While upgrading my 1G iphone to software 2.0 at 10:30 a.m. today, it has hung at the "accessing iTunes store." It finally timed out and now my phone is bricked. It is stuck on a picture of a USB cable plugging into iTunes and the phone will only allow an emergency call.

Nice.

I have not seen anyone else comment on this.

Any thoughts on what to do?

I powered down and back on and the iPhone sticks on the same image. I get the same "We could not complete your iTunes Store request. An unknown error occurred (-9838). There was an error in the iTunes Store. Please try again later."

Not sure why they say this is cheaper than existing mods. My Honda Odyssey with a lowered floor and ramp costs about $20,000 more than a similar non-modified Honda. And I can drive right up the ramp and into a locking dock (for my power wheelchair) from which I can then drive the car without transfering at all to a regular seat (which is difficult or impossible for many). Google for VMI Odyssey vans if you are curious to see how that works.

Not sure why this new system is so expensive. The lift and special seat are existing technology that I think you can get for around $10,000 to maybe $15,000 max. Why so much for the LIDAR technology? My guess is that the remote control apparatus on the chair itself is what is really expensive. An interface to the existing joystick would be pretty hard to do I bet.

Whatever the case, it is great to see people working on new technologies for the disabled. I don't know what I would do without my existing high tech chair, van, and lifts.