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07/09/2008 • comments (1)
iphone 3g launches tomorrow + app store
Posted by Rick Rey
iphone 3g

Apple fanboys get on your knees and slap that Steve Jobs tattoo on your upper thigh! Tomorrow we'll see the release of the iPhone 3G, a modest update to the original iPhone with faster internet, built-in GPS, and a cheaper price tag thanks to a $200 subsidy courtesy of AT&T.

I have to be honest. I'm mostly ambivalent about the release tomorrow, partly because of the forced in-store activation and partly because the new features aren't that tempting for someone who already owned the O.G. iPhone. The GPS sounds cool on paper, but the word on the street is the built-in GPS antenna is too small to support reliable turn-by-turn navigation. Whether or not I pick one up depends on how easily I can finagle a unit for use off AT&T's network. Hehe I wrote "finagle a unit."

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tags: apple, iphone, rant
06/12/2008 • comments (6)
the hidden price of the iphone 3g
Posted by Rick Rey
iphone_199
The big tech announcement this week was the highly anticipated, much rumored 2nd generation iPhone dubbed the iPhone 3G, which is set to be released on July 11th. The $199 price tag seems amazing on the surface, but as Zadi broke down on today's episode -- calculating the cost of the new iPhone is a little more complicated than the upfront price tag.

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02/29/2008 • comments (5)
kid runs iphone stopwatch for 1,000 hours
Posted by Rick Rey

What will happen? It's like Y2K all over again. The horror!!