[NTLK] $79 ¡Phones now cheaper than a used Newton (was: i-Poll - update)

I would like to update my status: I'm now a Newton owner... and an ¡Phone owner.

On Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 10:49 am AT&T Order Confirmation wrote:

> Dear RON PARKER,
>
>
> Here is a copy of your order summary:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Type Description Price
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Line 2 (RON PARKER)
> Phone Apple iPhone 3G - 8 GB - Black (Refurb) $79.00
> Monthly Data Plan for iPhone $30.00
> Monthly iPhone Text Messaging 200 $5.00
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Estimated Sales Tax $6.91
> *Order Total $85.91
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> You should receive your item(s)
> within three to five business days.

To set the record straight...

I would like to be known as the one who was quoted as saying, "The iPhone gives me that same feeling as when I first saw the Newton in the MacUser / MacWorld magazines in the nineties."

And now, for a $79 buy in?! It's cheaper for a used iPhone than it was for my first Newton 2100. Did you know that it would have cost me $200 to move from Windows Mobile 5 to Windows Mobile 6?!
 
Signing out.

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