iPhone Again

Ok, I hope this will be the last time I speak about the iPhone in a while. But Steve Jobs is finally offering the $100 rebate for those who bought it early. Unfortunately, you have to have an activated AT&T number. Way to screw the rest of us, Steve. Hopefully, there'll be a way around this soon. But I'm sure Apple knows that more than half of the people who bought the phone aren't subscribed to AT&T, which is why they allowed this. Only half of the people will get the rebate, and Steve gets to keep his money. What a load of applesauce!

On a happier note, it seems the iPod Touch, despite its 16gb of memory and similar price to the iPhone, does not come with Bluetooth at all. And on top of that, the screen sucks compared to the iPhone! Also, all the third party applications that are available for the iPhone, are useless on the Touch! Makes me happy I didn't wait for the Touch. For those who are gonna get the Touch. Good luck to those who are gonna get the Touch. I'll be watching my videos happily without having to tilt it away, and playing all my games, and using my apps. :)

And in other news, it seems that Apple has been signing deals left and right with telecoms from different countries, and announcing the exclusive iPhone deals there. Yet there hasn't been anything announced in the Philippines. Hmm... makes you wonder whether they'll release it here or not. Certainly, it won't be this year. It might be next year. But how many people are actually patient enough to wait for it when there's a free unlock available now? Plus, it's a lot cheaper to buy now too. Cheaper than a Treo, cheaper than an N-series Nokia, cheaper than the P1, or the P990. Why would you wait a year for it? 3G? Who uses that in the Phils? I mean, really. Most people don't even know the difference between 3G and GSM, but say they'll wait for the 3G. Why? Faster data rates? Why would you need it when you have Wi-fi? And if you want to make calls, the other person has to have 3G too. Hmmm... this is prolly why no one has really been using 3G in the Phils. So, huh. I think I'll skip the 3G.