[…] None of my readers fessed up to owning an iPhone yet. So what phones do you guys have? I have a Samsung SCH-A670 which kinda looks like this: […]

Craig, I use BitPim too. I’m kinda bummed out because I wanted to buy the Samsung SCH-u740 and it doesn’t seem to be supported. I currently have the old SCH-a670 and BitPim works great.

I could never get the free internet thing working. It would be a pain to browse the web on it anyway. At least the iPhone has an actual browser and works with normal web. Not that I really need it.

Wikke – I second that. You can actually buy a MacMini for the same price – or a low end Dell desktop. Add another $500 to this, and you have yourself a new MacBook or a lower end Dell laptop.

Don’t have one don’t plan on getting one and if ya gave me one I’d sell it…after i played with it for a month or two (of course), lmao.

I really want an iPhone, but I can’t justify it to even myself! I guess it is the geek in me that loves all the technology inside.

I recently moved to Verizon and got an LG VX8300 for free (two actually, one for my wife as well). I found a little program called BitPim that allowed me to hack the phone and configure it for free internet access (It uses minutes, but not the extra internet charge). It alos had a microSD slot, so putting my music on it is a breeze.

I have almost all the same capabilities as the iPhone. Mine may not be as pretty, but it is just as functional.

Oh, did I mention that I can actually make phone calls? ;-)

I’d rather save a little more money and buy me a good laptop. Only differences are the portability (maybe) and the call functionality (maybe)…

My current cell phone also has a lot of features, which is nice, but i don’t use them a lot, so why pay more than twice as more for a bit extra? Oh, yeah, because it’s Apple :p

Nowadays, I hate almost everything from Apple because of the lock-in. They are always almost forcing you to have all their products/software once you buy the first one.

I would rather wait for similar models from other companies that would allow me to choose the telecom company, to use other resources of the cell without it being connected to a line, and to put and play any common and accepted standard.

Version 2.0 is always better

So true ;)

I’d love one (version 1.0 or 2.0 :P), but they don’t even have a date for release in the UK yet :(