Well I guess I know this has nothing to do with the iphone but just wanted to give you all a headsup another major computer company will be hitting the international abroads .. Hp will be moving to Costa Rica and no longer be in Houston......the assembly line will stay here... for the millions of companies ..but the rest is bye bye..because they wont have topay the workers more money or give them a raise..and they can pay workers from Costa Rica less than here.. and will have a big major profit..and that is our economy for today..
Sorry for the interruption...

Not to worry, our future federal governors will see to it that THEY dispose of our income for us at even a faster rate than Mr. Bush II.

You will be able to text or voice from where ever you pitch your tent!

I'm surprised autxgurl wasn't asking people to donate the cost of the phone to her as she is hurting so bad financially. Maybe we should give her a minute & she'll get around to it. Now back to the phone & the people who think they need it....this is one of the reasons people can't make their house payments, loan payments etc...cuz they are too busy keeping up with the Redrages & buying elaborate gadgets they don't need. If they would instead put that money away for a rainy day, when that day comes, they won't be crying about losing their house.
Yes podunk, it is nice to splurge every now & again on unnecessary items as most of us work hard for what little we get to keep, but this country has forgotten totally how to save for that proverbial rainy day. The way things are going with gas, food, etc....disposable income is becoming a thing of the past, regardless of how much you make, and the rainy days are fast approaching.

I work with many who are not poor Red. Some have their $35,000 trucks they use to pull their $30,000 bay fishing boats. And they cry, cry about $4 a gal. gasoline.

All in your priorities. Too many are sticking their hands out and "whining" alot nowadays.

We can't all be living large in Big D. ;)

People standing in line for a high dollar phone they have no need for, standing in line for high dollar video games they don't need, putting 22" wheels and tires with massive sound systems on their cars.

Then complain about $4 a gallon gasoline hurting you and the family.

Give it to me later Ethel. OPEC and the Congress have you just where they want you.

Technology, its value and what you should do with your money and time.

We are fortunate that even though are economy is a “blended economy” we still can spend our cash where we wish and on what we wish.

My phone does more things than I will ever use, they just come that way now. But there are those folks who cannot get enough of the latest gadget.

I equate it to the Hot Rod owners of the 50s and 60s. Those guys would do all kinds of things to their cars, buy gadgets, spend hours “tweeking” them.
One of my Sons has a tricked out G-3 Mitsubishi. Hey, His money, His time, His hobby. I have done much of the same to the Diesel truck I drive. Lots of fun.

What I have seen, most folks set the edge of what is prudent and reasonable to purchase, use, do on vacation, spend on a watch, a car or anything else right where the money they have stops. Anything past that is waste, windfall profits, extravagant and should be donated to the “needy”. Odd thinking??

These people need to get lives. Donate that money to a worthwhile organization or some needy cause. A phone is a phone (except for the I-phone of course), it's supposed to be used to make phone calls. Anyone who pays $500 for a phone, any phone, is demented. Technology on the go, right? Who needs it that bad? As long as my phone can make a phone call that's all I need.