So. I was just wondering how all the V1 iPhony owners are feeling about the latest news from [Cr]Apple?
Let's see, the V2 iPhone offers 3x better internet speeds and worldwide coverage via AT&Ts' 3G wireless service, opens up the OS for 3rd party apps (finally!), doubles the storage capacity (woohoo - 8 whole gigs, WTF? Why not 32 or 64? Is [Cr]Apple flash memory that special?), and it finally adds MS Exchange synchronization (the lack thereof was definitely one of the biggest show stoppers with V1 for me).
The best part? You'll be able get all this for about one-third of the $599 price tag that the original 4GB iPhone sported (of course, you'll eventually have to pay all of that discount and then some back to AT&T since their 3G data plan is $10 more per month than the EDGE plan - since you will get locked into a two-year plan, add $240 to the new lower price, and more if you want to add text messaging to your AT&T data plan).
I'll wager that all the early adopter fanboys are feeling really good about that decision to camp out at the [Cr]Apple store to snatch up one of those crippled, obsolete, V1 phones right about now. But at least it looks like they can get a firmware upgrade, which just shocks the hell out of me given [Cr]Apple's history of leaving users to swim in their own misery when it comes to OS upgrades - who knew?
Kind of ironic that their stock dropped 4% after the announcement too. I guess even the AAPL shareholders seem to be tiring of the way that bunch in Cupertino treats their loyal users. Can't say I didn't warn you though...
PS - and no, you won't find me queuing up with the rest of the rabble at the [Cr]Apple store on July 11.