I'm waiting for the next one.

Change! To a Blackberry.

I'll check it out at some point, but I think I'll stick with my current iPhone and sit it out until iPhone 3.0.

Not me !

OK, so who’s planning to try to grab an iPhone 3G tomorrow?

Not I. Consumerist lemmings fuel the capitalist regime.

Me !

Michelle Obama.

The software update is sweet for the 1st edition iPhone!

iTunes now has an iPhone app store with a lot free applications and some for just a few bucks. I picked up AIM, a voice recorder, to do list, restaurant tab calculator and a flashlight.
Software Christmas!

I'll wait until after the election. I'm sure by the end of October Obama will be promising them to every voter. Chicago voters will get two, one for each vote.

I haven't even gotten an iPod yet.

But I have about 20,000 hours* of music in iTunes...

*actual amount may vary by ±19815 hours.

Nope, it's going to cost more in the long run for the 3G goodness

re: #5 Killgore Trout

Not I. Consumerist lemmings fuel the capitalist regime.

We all remember how much better communist phones worked.

I hope Charles is buying one for each of his hamsters.

Are these hamsters unionized yet?

Not a snowballs chance in hell. I am resisting them giving me a blackberry at work, a cell is bad enough. When they get an I-phone down to 50 bucks and 25 a month for service, I'll buy in.

I just told someone I was going to get a Voyager. I am contractually obligated to Verizon ;)

I have a razor phone. It does all kinds of things which are really cool. I have no idea how to operate it other than calling someone or answering it. I have used the tex message function about three times but I forgot how I did it.

Sorry, I don't have an I phone and would be damned before I paid Apple's prices for anything. Ever since My daughter's first I pod failed and apple's answer to practically EVERY issue was "buy a new one" I have swearn a moughty oath that I'd never give money to those soul-less zombies with no teeth.

So there!

re: #5 Killgore Trout

Not I. Consumerist lemmings fuel the capitalist regime.

I was just going to say no, but can I plaigerize yours. It sounds so errorudeite

/Run spell-check? Why? This is more fun.

re: #2 Mathew1977

Change! To a Blackberry.

Matthew & Charles -

I will stick with my AT&T Wireless "Moto-Q" for the time being, thank you. For what it is worth, Opera on top of Windows 6.1 Mobile works just fine for me.

-S-

Food, or a iPhone 3G?

Food.... iPhone 3G .... food, or... iPhone 3G .

Help, I can't decide!

Me. And my wife.

The Macalope talks about the cost of iPhone vs iPhone 3G

I dont use the cell phone I do have, why would I drop $300+ more for another one?

Not me.

I like my phone to be a phone, my computer to be a computer, my stereo to be my stereo, and my tv to be my tv.

Why put it all in one package? So you screw up at some airport and drop all 5 in the toilet at the same time?.

/yeah it happened

I'm cavin' in and getting one.

And it won't be more expensive for me, happy to report, since I'm already an AT&T customer, and my contract has expired. So I get to keep my old plan, grandfathered in.

Sweet.

Spent all my money on hookers, booze, and guns. Not in that order though.

re: #17 sojerofgod

Sorry, I don't have an I phone and would be damned before I paid Apple's prices for anything. Ever since My daughter's first I pod failed and apple's answer to practically EVERY issue was "buy a new one" I have swearn a moughty oath that I'd never give money to those soul-less zombies with no teeth.

So there!

Not just an oath, but a moughty oath.

My Palm LifeDrive just died. I had plans on a new iPhone until I checked on AT&T's service in the area of my very rural school. No good.

Now, I'm not sure. I'm disappointed in the Palm's performance. It really didn't last as long as it should. Still, I already have the keyboard and other goodies.

Decisions.

re: #16 NJDhockeyfan

I have a razor phone. It does all kinds of things which are really cool. I have no idea how to operate it other than calling someone or answering it. I have used the tex message function about three times but I forgot how I did it.

But I'll bet it has great ringtones, and a really flashy display.
Priorities!

I'd love one but there's no way I'm getting on line for 7 hours to get it. I hope that's not the case tomorrow.

Plus the typing is going to be a pain for the first little bit...until you get used to that little virtual keyboard.

re: #20 Irish Rose

Food, or a iPhone 3G?

Food.... iPhone 3G .... food, or... iPhone 3G .

Help, I can't decide!

You can't eat an I-phone. And you can't talk on a steak. The choice is yours, would you rather talk than eat?

There's an object known as an iPhone? Curious. Very curious.

Does it work with any network besides AT&T? Or do we have to crack it like a scrambled egg to make it behave?

I have a blackjack now and the text is so small I can barely read it w/o glasses, which since i don't need to see, drive or etc, make it impossible to use very well on the fly. why would I want to have a phone I have to touch in just the right spot to answer? While I am driving in particular.

re: #26 Hard Right

Spent all my money on hookers, booze, and guns. Not in that order though.

It's the armed hookers you gotta look out for...

re: #20 Irish Rose

Food, or a iPhone 3G?

Food.... iPhone 3G .... food, or... iPhone 3G .

Help, I can't decide!

Buy it, then eat it. Problem solved.

Not me. I just spent all my spare money on a new bluetooth jawbone for my daughter so that we can hear her with clarity. She has the current model of iphone. BTW the new jawbone is great!

re: #31 LoFlyer

You can't eat an I-phone. And you can't talk on a steak.

That was helpful ;).

I'm struggling with it. I have the upgrade cash and current iPhone owner. I want GPS and the 3G. I do not want to upgrade the current iPhones til it's determined if 2.0 can be unlocked (jailbreak has already been confirmed) lest I ruin their 1.1.4 value.I don't want to pay an extra $15/month to achieve the same level of Gen! service.

I think tomorrow's purchase wholly depends on the line size and availability at 9:45am tomorrow....

re: #27 Mathew1977

Yeah!

An' those damn zombies just gum the hell out'a ya too!

Could not care less. A phone is a phone.

Not me. I'm looking up my future.

When the Dhimmis destroy all the evil corporations and the environmentalists destroy all the hard-goods manufacturing and the anti-war crowd destroys the defense industry, I'll be ahead of y'all, you'll see.

I plan on takin' prezumtive nominee BarryO's words to hart and spend my money lerning to speech and spel more than just "housekeeping!" in five or six languages.

The man's a visionery.

re: #35 Hard Right

Set on ring or vibrate? Nevermind, don't answer that.

re: #37 Irish Rose

That was helpful ;).

Sorry, personally I would take the steak....

re: #16 NJDhockeyfan

I have a razor phone. It does all kinds of things which are really cool. I have no idea how to operate it other than calling someone or answering it. I have used the tex message function about three times but I forgot how I did it.

OH NO! I've been clowned.

Not tomorrow, not the day after, not ever. I hate to carry any cell phone. Makes me feel like there is a leash around my neck. Intolerable. BTW, the spooks can track your celll phone even when it is turned off.

re: #38 oneeyesquare

GPS?

You really want Steve Jobs to know where you are at all times?

Some of my daily acts I prefer to do un-localized, thanks very much.

re: #12 experiencedtraveller

Heh. I have an old Russian phone that my dad picked up in Afghanistan in the early 80's. I rewired it to work on American phone lines. The sound quality is shit but I love the sound of the ring.

re: #20 Irish Rose

Food, or a iPhone 3G?

Food.... iPhone 3G .... food, or... iPhone 3G .

Help, I can't decide!

Food is over rated.

re: #18 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I was just going to say no, but can I plaigerize yours. It sounds so errorudeite

/Run spell-check? Why? This is more fun.

Sumtymes I gette inn the mood to just spel hovveuer I wish in the spirit of pre-standardized Englysche. I figure if I can ace the vocab section of the GRE, I shouldn't worry about it.

re: #34 sngnsgt

It's the armed hookers you gotta look out for...

They make it interesting. ;)

Well off to vacation in Cleveland of all places.

re: #42 sngnsgt

Set on ring or vibrate? Nevermind, don't answer that.

The days of the pager was good to me. Had two...one for each pocket. Heh. >:)

re: #50 Hard Right

They make it interesting. ;)

As long as they're straight shooters.

re: #53 sngnsgt

As long as they're straight shooters.

That was my....oooo never mind.

re: #49 David IV of Georgia

Get a copy of Steven Ambrose's "Undaunted Courage" the story of Lewis and Clark. Now that man (Lewis) could Spel !

re: #15 Turbodawg

"Dawg"

Verizon IS really good - as a cell phone - my company has them as well as AT&T. I know it really hurts - mentally more than fiscally - to blow off a carrier. Think of it this way, on average - breaking a cell phone contract costs on average $175.00. If that is what it takes - IT IS THE CHEAPEST DIVORCE YOU WILL EVER EXPERIENCE. We went through the same thing with Sprint/Nextel. We were close to the end of the contract, and so paid for two (2) months in advance and "ended" the contracts. That was it, and everybody in the company is "Reasonably Unhappy" these days - works for me.

-S-

re: #52 Hard Right

The days of the pager was good to me. Had two...one for each pocket. Heh. >:)

LOL! Too much information...

NU thread up top...

I think I want one. But what should I do with my Black Blackberry?

re: #31 LoFlyer

"Lo" -

Without getting into detail, I know people in my building that WOULD RATHER TALK THAN EAT.

-S-

No thanks, I already have a reliable phone with call waiting to boot

re: #47 Killgore Trout

Heh. I have an old Russian phone that my dad picked up in Afghanistan in the early 80's. I rewired it to work on American phone lines. The sound quality is shit but I love the sound of the ring.

I have one of those old Motorola suitcase mobile phones. It's large with with a full handset that has the dialing numbers on the back of the receiver that light up.

re: #57 sngnsgt

LOL! Too much information...

You started it and I'm easily led into mischief.

Since we're on the subject, I look at those "back massagers" the stores sell and just chuckle. I've dated a few women who "misused" them.

no lizards about in the lounge....." It's very cold in here, muphy"

My favorite son-in-law. We are Catholic and he is Lutheran, but it is not a mixed marriage because both families are Mac people.

re: #62 NJDhockeyfan

"NJDhf" -

Thanks - the stuff all 'y'all mentioned makes my Moto-Q look smaller and smaller.

-S-

I don't want a cell phone, but if I did.
If I had the talent that is I'd put together this!
Port-O-Rotary

Realy get someones attention when that ol' bell goes BRRinnnng!

If God wanted me to have a cell phone or some similar gimcrack He would have put my mouth up on my cheek.

re: #65 tyree

My favorite son-in-law. We are Catholic and he is Lutheran, but it is not a mixed marriage because both families are Mac people.

"tyree" -

ROTFLMAO - Guess that makes Simi and Me a mixed couple. We are both Jewish - AND - because of applications, She is a Mac - Y - Yo soy Sr. Ventanas - en Espanol por Sr. Obama - el quien no lo entiende.

-S-

I hate to brag....but it is already on sale in New Zealand

[Link: www.nzherald.co.nz...]

I'm on Sprint. Had to sell the iPhone I got.

re: #72 ploome hineni

Here are the NZ prices:

The cheapest price for the phone is $199 but consumers must sign up to a two-year, $250-a-month call plan with Vodafone.

It can be bought outright for $1129 (16GB model) or $979 (8GB).

I'll get one when my trusty Palm dies.

/get your mind out of the gutter.

re: #72 ploome hineni

what does it cost to have access to the internet and phone service wtc.?

the phone is cheap enough, the monthly bill must be more than the cost of the phone

ploomie -

Of course it is - that is how all 'y'all get the phone as inexpensively as you do. For reference, my Moto-Q, unlocked, through Motorola costs $499.00, through AT&T Wireless it cost a Net of $149.00. Where do you think the extra $300.00 comes from?

-S-

re: #68 Sloppy

If God wanted me to have a cell phone or some similar gimcrack He would have put my mouth up on my cheek.

If God wanted you to wear clothes, wouldn't he have put trousers and a shirt on you?

I've been running the 2.0 firmware all day today and I have to say that it is about damn time. The phone seems to be snappier and runs just all around a lot better. The only app that I really miss from my jail broken iphone is the video recorder application that I had. I am thinking that it will end up on the app store really soon.

Updated my iPhone to the 2.0 firmware earlier today, and added OMA and Mobile Sync to my Exchange servers. This step alone makes the iPhone a Blackberry killer, and the new Mobile Apps Store on itunes has some awesome free software (and some software that I am certain is awesome as well, but not free). Exchange Email Push, Active Directory lookups, calendar sync....It's pretty near seamless.

Just an observation, but it appears to me that the 2.0 firmware might have "upclocked" the processor on the older iPhone. It seems to run a bit hotter (temperature-wise) and the battery seems to drop more quickly....Or it may just be that I have been messing with it all day ;-)

Tom

re: #12 experiencedtraveller

We all remember how much better communist phones worked.

And here lies one of the many Secrets of the Ancients....

I'm looking to get the Nokia N95, unlocked.

i-Can't. Knowing me I'd either lose it, wash it, or accidentally flush it down the toilet.

I am happy with my blackberry and I won't get iPhone...

Why not try the JPhone?

Gimme, gimme, gimme!

A new Apple toy. He who dies with the the most toys- WINS!

not yet.

/too escared to post as spinoff

I upgraded my iPhone to 2.0 today the nerdly way instead of waiting. There is enough GPS built in for me not to need to buy the new one - and I can get wifi pretty much everywhere, so the faster "edge" network aint no big thing. The speaker is better in the new unit supposedly.

There was a good discussion all day about how to upgrade to 2.0 so I dove in, upgraded iTunes to 7.7, downloaded the update file for iPhone via Firefox (all on Windoze Vista cause it was all I had to work on) and off I went to the App Store ---- and got next to nothing done all day work-wise having so much fun.

The App Store is awesome.

Some of my favorites so far: AIM, Google, Remote, Facebook, Evernote, Twitterrific, Jott, NetNewsWire & Flashlight ---- oh, and AquaForest (which is best for kids in the back seat of the car and a complete time sink, and wonderful). Many are free.

The first RSS feed I added to NetNewsWire was Little Green Footballs.

By the way, there was discussion among comrade nerdlies on FriendFeed today about the Photoshop job on the Iranian missile can't get it up launch. Mention of the Lizard Army was made.

Truth prevails.

Keep on keeping on!

In times like these I am so glad I live on a VERY limited income and so can't afford to splurge on the latest tech gizmo. I am too much of a tech-geek to let the newest toy pass me by if I can afford it.

re: #86 Blueprinter

Gimme, gimme, gimme!

A new Apple toy. He who dies with the the most toys- WINS is still dead!

:)

re: #88 sadhu

There was a good discussion all day about how to upgrade to 2.0 so I dove in, upgraded iTunes to 7.7, downloaded the update file for iPhone via Firefox (all on Windoze Vista cause it was all I had to work on) and off I went to the App Store ---- and got next to nothing done all day work-wise having so much fun.

Heh....I didn't see any instructions on getting the new 7.7 iTunes ;-( Spent about 30 minutes crashing the upgrade before figuring that one out!

Tom

re: #45 maddogg

Not tomorrow, not the day after, not ever. I hate to carry any cell phone. Makes me feel like there is a leash around my neck. Intolerable. BTW, the spooks can track your celll phone even when it is turned off.

not true. turned off it is a collection of parts... on the other hand - on, but not in use?

I could track you, if I knew your phone's ID#.

I'm not a spook & not a geek. just know where to find geek tools...

re: #86 Blueprinter

Gimme, gimme, gimme!

A new Apple toy. He who dies with the the most toys- WINS!

I like your style.

I won't be getting it. I work for one of AT&T's competitors, and it would not be prudent for me to buy one.

re: #26 Hard Right

Spent all my money on hookers, booze, and guns. Not in that order though.

Hookers, booze and guns? Sounds like a Warren Zevon tune!

re: #92 slokat

I'm not a spook & not a geek. just know where to find geek tools...

I was assured by an actual spook that a turned off phone still signals and can be tracked with proper equipment.

re: #29 Irish Rose

But I'll bet it has great ringtones, and a really flashy display.
Priorities!

The Razor does have good ringtones. Mine is the "Pink Panther Theme".

People around when it rings get a kick out of it, instead of getting aggravated when I get a call..

re: #47 Killgore Trout

Heh. I have an old Russian phone that my dad picked up in Afghanistan in the early 80's. I rewired it to work on American phone lines. The sound quality is shit but I love the sound of the ring.

Nice! I bet it weighs a ton!

re: #96 maddogg

I was assured by an actual spook that a turned off phone still signals and can be tracked with proper equipment.

Pull the battery.

I still have my original iPhone and I see no need to replace it. Ill just wait for the next generation of iPhone to come out...if the world is still around.

I finally decided to pull the trigger on one of these.

Coincidentally, my tmobile contract is up at the end of the month. I will wait until a few days before it ends, as the bastards will pro-rate the very end of the contract until the last day.

Watched the WWDC conference with the 3rd party developers unveiling their stuff for the Iphone 3g, and it was pretty stunning.

re: #99 Colonel Panik

Pull the battery.

That'll do it.

re: #96 maddogg

I was assured by an actual spook that a turned off phone still signals and can be tracked with proper equipment.

Inactive yes, most phones check in @ scheduled intervals, if for no other reason than to check the time.

off - there is no signal, its an inert piece of plastic, silicon & metal.

Cell phones are extremely glorified fm walkie talkies, they are not magic.

Because I work in the Wireless Location Based Services (GPS) industry, I am up to my a** in cellphones. I've got a Nextel i580 that feels like a flat hand grenade, a Sprint Sanyo 7050 and BlackBerry 8830 which I lovingly refer to as my electronic ball and chain. All of which are paid for by my company so I don't have to spend a dime on monthly cell service. The iPhone is cool but since I moved out of Silicon Valley to Arizona I am not as smitten by electronic gadgets and am more interested in spending my money on the sort of hardware the Obamahdi is probably going to try to ban.

For me it's between the moto-Q and the iphone.... just not too sure about windows mobile.. heard it's a bit slow.

Main thing, other than email and web for me, is spreadsheets. I'm pretty sure the iphone will read excel docs?

So if the iphone is faster and more stable than windows mobile (as OSX is much faster and more stable than windows in general on a similar computer), then I might spring for the Iphone.

I'm going to be updating from a Treo 270 with a crappy battery, so I'm looking forward to the new hotness perhaps more than most...

I'm keeping my original. I live over 150 miles from the nearest 3G hub and 300 miles from the nearest Apple Store. EDGE works fine, even out here in the desert.

I am waiting for the next iPod Touch and a cheaper price. I don't need no stinking phone. LOL

I myself will be getting a white one. And no, I am not a girl.
Don't be hating on my future (soon-to-mine) all white retro ivory colored internet machine, that just happens to have a gps and make phone calls.

I feel like Gollum and soon I will be repeatedly chanting, "My precious ... my precious..."

re: #45 maddogg

Not tomorrow, not the day after, not ever. I hate to carry any cell phone. Makes me feel like there is a leash around my neck. Intolerable. BTW, the spooks can track your celll phone even when it is turned off.

1) You are perfectly capable of controlling the phone (and not it, you) if you want to.

2) Turn it completely off, and no, spooks can't track you. There is no power going to anything emitting a radio signal when the phone is completely shut down.

3) And anyway, spooks aren't tracking you.

re: #84 winston06

I am happy with my blackberry and I won't get iPhone...

As Bob and Doug McKenzie said in their 24th Anniversary Special: "Research In Motion: Canadian geniuses, eh."

re: #106 Dar ul Harb

I'm going to be updating from a Treo 270 with a crappy battery, so I'm looking forward to the new hotness perhaps more than most...

Dar...
you still here...?

re: #36 Pvt Bin Jammin

Not me. I just spent all my spare money on a new bluetooth jawbone for my daughter so that we can hear her with clarity. She has the current model of iphone. BTW the new jawbone is great!

People with those look like the Borg.

(Besides me, that is.)

Can I have your old one?

re: #98 experiencedtraveller

Nice! I bet it weighs a ton!

Diesel powered!

re: #110 Occasional Reader

1) You are perfectly capable of controlling the phone (and not it, you) if you want to.

2) Turn it completely off, and no, spooks can't track you. There is no power going to anything emitting a radio signal when the phone is completely shut down.

3) And anyway, spooks aren't tracking you.

No, not today, but the way the country is moving tends to give me a taste of paranoia. 1984.

re: #67 Electron Shuffler

I don't want a cell phone, but if I did.
If I had the talent that is I'd put together this!
Port-O-Rotary

Realy get someones attention when that ol' bell goes BRRinnnng!

Oh, but if I was going to turn a vintage phone (or, for that matter, a replica of a vintage phone) into a cell phone, I'd go for something more like a candlestick phone. But that's just me. :D

I'll get an iPhone next year, when my contract is up and I can get the discount. I refuse to spend full retail when I can get at least a portion of it subsidized.

re: #105 astronmr20

"as-20" -

For what it is worth, the 8 Gb Gen. 2 iPhone is $50.00 more than the Moto-Q - net, without having to wait for a rebate. Think out your applications and then decide.

-S-

re: #109 Kiernan

I myself will be getting a white one. And no, I am not a girl.
Don't be hating on my future (soon-to-mine) all white retro ivory colored internet machine, that just happens to have a gps and make phone calls.

I feel like Gollum and soon I will be repeatedly chanting, "My precious ... my precious..."

I dunno... that's gonna show dirt like nobody's business...

"Unlike previous iPhone transactions, you won't be allowed to walk out the door with an iPhone 3G until you've activated it on a two-year AT&T contract."

This kills it for me. I still have another 1 year on vrizon

re: #103 slokat

Inactive yes, most phones check in @ scheduled intervals, if for no other reason than to check the time.

off - there is no signal, its an inert piece of plastic, silicon & metal.

Cell phones are extremely glorified fm walkie talkies, they are not magic.

A cell or two ago I had a Nokia to which ATT was able to "push" (in their parlance) program updates even when the phone had been turned off completely. They were also able to cycle or reboot the phone from an "off" state. My friend that works for Verizon indicated that the only way to be completely sure a given phone is powered off is to remove the battery.

As for a new iPhone, I'm going to wait until the dust settles and the fanboys have all stopped waiting in line. I admit, I'm tempted but a few weeks from now we'll know more about any hardware/software warts
in the 3G version.

Gallatin

I sat at the first version, primarily of the slow AT&T EDGE network. Now that the new iPhone is 3G, I'm going to be in line tomorrow. I'm hoping that I will be able to access my work email through the Exchange settings.

I've been with Sprint for over 11 years. It will weird to switch. I have the Samsung A900 currently. Until I got married a few years ago, I was buying new cell phones every year or so. I've had my Samsung for well over 2 years!

Playing golf tomorrow. Will have 3G iPhone on Saturday. Giving old iPhone to my secretary's son.

I will wait a while.

I'll wait, its basically the same price in the long run as the old phone

Piss on Apple and its I-Phone 3G...

/Bag phones rule! :)

Slightly OT...

I'm a LONG-time Apple fan, but I can't see switching TO AT&T-anything, just for the iPhone!

Been thinking seriously about the Palm Centro (with Sprint). Have researched and read pro and cons.

Anybody got useful info?

My contract is ending with Verizon this month. I plan on getting iPhone on Saturday. I may get it tomorrow. Not sure.

LeePro. Careful with Sprint. I've had nothing but HORRIBLE service from them. I'd use them because I'd get an awesome company discount, but the last time I had a phone from them, I was in analog roam most of where I was, and when I went to return the phone and cancel the service 2 days later, they still gouged me for a cancellation fee.

re: #129 Ford Prefect

My contract is ending with Verizon this month. I plan on getting iPhone on Saturday. I may get it tomorrow. Not sure.

LeePro. Careful with Sprint. I've had nothing but HORRIBLE service from them. I'd use them because I'd get an awesome company discount, but the last time I had a phone from them, I was in analog roam most of where I was, and when I went to return the phone and cancel the service 2 days later, they still gouged me for a cancellation fee.

8 years with Sprint and counting. Trick is to speak only with supervisors, never with the doo-dah who answers!

Waiting in line at the Soho/NYC store. Only about 50 of us so far.

Have you guys seen the 3rd party apps? Amazing.

I have always viewed the me-me-me devices... I am sorry the "I" devices as a liberal status symbol thing. All liberals seem to go out and get one to impress each other. Some of them who waste their money on these me-me-me products then complain they have no money .

Of course they never complain about the huge profits of apple corp, or how apple back dated their stocks like Enron.

TracPhone here -- got it about 9 months ago, in case of emergency, and aside from doing set-up, have used one minute of time (non-emergency, thank heavens). It's about $20 every three months -- why would I pay a fortune for something that would never get used?

re: #128 LeePro

Been thinking seriously about the Palm Centro (with Sprint). Have researched and read pro and cons.
Anybody got useful info?

I looked quickly at the Verizon version, I also would like more info. I don't desperately need a new phone but I can get mine free with discounts. My current phone is one of those old phones that makes phone calls, but has a lot of problems when I try to recharge it. I can't tell if it is the connector on the phone or the charger but it doesn't connect properly.

So anybody have into on the Palm Centro?

I'm gonna sell all 3 of my old ones and me 3 new ones. Already got 2 of the 3 old ones sold.

I want one really bad but it's AT&T exclusive and we're with Sprint along with my wife's family and mine. We get Sprint to Sprint minutes(free calls between Sprint users) so it would be hard to convince the wife to switch carriers and give that up. Not to mention the plan for the phone.

re: #131 Greenwich Village Guy
I think the Apps Store is the number one reason that I am getting this phone. All that OS X goodness will make an amazing platform for all kinds of applications. I wouldn't be surprised if there were special lizard applications in the future!

Now, I have to drink more coffee, drive to New Hampster, and decide if I can take the social ostracism of buying a white phone, or if I should get black.

And, off topic, I can't remember the name of the philosophy where all choices are "black and white", or good or evil.
More caffeine is needed.

Have fun in the big apple.

Waiting in line at the Soho/NYC store. Only about 50 of us so far.

Have you guys seen the 3rd party apps? Amazing.

The cell phone I have is just fine, But I do have an iTouch, and a Macbook Pro....Love the Apple!

Maybe I'm missing something here. Is there anything dumber that standing in line all night to be one of the first to get a product that will be available later at a much reduced price and with the bugs of the original unit worked out? Does being the first with the latest matter that much? It makes no sense to me. Wake me up when the price comes down, though since I never had any interest in the original I-Phone I doubt I'll be interested in the new one.

Will the dim bulbs who stood in line for the first I-Phone stand in line for the new I-Phone? And will they stand in line to get the next one? You don't want to know what I think the "I" in I-Phone stands for.

No money for an iPhone. Saving up for an Apple IIe.

re: #137 Kiernan

And, off topic, I can't remember the name of the philosophy where all choices are "black and white", or good or evil.

Manicheaism?

(Just trying to be helpful. Better late than never.)

re: #140 bosforus

Apple // FOREVER!

I'm waiting for the Dick Tracy wrist iPhone. I hear it's coming out soon.

I'm about to plug my original one in to get the updates......
Everyone gripes about the slow surfing speed, but I am usually near a wifi spot and don't find it runs all that slowly except when it's using edge....
I love this phone... it has freed me untold hours from using laptop, remembering an ipod, pda, etc. And the camera is easily as good as some less expensive digital cams without phones attached.
Charles, the very best thing is snapping a picture and instantly clicking it into an email. I just hope the update lets you insert more than one photo at a time.

re: #139 Land Shark

My, how sour the grapes are today...
:)
Try it, you'l like it. You don't have to stand in line, just wait until near closing and find an out of the way ATT outlet.........

re: #139 Land Shark

Maybe I'm missing something here. Is there anything dumber that standing in line all night to be one of the first to get a product that will be available later at a much reduced price and with the bugs of the original unit worked out? Does being the first with the latest matter that much? It makes no sense to me. Wake me up when the price comes down, though since I never had any interest in the original I-Phone I doubt I'll be interested in the new one.

Will the dim bulbs who stood in line for the first I-Phone stand in line for the new I-Phone? And will they stand in line to get the next one? You don't want to know what I think the "I" in I-Phone stands for.

It's because it is like a party! People are chatting, getting to know one another, sharing Apple stories etc. I went down to the Apple store to take photos of the first iPhone day and had loads of fun. The only experience like that I have had was standing in line for World Series tickets when I lived in St. Louis.

No, I didn't buy an iPhone since I hate to talk on the phone. LOL

I'm going to wait for the iphone software update so I can see what is in store for my old iphone. Can't wait to try out that app store. Then in a few months I'll probably break down and get the 3G.

re: #133 Empire1

TracPhone here -- got it about 9 months ago, in case of emergency, and aside from doing set-up, have used one minute of time (non-emergency, thank heavens). It's about $20 every three months -- why would I pay a fortune for something that would never get used?

Virgin Mobile here. $15.00 every three months. Almost never use it except for emergencies and traveling. That's why I am waiting for an iTouch update with a lower price. Come on Steve, don't forget us.

re: #145 tradewind

My, how sour the grapes are today...
:)
Try it, you'l like it. You don't have to stand in line, just wait until near closing and find an out of the way ATT outlet.........

Sour grapes? Over what? I can afford an I-Phone if I ever decide I want one. If people want to stand in line all night for something it's their right. And that was my point, why wait in line all night and pay top dollar to get something first when after a while you'll be able to find it at an ATT outlet without standing in line for much less? But, hey, to each their own.

Did you get an iPhone Charles? I saw they were having problems with them today.

Thanks to an accidental "washing" of my iPhone (v.1) on Monday I was there in line this morning at 5am (EST) and got mine around 10:20am.

By then, AT&T had pretty much crashed (no one saw that coming? lol) and they politely asked me to activate it at home.

MobileMe is still a mess though and I guess it will work itself out over the weekend. I'm not sure what they were thinking releasing these things at the same time, but...

I don't wait in line for nothin', but I have to say I like this thing.

Land Shark: I found an out of the way AT&T outlet, and there was 1) a line, and 2) they had run out of iPhones by noon. Good theory, though: I mean, I figured I'd be better off there than at the Apple Store, and that I'd just walk in and buy one, as if it were, you know, sort of normal!

I have a Razr and I hate it. Too many menus and too many buttons to push just to do simple things. The text is too small to read and there's no way to read it in harsh daylight.

I'd like an iPhone, but AT&T does not offer 3G service in my area, but would charge me for it anyway! (grumble, grumbls). I may pick up someone's generation I iPhone off of eBay or someplace later.

Motorola Q does it good enough for me.

However, today the Big Brown Trick is bringing me a gadget much more utilitarian and more befitting of the current Zeitgeist, A PVS-14.

It's phone...that you can get Web pages on? That takes photos and allows you to play music?!

How could we ignore such an innovation!

Sorry, but personally, I hope they all catch fire. Can't stand the iPhone. Ridiculously over-hyped. This is consumerism at its worst.

Consumerism, conschmunerism...

I got myself one at 7:30PM AEST. Had a night on the town. When I got home, started playing with it. Golly...am I tired this morning.

@146 avspatti - "it is like a party! People are chatting, getting to know one another..."

Yep. But we'll always have the grouches, eager to get up on their soapbox. I learned some Japanese this morning from a cool Japanese couple. Talking about technology, enjoying a beautiful Summer morning...

@#149 Land Shark - "why wait in line all night and pay top dollar to get something first when after a while you'll be able to find it at an ATT outlet without standing in line for much less?"

Umm, no. The price will not be dropping from $199 anytime soon. Not for many months, if ever.