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Well kids, I pulled the trigger and bought what has now become my newest tech obsession… The iPhone. i have to say that i really love this device. For the most part it’s very intuitive. And as for all of the issues people were having with typing on the virtual keyboard, I am almost typing as quickly on it as I was on my Blackberry and I’ve only had it for two days. So, color me very happy. The device is elegant and beautiful. Better yet, it’s functional and smart. It learns from the words I type and begins to use the words that I frequently use as suggestions (replacing its default suggestions) when it sees me going in that direction. I’m pretty impressed.
The device has been responsive and worked straight out of the box, which leads me to the activation process. This was what I was fearing most, but it was so easy. Since I’m already an iTunes user with an Apple Music Store Account the process of synching it for activation was easy. It was literally plug and play. I also happen to be an ATT (formerly Cingular) customer. What this meant was that I didn’t even have to sign up for a new account. I simply went in, told it to replace the current phone on my account with the iPhone, it automatically added the iPhone data + 200 txt msg option, I dropped my Blackberry data plan and my current 200 txt msg option and then it was complete. The whole process took me less than 15 minutes and I did it from the comfort of my own home!! Also, I wasn’t forced to sign a new 2 year deal which I had been led to believe I would have to do by the AT&T CSR. So, all-in-all I was very pleased with the entire process.
Oh, and let us not forget, I am very happy to still have that additional $200 in my bank account as well…
I’m still glad I waited. I would rather spend my $200 on what I want rather than have a $100 credit only usable at the Apple Store or Apple.com. Don’t get me wrong, I love Apple, but I love my hard earned money more!!
– Keith
Published: 03:25 PM EST After personally reading hundreds of emails from disgruntled iPhone customers, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs appears to have had a change of heart and now plans to offer early iPhone adopters a $100 credit towards future Apple purchases.
In an open letter to customers published on Apple’s website, Jobs conceded that while the technology road is a bumpy one, Apple should have done a better job of taking care of early iPhone customers, many of which make up the company’s most faithful.
“Our early customers trusted us, and we must live up to that trust with our actions in moments like these,” he wrote, referring Wednesday’s unprecedented 33 percent price drop on the iPhone just 9 weeks after release. “Therefore, we have decided to offer every iPhone customer who purchased an iPhone from either Apple or AT&T, and who is not receiving a rebate or any other consideration, a $100 store credit towards the purchase of any product at an Apple Retail Store or the Apple Online Store.”
Details on the $100 store credit are still being worked out, according to Jobs, but will be posted on Apple’s website sometime next week.
“We want to do the right thing for our valued iPhone customers,” Jobs added. “We apologize for disappointing some of you, and we are doing our best to live up to your high expectations of Apple.”
iPhone Price Drop & Ring Tones Response
