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The iPhone is Breakthrough Handheld Computer
Apple Posts iPhone Rate Plans
Don't Get 'Hung Up' On Buying An iPhone
iPhone May Not Rock Music Industry
Meet The People Waiting In Line For An iPhone
Survey: Apple Fans – Not Music Fans – Will Buy iPhone
The iPhone is Breakthrough Handheld Computer
The Wall Street Journal's Walter S. Mossberg and Katherine Boehret report:
One of the most important trends in personal technology over the past few years has been the evolution of the humble cellphone into a true handheld computer, a device able to replicate many of the key functions of a laptop. But most of these “smart phones” have had lousy software, confusing user interfaces and clumsy music, video and photo playback. And their designers have struggled to balance screen size, keyboard usability and battery life.
Now, Apple Inc., whose digital products are hailed for their design and innovation, is jumping into this smart phone market with the iPhone, which goes on sale in a few days after months of the most frenzied hype and speculation we have ever seen for a single technology product. Even though the phone’s minimum price is a hefty $499, people are already lining up outside Apple stores to be among the first to snag one when they go on sale Friday evening.
We have been testing the iPhone for two weeks, in multiple usage scenarios, in cities across the country. Our verdict is that, despite some flaws and feature omissions, the iPhone is, on balance, a beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer. Its software, especially, sets a new bar for the smart-phone industry, and its clever finger-touch interface, which dispenses with a stylus and most buttons, works well, though it sometimes adds steps to common functions.
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Apple Posts iPhone Rate Plans
All iPhone service plans include Visual Voicemail and unlimited data - Internet and email - so you only have to decide how many minutes and SMS text messages you need. You'll select your plan when you activate your iPhone using iTunes on your computer.
Existing AT&T Customers
If you’re already an AT&T customer and want to keep your current voice plan, you can just add an iPhone Data Plan with unlimited data (email and web) and Visual Voicemail for just $20 per month.
Check AT&T coverage in your area.
AT&T is the exclusive carrier for iPhone in the United States - which means you'll gain access to the country's largest digital voice and data network.
Individual rates:
(*)More SMS text messages can be added to any plan.
Minimum new 2-year wireless service plan and activation fee required to activate iPhone features, including iPod; plans are subject to AT&T credit approval.
For more rates, information, and links see: http://www.apple.com/iphone/easysetup/rateplans.html
(*)Price reflects one line. A minimum of two lines are required. Additional iPhone lines are $29.99 each. Family plans for two iPhones start at $109.99. Additional SMS text messages can be added to any plan.
Minimum new 2-year wireless service plan and activation fee required to activate iPhone features, including iPod; plans are subject to AT&T credit approval.
Don't Get 'Hung Up' On Buying An iPhone
The New York Post's Glenn Fleishman says:
TENS of thousands of people are expected to line up this Friday for themost hyped gadget of the decade - the iPhone.
Don't be one of them.
Oh, it's a technological marvel. But Apple's all-in-one handheld isn't the best cellphone - or even the best iPhone - that will be sold in the next year.
The iPhone crams so many different features into its slightly bulky form that it can only excel at one, and compromise on the rest. After spending some time, albeit briefly, with the iPhone, it's clear to me that Internet and e-mail are the parts that suffered.
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iPhone May Not Rock Music Industry
AP' Alex Veiga reports:
Carlos Gomez could be the recording industry's ideal mobile music customer.
His phone is his music player of choice and he spends about $100 a month buying songs for it — often on impulse after hearing a tune on his car radio.
That's why he's not buying an iPhone.
It's not that he doesn't want one. The 24-year-old office clerk is mesmerized by the look and feel of Apple Inc.'s uber-sleek new phone that's a combination cell phone, iPod media player and Web-browsing gadget. He particularly likes its touch-screen navigation.
But Gomez says he won't buy the handset because users can't use it to buy and download music over a wireless network.
Instead, iPhone owners will have to buy music via their computers and then download it to their phones, a process called side-loading.
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Meet The People Waiting In Line For An iPhone
InformationWeek's K.C. Jones reports:
Perspiration glistened on Eric Mueller's forehead. His skin baked under the midday sun, as the heat index rose to 99 degrees. Mueller held the fifth spot in an iPhone line that started forming at 5 a.m. Monday outside Apple's flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York.
With three days to go, it seemed that nothing could deter the small group of iPhone fans who waited patiently on Tuesday to spend up to $600 for an electronic device that promises to be all things to technophiles. It'll cost another $60 to $100 a month for a service plan to make it actually work.
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Survey: Apple Fans – Not Music Fans – Will Buy iPhone
PCMag's Mark Hachman reports:
According to a study released Monday, only a small percentage of U.S. users actually use music phones to play back music.
The study, generated by Jupiter Research, found that five percent of consumers "sideload," or shift songs from their PC to their phone. And only two percent of consumers download music from over-the-air services from carriers like AT&T, which will launch the Apple iPhone this week, to the phones themselves.
Jupiter concluded that... purchasers of the iPhone will be interested in it primarily because of the Apple name and interface, not because of its music capabilities.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2150841,00.asp
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