The Right Stuff

So I disappeared for some time! Well blame it on the flue that has been bothering me all this time. And then where is Nitin?! Busy racing fords I presume.

Lot has happened in the past two weeks with Apple, so I am going to summarize the iPhone craze.

A] People have been crazy waiting in lines outside Apple & Vodafone stores in New Zealand. Finally got their hands on the black beauty!

B] Apple had a huge set back with the transition to MobileMe with constant ups and downs (more downs… and still downs)

C] iPhone 2.0 and iPod Touch 2.0 officially released.

D] iTune Application store is up, but is really ugly! (iTune 7.7 became available yesterday)

E] And finally the latest, Apple’s iPhone activation servers are now down and customers are being told to go back home with inactive iPhones.

Having read A-lot of reviews that have cropped up in less than 12 hours, I am not impressed, not a wee bit!

Both the original iPhone and the new iPhone 3G look exactly the same from the front, even the OS look and feel is obviously the same. Both now have the iPhone 2.0 firmware available. Personally speaking the original iPhone’s aluminum back looks much more classy.

With the iPhone  3G scheduled to launch in many countries with only limited 2G service, due to lack of 3G around the world, I am not sure what NEW am I expecting. Suddenly it feels that Apple could have done a lot better and given something new besides 3G support, for example what happened to the Video Calling?

More over with high rates of Mobile Data plans in most countries it seems hardly useful to sport an iPhone. Even in the UK, where AT&T is offering unlimited internet access on iPhone 3G plans, I am just wondering are the necessary ports open on the network to use services like MobileMe? An answer I am still searching for.

Well if you already have an iPhone then you should stick to it, if you are planning to get your first iPhone then you don’t have a choice… head for that line…

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