On 9/1/07 7:51 pm, Mehdi wrote:
> 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.

Generally speaking mobiles do tend to be expensive when first released
and Apple products tend to be priced higher than the competition at all
times.

> And no mention of
> third party application support, it might no even be a smartphone.

The specs say "running OSX" so it should be possible to support it quite
simply.

> 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.
>

Only time will tell. I suspect this will primarily be aimed at the US
market with only occasional sales elsewhere.


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