Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

I have to say, I am not very pleased with ATT-Cingular lately, and I expected the iPhone to be prohibitively expensive when final prices and rate plans were released . . . so I thought it would not be on my radar at all. Yet, as it turns out it doesn't look that bad.

All the plans have unlimited data and interweb access. The cheap one, $59.99, is only 450 daytime minutes (and 5000 nights and weekends), but that is acceptable (at least for me, I don't talk that much on the mobile during work hours). The data part got me, I figured that would be above and beyond. Hell, I pay $49.99 now for ATT-Cingular with a shitty phone, limited minutes, and no data.

And the phone starts at $499. We already knew that of course, but that's not that bad for a capable smart phone. Couple that with the $59.99 a month and it's really almost compelling. (It's still ATT-Cingular, but, whaddya gonna do, and it's not like another company is any better [that I am aware of anyway].)

So one of you kids needs to run to the Apple store Friday, get in line, try it out, and let me know what you think. Maybe I will buy version 2.0 early next year.