iPhone facts from the first reviews
By Ryan Block 
posted Jun 26th 2007 8:19PM
posted Jun 26th 2007 8:19PM
Well, the first reviews are in. But you may have missed some of the more interesting factoids unearthed by the trio of gadget reporters deigned worthy by El Jobso to get a pre-launch iPhone. Here's a few fresh n' interesting iPhone facts right off the presses:- The mobile version of OS X or whatever it is the iPhone runs takes up
700MB of the device's capacity. Damn son! Update: we think Pogue got this wrong, we don't really know exactly how much space mobile OS X uses, but it's nowhere near 700MB. - There's no way to cut, copy, or paste text! WHOA! Big, big mistake.
- No A2DP support. That, friends, is such a huge bummer right there.
- Sorry, music can't be used as a ringtone -- even if it's just a raw MP3. No additional ringtones will be sold at launch.
- On a PC the iPhone syncs with Outlook for calendars AND addresses! Noice.
- It supports Exchange in some capacity, according to Walt, but he doesn't exactly say how.
- Pogue again confirms document file reading -- but not editing -- for PDF, Word, and Excel (only).
- Adobe Flash support is officially out. It's just not in the browser. Neither is there any other kind of embedded video support. Sorry everybody, that's that.
- It will take snaps, but won't record video. How can Apple love YouTube as much as it does and not realize cellphone-shot movies make up a sizeable chunk of the crazy crap you find on there?
- Oh, and no MMS. And sorry, no voice dialing, either.
- Contact groups can't be emailed as contact lists.
- Apple sez between 300-400 charges the iPhone will lose battery capacity -- you'll send it in and get the cell replaced for a fee. Meh. We knew this would be the case, but still, meh.
- Apple can (and supposedly will) be rolling out periodic updates -- no surprise there.
- Battery life is, somehow, almost as mind-blowingly good as Apple claims for calls, music, and movies.
- As we suspected, users are prompted with lists of WiFi networks if you're not nearby a trusted hotspot. We've seen this on other phones, and we're afraid this would get friggin annoying.
- It's said to be very scratch resistant. The facade both front and rear apparently just doesn't pick up marring like regular iPods do.
- Voice quality is said to be good -- not great.
Voice quality? It is a phone, after all.
Voice quality? What is this voice quality you speak of? Its got cover flow. COVER FLOW MAN! Who cares about voice quality. Its synergy of the internet man! Synergy! Voice is so 20th century! Get with the.....*vomits* Sorry I tried to go as long as possible but every time I try and drink the *aid I keep throwing it back up.
The scary part it there probably are people who think that. Why the hell would I want a phone in my internet communicator.
All 3 articles shared one common concern: the network.
I'm in your Internet communicator delivering sub-par audio
Even a device offering the highest voice quality quickly has that particular quality made moot by Cingular's obsession and abuse of the half-rate codec.
I have a feeling most of the functions that aren't in the phone are due to Cingular's diligence in crippling phones and ensuring their bottom line stays intact.
Wow! All this and more for close to $500.00 and your cell-phone soul for 2 years!
Apple are taking such a beating for a few reasons, in my opinion.
1. They are charging people $600 for a phone whose individual component's (an iPod and a cellphone with internet access) cost significantly less than the phone itself. The fact that this hardware comes with OSX means nothing unless it can deliver the same functionality as other devices in it's category - like it or not, this is a glorified PDA with enhanced touch screen features, not much more. When people pay $600 or $2,400 over a period of time for a product that's more expensive than others on the market - the company behind it better be prepared to live up to basic quality or feature expectations.
2. Apple have hyped this phone up for a very long time. If you look at the last two pages on Engadget, you'll notice just how deep into the social conscience it's permeated - if they didn't want to be placed on such a high pedastal, they shouldn't have advertised it nor made as big a deal of it as other manufacturers do with their products.
Is it just me or is Apple held to a higher standard than everyone else? You guys are asking for perfection. No one else is giving it. Why should Apple take such a beating?
Steve Jobs asked for it the moment he claimed this phone to be 'revolutionary'.
When Jobs gets on stage and makes the claims he does, and his fanbase treats anything coming out of Apple as being touched by the hand of God. Then yes. Apple deserves to be held up to a higher standard. when they stop the above they will be treated as a mortal company.
No MMS. Excluding MMS in a $500-$600 PHONE is ridiculous. That alone deserves a thrashing.
As someone who doesn't use it now, why would I want MMS when I have regular ol email? I have no desire for it on a phone if I have working email client...
um...to text message someone who doesn't have email on their phone a picture or video?
Yes, something provides all of this. It's called the Nokia N95. The N95 provides WiFi, Bluetooth, HSDPA/UMTS, GPS, MMS/SMS, Flash, VoIP, swappable batteries, a physical keyboard, the ability to run 3rd party programs, the ability to edit Word docs, I think Excel too. I think it supports A2DP, but I don't know for sure. Its price is $500, and it's provided by a reputable phone company. Not to bash the iPhone, but the lack of MMS and IM is just a boneheaded mistake! I send MMS messages to my friends on their phones, and if I was going to e-mail my pictures to friends, I might as well just put them up on Flickr or transfer them to my laptop.
For $600.00 with 2 year contract, I'm asking it to be at least as good as my $99 with 2 year contract SE phone. Let's see...
Does it support mp3's as ringtone? Nope
Does it support Stereo bluetooth? Nope (WTF with that anyway?)
Can it record video? Nope
Does it support MMS? Nope
As a freshman product, I think the iPhone is an impressive product, but I can't get past the different ways it's been crippled. I still can't get over the lack of stereo bluetooth and mp3 ringtone support. I mean it's a music phone fer god's sake! If you are so concerned about revenue loss, make it so only songs purchased on iTunes can be used as ringtones at least. A lot of people would be upset by that, but certainly not as many who are bemoaning the complete lack of music ringtones.
Jobs and AT&T are selling this as the as the new "IT" gadget this summer, based on it's wow factor alone, but for a company that prides itself on producing products that make or at least enable the user to stand out from the crowd (see Mac ads, white iPod headphones, etc) why would they not include a feature that has become essential to those looking to differentiate themselves from the 'ring ring' or 'cha cha' crowd? If I am paying a $400-500 dollar premium, I expect the little touches to be taken care of before the orientation-sensing accelarometers and pinch-to-zoom interfaces, especially if that product carries an Apple logo.
"You guys are asking for perfection. No one else is giving it. Why should Apple take such a beating?"
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that my *free* Samsung A707 does all the things the iPhone does *and more*. It supports MMS. It supports 3G. It has expandable memory. It supports mp3 ringtones. It shoots video.
Apple should take a beating because they're asking $600 for a phone that can't even compete on features with other phones that sell for nothing. Yeah yeah, you're paying for the software. IT'S A FREAKIN' PHONE. It's not about the goddamn software, it's about communicating. That means good network support, and that's just one of the things the iPhone is missing... but not the only one.
Apple is having their feet held to the fire here because they have missed the point with this device. The point of a phone is to communicate. Everything else is secondary.
If you believe otherwise, then by all means, buy yourself an iPhone and see how satisfied you are with not being able to send or receive MMS, not being able to copy and paste text into emails, and with browsing the web over EDGE. Have fun.
Yeah...and the N95 requires me to buy a separate SD card (maximum of 2GB), with the phone costing $700 (already more than the iPhone) and the storage costing another $100. The N95 runs the Symbian OS. So, I'll have to contend with any of the cell phone viruses out there, at least moreso than I would on the iPhone, according to IBM's security experts. Don't get me wrong. The N95 is a nice phone, but it does not justify the cost when compared to the iPhone. I even feel a little guilty smacking on Symbian OS, when Windows Mobile sucks so badly.
This phone lacks simple functions of nowaday phones and fails at media. No MP3 rings? Bad move. Inability to take video? Stupid. no copying and pasting? my old as creation SE T616 can do that. No embedded video ability or flash? what the hell happened to the full internet? No A2DP? Any decent media branded phone has A2DP. These need to be placed in as updates or this phone sucks the big one for its price.
I have to agree. I am a TREO 700P (Defective phone that SPRINT refuses to upgrade to a 755P, the heir apparent) user and looking forward to the HTC MOGUL myself, but I can't fail to see the hating regarding the IPHONE. Give these people a chance to upgrade the phone. its only the first addition.
Remember the Treo 600 and the BLackberry still sucks (pretty much). JOBS is the a retentive mind-freak, but lets see and judge them on their 3rd addition which better be soon because with AT&T as a sole provider, it shouldnt be long.
But then I gotta agree with JON as well...JOBS need to PROMOTE, MARKET and shut his fat mouth before he says stupid things like that!
David Pogue said (confirmed?) that there will be a future version of the iphone with 3G
Well it's the next logical step up. That's like saying "there's a rumor that processors are going to get faster." OF COURSE THEY ARE.
He did not confirm it. He very deliberately stated that users can expect such a device at some point in the future -- which only stands to reason. There is no Apple confirmation on this, only speculation.
I'm almost certain Apple will release a 3G iPhone. It's basically a necessity to sell the device in foreign markets - since the USA's mobile phone network is sub-standard compared to the rest of the world. But in Japan, for example, the iPhone would be an expensive brick - they use 3G as standard. Australia is heading that way too, and most of Asia is already using 3G as standard.
Jobs said during the keynote in Jan that they'd be working on 3G phones for the future. I don't get how there have been so many questions over the last 6 months about things Jobs clearly stated on Day 1.
it's still not worth 600$ for 4 or 8GB to me plus i already have a phone
Don't want to burst your bubble, but a 2g Micro SD card is not $100. I just got a 2gig one for my Blackjack for $15 from newegg.
What the hell? That not good.
You cant use music as a ring tone?! That's about as bad as 3 plays in 3 days!
Hope all that is fixed with firmware updates
Yeah. I'm an Apple Fan Boy. But seriously, too much iPhone stuff. There has been like 20 iPhone posts today I mean come one. Like i said I'm an Apple Fan Boy and I like the iPhone but I would rather here something about Microsoft than about the iPhone. Its getting old fast.
there are feeds to this site that take out iphone related topics...how about using it and stop complaining
he can't, he's a FanBoy!!!
seriously, so much iphone drama. why doesnt engadget start posting about paris hilton as well?
Will you are missing the point, he can use that feed but there would be no new posts on it.
are you opposed to scrolling past the IPhone articles just like I scroll past the items I'm not interested in (eg. the generic PC articles)
Overall: It sucks
It sucks?? Wtf are you talking about. It should absolutely be knocked for these flaws, but it certainly doesn't suck. It still has widescreen video playing in a phone, a fully fledged web browser, and huge screen for a phone. It definitely isn't perfect, but it definitely doesn't suck.
"Full fledged web-browser."
But without copy/paste of text, flash support, or embedded video support. Right.
NO video Ha, No Mms Ha, Can't even use your Music for Ringtones Ha. It just gets better and better. I'm sticking to my Nokia N95 it does that and More. And its unlock.
Yum, Nokia n95... that phone has really got my attention... it's just so big and thick though... haha.
All well and good, mate, but that N95 is still $750 unlocked as far as I know. If that $250 price difference for GPS and, oh boy!, picture messaging gets you hard, then by all means.
but does your Nokia have iTunes or a nifty touchscreen? what about 8gb of space? I bet you have to squint to surf the internet.
Did anyone mention the 5MP camera on the n95..?
first of all, I don't have to squint to read website. you think the iphone is going to make the web browser better if you did your research the N95 has a similar webroswer which does the same type of thing and the N95 came out first. Secondly you can stay with you touch screen and non removable battery which will have to be replaced after 300 charges. And lastly I can transfer music and create or delete music from the N95 you on the other hand will have to go to a computer and do all that. I just wanted to point out that the iphone is not the best phone out on the market. At least my phone records video and has a five mega pixel camera. Stay with your two mega pixel and you can't even record film ha.
You forgot to mention that you cannot send MMS or Multimedia Message of a photo taken on the iPhone, only does via email. But who cares? I am getting two of them!
for all who say no MMS well i think i have it figured out. ok so if you have email access on the iphone then you can send pics to your friends to their phones to different networks. this is what i did. right now i have verizon and my dad has att. so if i put in my outlook email my ##########@vtext.com and send it i get a text but no pic if i email my ########@vzxpix.com my phone gets the pic. now on my dads phone if i email his #########@mms.mycingular.com gets texts and pics too. so all you would have to do is just add a second email to all yours friends info if you need to send a pic.
Lol... Less and less appealing every day. Everything that the iPhone doesn't do, my Windows Mobile 5 phone does (and more). Oh yes, and it's cheaper, unlocked, and available everywhere without waiting like a peon in a lineup...
ROFL!
a) WM is slow, buggy and crashes every 5 mins b) WM is an OS not a phone!
SYmbian and Linux both offer iphone beatersm notably the only decent phone that categorically beats the iphone is the symbian N95.
But the iphone is COOLER! :p
... So comparing Windows Mobile to iPhone OSX isn't a legitimate comparison? Talk about bloatware - 700MB of OS?!
I don't know what that ROFL person is going on about. I've had WM5 smart phone for 8 months and it's never crashed and has performed smoothly without any problem.
I use an HIC p4350. It has a nice large touch screen. It has an illuminated full functional slide on keyboard in addition to a stylus and plain old finger inputs. It's thicker and heavier than the iPhone but personally I don't care for light and ultra slim. Too easy to lose. Too easy to sit on/step on and damage.
So I'm happy with my phone now and the iPhone, while intriguing and very beautiful isn't compelling. There are key negatives that would prevent me from purchasing it:
1) Lack of a removable battery (sorry can't wait on the Post Office and Apple to replace the battery for me when it's my only means of communication)
2) Lack of mp3 ringtone support. I've customized rings for ALL of my contacts so I know who they are before I even look at the phone.
3) Lack of MMS.
I'd like to see where the 2nd gen of the iPhone ends up, tho. The first gen of iPods was "ok", but by third gen it was great. I'm sure I'll end up with an iPhone at some point. But not this one.
Well...for all those who throw up a little bit in their mouths when they see an Apple and/or iPhone news story ... I throw up a little bit in MY mouth every time I see a Start Menu. Unfortnately that's every morning when I log in at work, but at least I don't have to see it at home...and I most certainly wouldn't want Windows or Microsoft ANTYHING on my phone. In fact, I can't think of anything I'd want less.
I currently using a Motorola q on Verizon. Nice piece of hardware (except battery life is AWFUL with the standard battery) The software - WM5 is crippling. It is buggy, SLOW, crashes, takes WAY too many steps to do simple things. Text messaging/notification is really bad. The same hardware running really good software would be MUCH better. I'm thinking of switching to ATT just to get the iPhone, even though it will cost me to cancel my V service. It IS about the software, not just the hardware. The idea that Apple makes both is what gives the iPhone the potential to be "revolutionary".
JM I don't think you're running WM5 - not for touch screen devices...
I will personally laugh at every single person I see with one of these pieces of crap. That's more of a list of complaints anyway.
Oh yeah, and that glass breaks VERY easily, and the keyboard is laughable.
i'm sorry but since the iphone how would you know it will break easily?..don't pressume and jump on the hate bandwagon
funny how none of the reviewers had a broken screen and it looks like they gave it very heavy treatment testing for scratches. Also strangely enough none of them mentioned that the touch screen "requires somewhat hard presses to register input" which was an issue claimed by one of Engadget's "very trusted source". so much for those.
Are you retarded? It is optical glass, which is very strong.
@rdrr - Optical glass is notoriously easy to chip at the edges, and mobiles get abused a lot...
Most glasses you'll see on people are actually plastic - glass is only necessary for the high-index (i.e. really bad eyesight), and their weight & breakability is a huge factor. You can't play sports with glass-glasses, for example.
300-400 charge cycles... soo, that like a year for heavy users?
Well, if you use it that much, like I do my motorola phone - I charge it almost daily -- so 365 days in a year -- hmmm...300 - 400 charges - so, from under a year to just over a year expected battery life. What crap.
Wouldn't that be full charges?
everyone here is way to critical of apple, if this were any other company's phone you'd look past its flaws but since apple actually knows how to market its products it gets nothing but insults.
You forgot to mention that Baig said that there is NO STEREO BLUETOOTH SUPPORT. How long is it going to take Apple to catch up with the rest of the world.
QFT
Sigh, Apple made the 3 mistakes I never imagined they would be stupid enough to make, no using your music as ringtones, no stereo bluetooth, no video recording. I still really, really want one but I'm so much less excited after hearing these things =(
It'll take them a year or so to catch up with the rest of the world...this way they get all the fanboys to buy a phone now and then again in a year after they add all the features that should have been in the first version.
i mean i know there are firmware updates but come on
NO COPY AND PASTE for christ sake. and for 600 bucks they still couldnt get that adobe flash thing working right.
im not placing this product to high standards but a windows mobile phone is looking more and more entertaining
For a phone that has a 700MB OS it sure has very little features... let's see.
1. Can't use MP3 as ringtone.
2. Can't copy and paste.
3. No Flash.
4. No video recording.
5. No MMS
6. No voice dilaing
7. Can't change battery yourself (a standard on phones since early 90s)
And people complained that Windows Mobile is bloated!
Jon,
hah hah. So, while I'm downloading upgrades for my iPhone this summer including mp3 ringtones, Flash, voice dialing, and video recording...
Can I assume you'll be downloading a 3.5" 160-dpi screen, a full html browser, cover art browsing for your music and a photo organizer for your Nokia?
Let me know when your download is done.
Jim
Hey Jim, wanna tell me when you finish downloading the firmware update that lets you replace the batteries after they wear out in a year?
Jim, you sure know nothing of S60... The web browser built into Nokia S60 is beyond awesome. The music player also supports album art since the released of the music edition N series, which is like, more than half a year now?
The iPhone is ridiculous. It doesn't support many basic features that has existed in the Nokia S60 platform since version 1. My very old N-Gage, which is like 4-5 years old, even supported all those MMS, voice dialing, and copy/paste texts. Don't even mention my current N73ME, which is far better than the iPhone.
If you don't know a thing about the Nokia OS, don't use it as an example. It only shows how ignorant you are, which really reflects what iPhone fanboys are typically like.
Oh man Jim you are so behind times.
I have been surfing the web full HTML since 2001 using NetFront. Since 2005 I have been surfing on my 3.5" 192dpi (VGA - that is 480x640 pixels) HTC Universal, listening to music with cover art and downloading flash games (not the updates!).
My backup phone, a Nokia N80 has a 220dpi screen with full HTML browser as well.
Call me in 2010 when Apple finally catches up.
You did miss one right after: Apple can (and supposedly will) be rolling out periodic updates -- no surprise there.
-Said updates will occur until the next model comes out. At which point you will have to buy new hardware to get new software.
Having a locked-in phone makes it that much more complicated to upgrade or sell before your 2 year contract is up. Even when it is up, the phone is locked to att... and will be on its third battery.
Im going to have to disagree with you on this one. I recieved plenty of updates to my 3G ipod well after the 4G & 4G Photo were introduced. Apple also keeps updates on Panther as well. Sorry dude, your statement isnt founded on anything but garbage.
Funny. theoretically my 60GB iPod Photo is capable of doing most of the nifty features that the current iPod with Video can do. (What you think they couldn't put searching features on my Photo?) The key point is Apple makes the nifty new features a selling point on the new models. I fully expect the same with the iPhone IF and only if it remains a string seller. Apple has a history of sticking it to their customers on the small things when their products are doing well. iPod updates/wireless firmware updates/Full Screen in Quicktime/etc.
hm.. iphone used to look appealing, but now i learn it doesnt send MMS, doesnt make videos.. doesnt let me see flash videos.. doesnt let me use a mp3 for a ringtone.. hm.. hopefully things resolve with firmware updates. Would the iPhone be technical capable of processing flash? Or is that an unbelievable stupid question, considering it somehow show's youtube videos, which i always thought were flash based.
a Flash player would have to be ported to use whatever processor the iPhone is using. A Rossetta-Like emulation would be out of the question because of performance. Adobe and Apple working together should be able to fix this if they choose to.
YouTube's agreement with Apple delivers the video in H.264 (specifically the 3GP variety, which is the standard for mobile video).
Thus, there is no need for the flash player when OS X, Quicktime, iTunes/iPod features all have the built in ability to playback H.264.
YouTube definitely uses Flash video, and while the other OSX apps will no doubt handle the video issues, how are you going to browse heavily Flash-dependent websites without Flash support?
do you people SERIOUSLY have nothing better to do than complain about a phone?
I agree with Derek...complaining about something that you're (probably) not going to buy anyway? Come on, get a grip.
Do you,derek, SERIOUSLY have nothing better to do than complain about people voicing their opinions?
Also, it takes 30 seconds to post a reply, it's not like everyone just sits at these articles for hours on end.
I would like to know how much that WSJ guy was paid for a positive review. I'm gonna wait for the REAL reviews, after the phone comes out. Some things are good. That browser is sweet, and the email is pretty nifty.
That keyboard is a HUGE downside. You cant swap the batter out ARE YOU KIDDING. No way, i'm not buying that. I carry 2 batteries with me at ALL times. Plus the battery life stinks. No copy and paste? holy shit! I'd say if it had a real keyboard, and swappable battery, i might have a boner. But nah, I dont want this version. I'm sure we can get a jap knock off that does a better job.
Dude: get a dock-connector battery pack (available for iPods). Same principle as an extra battery. Do you honestly think more than half a percent of the population walks around with extra-batteries in their pocket? Billions use their cellphones their whole life without a single battery swap. Give me a break.
Making mountains of molehills.
that just made me not want to buy an iPhone
Why doesn't Engadget just change it's name to "Engadget: All The iPhone news no one needs! (Oh, and Other Gadgets...)"
try this link, asshat.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/20/tired-of-iphone-and-or-apple-news-on-engadget/
*since it isn't out yet!
But the funniest video ever on the NY Times: http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=4bc52538d93e13b6c2ffe27d7ff17c30296bdf62
For Some reason, the iPhone launch reminds me of the PS3 Launch... It was overhyped, and by the time it came out, the expectations were way too high. And If the PS3 has a game system and a Blu-ray player, what is a phone with 8gb for music going to do? Not to mention they're the same price...
Personally, I'd choose the PS3. And I'm and Xbox 360 Fanboy...
The problem with the PS3 was the price. It had better features than the 360, but the stumbling block was the price.
While the Iphone has a price similar with the PS3 (maybe more once you take into account the thousands of dollars in contract fees), it lacks many features of even dumbphones.
Wow. This is so right on. There will be some early adopters, like the PS3. But this is going to be the biggest failure. Right behind the PS3.
Well, I am seeing the PS3 start to come out a little bit more now, I'd get it for $500 with a game, but probably not for more.
But problem with the iPhone, versus the PS3, is that the PS3 had blu-ray and actual games. You don't have to worry about it losing it's value. With an iPhone as soon as you fill it up, what are you supposed to do? and Putting Videos on it is pretty much pointless... And With Apple, you know there won't be games for it, unless they are iTunes games.
The only thing worse than all of the iPhone coverage is all the bitching about it. Every story has the same comments about the lack of this and how it doesn't do that. And it's not just the iPhone, it's everything. Mac vs. PC, PS3 vs. Xbox, Jesus vs. George Bush. 75% of the blogs I visit are tech related and it's getting more and more annoying and I find myself visiting them less because of it.
Seriously, unless you paid $600 for the iPhone and was somehow mislead, then you have a reason to complain. If not, then find something else you like and let someone else enjoy it.
Fishes,
narco.
"music can't be used as a ringtone -- even if it's just a raw MP3"
Are you shitting me? I have a 5 year old Nokia that can play music as a ringtone, and the iPhone - which is built around a freaking *music player* - can't play a music ringtone? Not that this would be a dealbreaker for me if I were going to buy one, but this seems like the weirdest issue so far.
The only explanation I can think of is that with a distinctive ring, it gives Apple and the new users a chance to show off the phones. Until the ringtone thing is changed, everyone will know what an iPhone sounds like.
Then you get mugged on the subway 'cos you just gave away your $600 iPhone. Hopefully this gets fixed with an update.. afterall, we DID see a ringtones tab in his royal Jobness keynote for Macworld.
Oh, and it comes with a free back-up phone to use when it comes time to send your iphone in for a battery replacement: a pair of tin cans and a string. This thing will tank.
okay....lets see they release an overhyped product with deficiencies and then apple makes changes, markets them and then charges 2.99 for the "upgrade"....because the accountants made them.
everyone will be rejoicing as apple is great and they "listen" to their customers complaints and made this already great awesome device even better...
My T-Mobile Wing does everything that is on the list of things the iPhone doesn't do. Not to mention that I only paid $300 for it. Windows mobile sucks but at least I can voice dial. The only leg up it has is 8GB of storage, but at least I can add a memory card and get there. Did I mention that I CAN CHANGE MY OWN BATTERY? It's a good thing for Apple that the stock market isn't open for another 8 hours...
Well you're a jackass, you know you can get that thing for free just about anywhere you look online! I mean it's only $150 at amazon.com, and if you go down to Cellular Plus in NYC, they'll hook you up for free!
Thanks Gabe. Where were you a month ago when I bought this thing? Cheers...