Comments on: iPhones $200 Off? Holy Wow! http://nslog.com/2007/09/05/iphones_200_off_holy_wow The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:26:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Arden http://nslog.com/2007/09/05/iphones_200_off_holy_wow#comment-43150 Arden Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:48:52 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/09/05/iphones_200_off_holy_wow#comment-43150 $0.99 for a ringtone where you can customize the specific snippet of the song you get is quite a better deal than $2.50 for some random portion of a song. But it still leaves open the market for iToner, as Daniel mentioned. $0.99 for a ringtone where you can customize the specific snippet of the song you get is quite a better deal than $2.50 for some random portion of a song. But it still leaves open the market for iToner, as Daniel mentioned.

]]> By: Daniel http://nslog.com/2007/09/05/iphones_200_off_holy_wow#comment-43142 Daniel Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:50:31 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/09/05/iphones_200_off_holy_wow#comment-43142 I, too, wanted to see Mail on the Touch model. I understand why it's not there (it would take away from iPhone sales), but I don't understand the absence of the Google Maps icon - Safari is there, so why not Google Maps? All it is is an iPhone-specific interface to the regular Google Maps website, so I don't see why it's not there. And yeah, I don't get the $0.99 pricing of a ringtone - and that you can only make one from music that you bought from the iTunes Store. 99 cents is too much, and the selection is too limited. Good thing there's <a href="http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/itoner/">iToner</a> - the only ringtones I use are old TV show theme songs (and only ones without lyrics - magnum, p.i.; Rockford Files; Simon & Simon; Sanford & Son). I, too, wanted to see Mail on the Touch model. I understand why it's not there (it would take away from iPhone sales), but I don't understand the absence of the Google Maps icon - Safari is there, so why not Google Maps? All it is is an iPhone-specific interface to the regular Google Maps website, so I don't see why it's not there.

And yeah, I don't get the $0.99 pricing of a ringtone - and that you can only make one from music that you bought from the iTunes Store. 99 cents is too much, and the selection is too limited. Good thing there's iToner - the only ringtones I use are old TV show theme songs (and only ones without lyrics - magnum, p.i.; Rockford Files; Simon & Simon; Sanford & Son).

]]> By: Brad Miller http://nslog.com/2007/09/05/iphones_200_off_holy_wow#comment-43136 Brad Miller Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:40:11 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/09/05/iphones_200_off_holy_wow#comment-43136 I'd like to see Mail too. It's something Apple should include. Google Maps would be nice, but not as big of a deal. I'd really like the mobile safari and mail apps but don't really want to do an iPhone since I'm almost always someplace with wifi. I don't really want the extra phone bill for something I'll almost never use. I'd like to see Mail too. It's something Apple should include. Google Maps would be nice, but not as big of a deal. I'd really like the mobile safari and mail apps but don't really want to do an iPhone since I'm almost always someplace with wifi. I don't really want the extra phone bill for something I'll almost never use.

]]> By: Aaron Linville http://nslog.com/2007/09/05/iphones_200_off_holy_wow#comment-43126 Aaron Linville Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:27:00 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/09/05/iphones_200_off_holy_wow#comment-43126 I'd like to see Mail and Google Maps on the iPod Touch (I imagine this will happen within a week of people getting their hands on them). I'm tempted, very tempted. But too many other things in the queue to buy and my 2nd gen. iPod is trucking along just fine. And for the cheapskates, <a href="http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=BC784DCD&nplm=MA501LL/A">4 GB iPhones are $299</a> while supplies last. I'd like to see Mail and Google Maps on the iPod Touch (I imagine this will happen within a week of people getting their hands on them). I'm tempted, very tempted. But too many other things in the queue to buy and my 2nd gen. iPod is trucking along just fine.

And for the cheapskates, 4 GB iPhones are $299 while supplies last.

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