To iPhone or not to iPhone
Posted by Jason on June 12, 2008
OK, though I’ve bought tons of iPods since they came out. (Hey my first iPod was so old, it actually had scrollwheel that moved! You kids today with your touchscreens!! Now, get off my lawn!!!)
Uh, what was I saying?.. oh Yeah, I don’t have an iPhone. There were several things holding me back, but the main thing was I was waiting for was the “version 2.0″ which was announced this week. And now that its here, I think I might be holding off a little while longer. Right now I am on Sprint, and have their SERO plan (the absolute best kept secret in the cell phone market.) I have a Motorola Q, which is a functional but sucky Windows Mobile phone. The only thing it does that’s worthwhile is push email/contacts/calendar with our Exchange server at work. I can get that now on the new iPhone (and the old ones too, but you can’t get those anymore.) My current iPod is a 32gig Touch, which is awesomely cool and all, but I still have to carry along two things most of the time. Could I squeeze into a 16 gig iPhone? Probably. The Touch could always go up on ebay.
The biggest that keeps me from making the leap is the plan cost. My current plan gets like 500 minutes, unlimited data and 500 text messages for $35 a month (I told you SERO was great.). The minimum iPhone plan is going to be $70 and that may or may not include any text messages. That’s a big jump in price every month for the same service. What I wouldn’t give for an iPhone that would run on the Sprint network.
So for now, I think I’ll hold on to my sucky Q and look for the eventually to be coming 32gig iPhone, and then think it over again. Unless some awesome applications show up that push me over the top. I hear there’s rumors of a wordpress client…
