured Garmin


>7. Some upgrade that requires a price drop in a few months to a newer model.

Sell you iPhone on eBay, buy iPhone 2 if thats what you want.


>
>But their lemmings will follow....just like when they said "No one else will
>ever have a Touch-Screen." Yeah. Right. LOL!


Nokia lemmings fail to see the TRUTH about iPhone.
>
>B~
>