SubscribeWell watching on Engadget today I watched the Apple Computers Inc. announcement of new devices, mainly AppleTV (iTV was better) and iPhone – and on the description of each device I was “WOAH!” AppleTV had me ready to go, and I may get it down the road, but $299 price tag was more than I expected, I figured it’d simply be a dummy device with maybe a 10GB drive for quick storage as things streamed in, but maybe later – so let down #1 was had.
Number two was even a bigger let down, but had a much larger BUILD UP! Started with the iPhone, description, features, OSX on a phone, yada yada yada, then as Engadget noted “Cingular” was at the top of the phone pictures in the title bar where your phone usually displays the Carrier name – so first hit on the wow factor, I figured Apple would not BRAND themselves to someone, but when your wanting a phone out, guess it helps to have a Bell behind ya, then the price tag, ick. That’s WITH a 2 yr contract, thats wow.
Now granted, if I had an unlimited budget, Taxes weren’t right around the corner, and I needed a Laptop (just got the MBP) I’d consider a Unlocked GSM iPhone, but honestly, I just need a nice new phone with bluetooth 1.2 or better, and maybe a camera with 1.2mp or better – but really just a nice phone would do it, plus a $200 iPod, more than happy - but Apple is the master of the art of Hype, so I was brought up, and then quietly in a back room smashed down by Apple employees who tried to steal my wallet 
Maybe if the pricing levels out I’ll get AppleTV towards the end of the year (or everyone can chip in and get it for me for my birthday!) – ah the joys of being sick and sitting at a computer. Back to staring at a wall.