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iPhone Envy
Monday, August 13, 2007
There were lots of iPhones at C4 this past weekend. I’d guess that 70% of the developers attending the conference brought an iPhone. Not me.
I want one. A lot. But I don’t use a cell phone that much, and the idea of having to pay $60/month for service, in addition to the $600 to get the phone, really puts me off. Once you add taxes, that’s around $1,400 for the first year. Not cheap. I can buy a lot of other cool toys with that money.
I do have a cell phone now, but it’s unlocked, so I purchased a prepaid card for it. This way I’m paying closer to $25/month (including taxes). So to be fair, the real first-year cost of an iPhone to me would be about $1,100. Still not chump-change.
However, I can’t claim to have the best resolve when it comes to spending money on cool toys. I’m sure that if I were to go to an Apple Store and play with an iPhone, I’d leave with one. So I haven’t been to an Apple Store since the iPhone was released. And although I was surrounded by iPhones at C4, I never asked anyone if I could try theirs. That would be too risky.
I’d love to write an application for the iPhone. You can hack something now, though I wouldn’t want to try to market an iPhone hack. But as soon as Apple delivers an iPhone SDK, I’m sure I’ll get an iPhone.
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We're totally in the same boat when it comes to the iPhone. I'm *really* not a phone person, but I have a crappy phone that I mostly use when traveling. I have also resisted the siren call of the iPhone, but had my first hands-on experience at C4 :) Posted by Daniel Jalkut on August 13, 2007 12:29 PM |
I know the problem all too well when it comes to un-needed (but oh-so-wanted) gadgets. I've got a Mac Pro, and I've got it pretty loaded up with drives and RAM. I've got a couple nice large displays, too. Apple comes out with a new iMac and I'm trying to keep myself from buying one. I have zero need for an iMac, I'd have near-zero use for one, too, but does that stop the brain from desiring it? Heck no. Posted by Doug on August 13, 2007 12:32 PM |
If you go to an Apple store, there is a very high probably that you will leave with one. It is a truly amazing little device. Posted by Marcus S. Zarra on August 13, 2007 12:43 PM |
You could consider it a "remote support" device. That way, you can answer mere-mortal-software.com support requests from anywhere, thereby increasing productivity and improving customer service! Yeah! Posted by J Nozzi on August 13, 2007 1:44 PM |
I fit into the category "oh-so-want" an iPhone. Dave, I thought Apple provided a SDK for the iPhone http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/download.html Posted by Larry Stage on November 13, 2008 7:53 AM |
All support and evolution for this app seems to have ceased. iPhones and iPads are now very widespread and one of my greatest frustrations is that all my secure information cannot be easily migrated over as there is no iPhone app and the export function provides no CSV option. Posted by Richard Soos on August 30, 2010 2:19 AM |
