monday of this week had quite the busy (and highly anticipated) morning. no, it wasn’t work. instead it was steve job’s keynote address at the world wide developers conference (wwdc) in san francisco. everyone basically wanted to hear news and see photos of the new 3g iphone that was expected to be announced. the address started shortly after 10am at which point i took a break from work, connected all 3 monitors to several audio and video feeds and constantly updating news feeds from those who were there in order to take part in the event. after a little over an hour of listening to developers and software companies talk about their new iphone applications and what was to come this year, steve jobs FINALLY introduced the new iphone 3g. awesome!! although i wasn’t expecting it to actually go on sale the same day, i was hoping it would or at least within the next week or so. the new pricing is dramatically lower than the original iphone last year which makes it even more appealing and much more within reach of many more people. it starts at $199 for the 8gb model and $299 for the 16gb, the latter of which i will be picking up. it’s also going to be released in about 70 countries worldwide all at the same time which will skyrocket its user base in hopes to taking over the smartphone market. unfortunately, the release date is not until july 17th! ugh! i’ve waited this long so i guess i can wait another month, but it will be quite painful. i guess the two good things about waiting another month is 1) that is one less month i get charged in fees when i break my verizon contract (set to end this november), and 2) it gives me more time to save up, or rather pay off some existing bills.
however, july 17th still can’t some soon enough!
