First Generation Nerd

Steve Jobs must be rolling in his grave.

Okay, so he’s not dead, but if he’s ever uttered the words, “Over my dead body” about a cooperation with another company, he’s just as likely to preemptively roll in his proverbial grave. The wonderfully tight-lipped Mobility CEO of AT&T has announced that a 3G iPhone will be “coming in months.” He attempted to be a little sly by not mentioning the iPhone by name, but his cues were anything but ambiguous.

So what?

This little slip means that I am one step closer to my purchase of an iPhone! I am anticipating that the 3G iPhone will probably be a higher end model at the $599 price point, and I’m hoping that it will also be 32GB. That way, I’ll be able to ditch my old 30GB iPod and have one device for telephony and portable music. YEE HAW!

Apparently someone close to the source of information can’t (or doesn’t want to) keep his mouth closed about Apple’s new initiative to add an unlimited music option to the iPhone. Nokia already plans to offer a similar plan, to the tune of $80 for the life of the device.

So what?

Well, first of all, I think that this is a great idea. Sure, it’s unlikely that, once you have the music, you’ll be able to get it off the device. But if your iPhone (especially a 32GB) is acting as your iPod, is it really that big of a deal? If someone tells me to check out a track, I would be ecstatic if I could listen to the entire track instead of a lame 30-second preview.

Second of all, if I really like the tracks that I can listen to on my iPhone, I’ll throw down 99 cents to get full access to the file. It’s no different than my current iTunes setup, just great mobile access to their entire catalog at all times!

Hey Apple, here’s a great way for you to break it before it begins: Don’t let us wirelessly download without syncing, and make the tracks only 128kbps AAC files. Yeah, who needs iTunes Plus on their phone?

PLEASE don’t mess this one up!

via Apple Insider