iPhone Again

I pulled my iPhone 3G countdown timer off my site, as I no longer give a shit. AT&T's screwing their existing customers (as mentioned in my prior post), and Steve Jobs misled the public at WWDC, when he announced $199 and $299 for the two new phones.

I spent 20 minutes on the phone with AT&T today, explaining why I feel I'm getting screwed here, and pointing out that I was forced to upgrade last time -- it wasn't an upgrade of my choice, but one of AT&T's choice (i.e. shutting down their CDMA network).

Apparently I'm not the only one who called and complained about it, as the CSR read me a memo, explaining that companies routinely shut down old services in favor of new ones, i.e. the impeding switch from analog to digital television, and that shutting down CDMA was to my benefit, as it provided better service and communication, blah, blah, blah.

Both companies get a D- for how this one was handled. :(

Jobs

I'm a bit depressed today, as this is the first time in some 15 years I haven't been able to attend WWDC. Steve Jobs' keynote is underway, and it's strange to be following it via blog, rather than by being in the room with the rest of the Apple Faithful.

Right now I'm watching for news on the new iPhone. I want!

Oh, I haven't yet commented on last Tuesday's primary, nor have I commented yet on Hillary's speech on Saturday. I expect I'll get around do that sometime within the next couple of days.