saw commercial tonight.<br>Well I'll be taking THAT Friday off!!.<br><br>Cingular stores FCFS only <br><br>David (OFI)

One of the key features that most people hunt in 3G mobile phones, is the front camera for video calls (not the 2MP back camera). I wonder why Apple decided not to put one in its first 3G mobile phone.<br><br>...<br>** DigitalEye **

Is it a 3G mobile phone? I thought it was a 2.5G. <br><br>FWIW I have a 3G mobile without any cameras. It suits the security requirements of my work environment.<br><br>

After your comment, I checked the technical specs of it and it says "iPhone is fully multi-tasking, so you can read a web page while downloading your email in the background over Wi-Fi or EDGE."<br><br>According to the specs, it only supports data over EDGE GPRS... I could swear the keynote said 3G, I must have been wrong... Thanks for the comment.<br><br>...<br>** DigitalEye **

No problem. I think there was a lot of discussion of a 3G version for release outside the U.S. That may have been where the cross-over occured. <br><br>I love the ads although it also reiterates the reliance on the service provider for a lot of the cool and funky features. IIRC EDGE is only supported by Telstra over here. I have had no reason to use Telstra even though I own shares in it. <br><br>

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Call the AT&T Cingular store today (6-10-07) and they said they can't talk about the service plans fpr the iPhone until June 29th !! <br>I'm going to be one real unhappy camper if I get there and it's outrageous (like $100/month).<br><br>A few weeks ago an AT&T guy did tell me that you could have a voice plan that the same as you have now.<br><br>David (OFI)

OK new info leaking out... drip by drip ! <br><br>Called my local Apple store with some questions !<br><br>Got 1 answered !! <br><br>Question 1: "I understant that ONLY Apple and company AT&T stores will have phones"! <br><br>Apple Rep: "Correct" (Yeah ! ) <br><br>Question 2: "When the phones go on sale at Apples stores, will there be AT&T reps there to discuss rate plans ?"<br><br>Apple Rep: "We don't know, yet!" (she's no Mac Genius)<br><br>Question 3: "So IF you buy an iPhone at an Apple store you can take the chip out of your old phone and go to an AT&T store to get the Plan?"! <br><br>Apple Rep: "We don't know that !" (she's no Mac Genius)<br><br>Question 4: "How soon do you think more information might be available on these issues"<br><br>Apple Rep: "6 PM June 29th !" (she's no Mac Genius)<br><br>Aren't you damm glad I posted these revelations ?? <br><br>this is worse than a Root Canal !!<br> <br><br>David (OFI)

My only question is the ability to read Arabic SMS messages.. Looking at the Arabic support in iWork and iLife, I can easily say there isn't any Arabic support.. <br><br>But who knows, I could be wrong and they've included the Arabic support that exists in Tiger & Safari. <br><br>...<br>** DigitalEye **