I can recognize it easily. I won't however, pay for the Jobs Retirement Portfolio price premium to own it. Not all of us need to *buy* cool and the smarter ones realize that being an early adopter is rarely a net positive.
I paid half that, and without a 2-year contract, for a handhled navigation unit. That will be far more beneficial to me and I waited for the early adopters to pay for the R&D costs. What will I be missing in my life by not having an iPhone? Seriously. The only people that I heard calling Zune an iPod killer were MS marketing trolls. You believed them? > -----Original Message----- > On the other hand, why are some people so unable to recognize something > that is truly innovative and wonderful when it comes along? I guess > these > are the same people who were telling us that the Zune was an "iPod > killer." > > My 1st gen iPod cost $500. I still use it today and it is still as > wonderful as it was on day one. Up to now I saw no need to replace it. > > Now that I have seen the iPhone I finally see something that is an iPod > killer. The only thing wrong with the new deal is shelling out > $1200/year > to Cingular/ATT for a service contract. However I'm seeing predictions > of > a new line of iPods based on the iPhone design. That will get me to > part > with $500. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
