"Mehdi" <vioccc@REMOVEME.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:37u40j101thf.l4x6dq3xfclu.dlg@40tude.net...
> On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:08:01 +0000, David Kennedy wrote:
>
>> US$499 inc 2 year contract for the basic 4 gig model in the US from
>> June. End of the year for UK & Europe.
>
> US$600 with a 2 year contract for the 8GB version... I don't want to
> imagine how much that thing is going to cost SIM free. And no mention of
> third party application support, it might no even be a smartphone. The UI
> looks fantastic though and the idea of using a finger-driven large
> touchscreen instead of those cumbersome stylus or keypad is something that
> i wanted to see in my phone for a very long time. I wonder how the screen
> will look like after a few minutes of use though.
>
> All that said, i guess that the happiest people on earth at the moment
> must
> be muggers. Busy year ahead for them.



crazy money - surely apple must realise their rivals in the market are
'giving away' so to speak theirs?! - it would take a mighty mobile phone to
make people shell out hard cash for one.

if my ISP included a computer as part of their service i wouldnt have
purchased one elsewhere - that's for sure



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