I Can Resist No Longer
Posted on June 9, 2008 by andrew
John Aravosis has a friend inside the Apple conference:
iPhone 3G will be $199 for 8 gigs, $299 for 16 gigs (it’s in black or white)
I was kinda hoping for a 32gig model (my current iPod is 30gigs and I’d hate to have to be picky about the music I carry around with me)… But for $200 less than the phone previously cost? I’ll gladly take the hard drive reduction.
More notes that caught my eye:
1:42 Next up is AP (Associated Press) - 5000 news organizations.. Benjamin Moss from AP talking about MNN : Mobile News Network. The phone shows all sorts of news, but also uses your current location to show news pertinent to your local area. You can read stories, view images, and watch video from AP news network. You can also send news stories to AP directly from your iPhone if you witness breaking news.This will be a free download. Next is Pangea Software, a longtime developer of Macintosh games. Brian Greenstone takes stage.
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1:50 Next developer… a SOLO developer. Mark Terry. Showing an application he did in his spare time called “Band”. Playing piano on his iPhone. Now playing drums on his iPhone. Showing a Blues loop instrument. Crowd goes crazy. Now showing a bass guitar instrument. You just run your fingers over the screen of the device. The crowd goes nuts. You an record, overdub, or just get with your friends who have band on THEIR iPhones and just JAM. For baseball fans, MLB.com has developed a new application for iPhone, called MLB.com At Bat. You can choose a game, and monitor it live. You can also pull up real-time video highlights. It’s amazing. Clips come minutes after the play.
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2:32PM Today introducing the iPhone 3G. Beautiful. Thinner at the edges, full solid glossy plastic back, really beautiful, solid metal buttons, beautiful display, camera, flush headphone jack so you can use ANY headphones you would like. Improved audio. 3G gives far faster data downloads. Browser and eMail attachments download far faster.
Demonstrating time difference in EDGE vs. 3G. Site took 21s on 3G. Still waiting on EDGE. Waiting…. Waiting… 59 second on EDGE. 3G speeds actually approaching WIFI. 59s on EDGE. 2.8 times faster. WiFi speed for same site is 17 seconds.
So, umm, I have to wait a whole month for this magical device that will allow me to watch baseball games as they happen and also play a bass guitar regardless of where I am at the moment? I think I might actually die of impatience this time.
Who is inviting me to join their AT&T “family” so I can afford the monthly service plan?
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The big question is how much is AT&T going to charge on the required contract. Since it’ll likely be bundled with a 3G data plan, it’s probably going to be around $20 more than the current iPhone plans (which start at $60 for 450 minutes, rollover, and unlimited EDGE 2.5G Data).
I really want the 3G and GPS functionality, but I may wait a few months in the hopes of a 32 Gig model being released before the holidays. The 2.0 software update will make it a bit easier to hold off upgrading for a few months…
Out of curiosity, what would you do with the 1.0 model you have now if you get a 3G phone?
I read somewhere this morning that the way to go was to hack the phone and then sell it on the semi-legal foreign market, but if this new version is really expected to roll out in 60 or so countries, I wonder how long that gray market will hold up.
I don’t think that gray market will be as substantial once they start rolling these out around the world. Given the weak dollar I would, like I think most 1st gen iPhone owners, likely either hand it down to a family or friend or sell it off domestically for a $50-$100.