On 8/5/07 1:11 AM, in article f93q0g$6q8$2@aioe.org, "Todd Allcock"
<elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote:
> Just an observation. I happened to have been traveling back east
> recently and was in NYC when the iPhone launched.
>
> Then I was back home for a few weeks (Denver) and this last week I've
> been in San Francisco and the Bay Area.
>
> I just realized that in a month since it's launch, I have yet to actually
> see anyone whip out an iPhone (except an employee when I visited an Apple
> store.)
>
> I'm obviously a cellphone geek and tend to notice people's phones.
> Considering the success of the initial launch, you'd think I'd have seen
> ONE in use by now! For example, in DC this June and SF this week, I was
> surprised by the number of T-Mobile Sidekicks in use compared to at home
> in Denver. Obviously Blackberries are ubiquitous in any downtown area,
> but I haven't seen one single iPhone "on the streets" yet. When the RAZR
> originally launched, for example, I tended to notice people using them,
> probably just to show them off- I'd have expected people to be whipping
> out their iPhones and check e-mail or something just to be noticed using
> their new status symbol, but haven't seen one yet.
>
>
I will pop the cork on this one.
When the new owners bought their phone they signed an agreement to never
reveal their phone in public. If caught doing so, they would be turned off,
charged the full two year contract aand be personally beaten with a wet
noodle by Steve.
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