Comments on: How to launch an iPhone: A tale of two videos

By: Rusty, Owings Mills, MD

Rusty, Owings Mills, MD — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:40:29 +0000

Tome says "Apple product was never meant to be cool. It was always about higher quality software and hardware design, better innovation and end-user friendly interface."

Sounds pretty cool to me!

By: MT,Herndon,VA

MT,Herndon,VA — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:20:58 +0000

"get Apple stuff and be cool, but you have to put up with AT&T crap to get there", As a good friend of mine always says, “Free lunch does not exist”.

By: ballmer, Redmond

ballmer, Redmond — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:05:05 +0000

Stupid!

http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

By: CR, Boulder, CO

CR, Boulder, CO — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:03:17 +0000

FYI – I went to do the "pre-credit check" and was informed by both store reps and a customer service rep on the phone that there is no point. Because they don't have access to the "necessary things" yet for the iPhone, they told me they would have to run the credit check again on the 11th anyway. Although the iReady Checklist clearly says that doing a credit check ahead of time will save customers time on the 11th, this seems NOT to be true (unless the 3 people I spoke with just didn't know the deal).

By: Cho Cha

Cho Cha — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:01:52 +0000

I've been w/AT&T for almost 10 years. I hated the company and it's service for the 1st 8 years. Lately, service has been great, I never have dropped calls and the call quality is outstanding. Just because AT&T is giving me 50.00 off the iPhone doesn't effect what I think about them.

By: JAy., Houston, TX

JAy., Houston, TX — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:49:16 +0000

Looking through the AT&T info online (Thanks, PED, for the link), the most disturbing thing I saw was the fact that AT&T will apparently be limiting purchase quantities to 1 per person in line on July 11. Guess family plans have to wait until the second supply truck comes in!

By: Louis, Parker, CO

Louis, Parker, CO — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:36:49 +0000

So what's the big problem with waiting until July 12?

By: Tom, San jose, CA

Tom, San jose, CA — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:27:58 +0000

Apple product was never meant to be cool. It was always about higher quality software and hardware design, better innovation and end-user friendly interface. We started using Apple when it was just the Apple II and never looked back even when we had to use Windows in our office or needing AIX, HP-UX and SOlaris to do other back-end heavy lifting.

Windows users used to laugh at Mac owners and called us a cult. WHere did all these "cool" or "status" come from and why? Apple just ships higher end useful product.

By: AAPLpie

AAPLpie — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:10:19 +0000

This is a very interesting article. Certainly highlights the differences between these two corporations…get Apple stuff and be cool, but you have to put up with AT&T crap to get there!! There's always a cloud around your silver lining, it would seem.