Thursday, June 28, 2007

iDay!

Well, it's almost here. After weeks, months, years of waiting, the iPhone is only about 24 hours away! After 6 months of a slow build in anticipation, the last couple of weeks have seen a cascade of exciting new information about the thing. Details like new features, good rate plans, videos on features and how-to's... every day there's an exciting new revelation. For example:
- You don't have to go through a long in-store activation process as like you normally do with new cell service. You do it through iTunes.
- Apple has a page, updated nightly, where you can check iPhone availability at Apple retail stores. Who else does that for any product?!
- The first batch of official reviews have all been good; the thing's living up to the hype.

And just today...another testament to the greatness of Apple...at a company-wide meeting at their headquarters, His Steveness told employees that every employee who's worked there for at least a year, including part-timers...everybody...will get a free iPhone next month! And not just the 4gb one, but the 8gb one. Isn't that amazing?!

If you want to follow along as obsessively as I do, add TUAW and AppleInsider and iPhone Matters to your frequently-checked sites. And no, I'm not camping out in line to get one, like some people have been since Tuesday. I'm not even going to get one anytime soon. I like to wait awhile, to let any bugs get worked out. Still, I will go to a local AT&T store tomorrow to check it out and see the frenzy. For those of you with an Apple Store in town, go forth and partake in the madness, 6pm tomorrow!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'd be content with a black and white television that airs nothing but nude photos of OJL.

Anonymous said...

I just got a new string for my tin cans.

Anonymous said...

so did you get the damn thing?

JWH said...

No, like I said, I'm resisting it for now. I did go to the premiere at a local AT&T store Friday and play with it. It is indeed amazing! But I'm waiting a little while for a few more pieces to fall into place.