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Apple unveiled iPhone 2 at WWDC earlier today. Despite many mockups, it does not have video conferencing or all the other wacky features people guessed about.

However, it does sport 3G (of course), GPS and a lower price tag, with the 8GB model for $199. The phone will be available on July 11th.

Will I buy one on July 11th? Not sure, will you?

Back from PhotoshopWorld West in Las Vegas. It was a pretty good show, Adobe unveiled the “Photoshop” brand, PhotoshopCafe debuted at least 4 new training titles among many other companies making announcements.

Just as I get back into the swing of things I am off to FlashForward next week, which I have been looking forward to for a long time. I will post some pictures from both shows very soon, but for now you can check out my Flickr Page which has some “iPhone” shots.

After really not liking the default layout on the home screen and missing custom ringtones I decided to hack my iPhone.. well sort of, more like forcefully modified my iPhone.

Here is an older shot of the update.. now the carrier logo is “mkeefeDESIGN” because this one was too L33T for me .. and one of the links off of that site offers up a way to change the keypad, but i haven’t done that yet.

I was able to accomplish these visual changes and add my own custom ringtones (no idea why an ipod phone didn’t have this to begin with)
but mine does now. Of course I must caution these mods are not for the inexperienced and failure to follow the steps may result in a sad iPhone.

Here is the app I have been using: iFuntastic

If for some reason the iPhone starts acting weird, just restore it with iTunes and you should be all set.. but
again I am not responsible in any way for the actions caused by modifying your iPhone.

I look forward to how this cool app will evolve over time and when it does I will post about it.

Well after a few months of phone research I finally get to put it to an end tomorrow. I have decided to go with the Blackberry Curve.. it was going to be the pearl but the SureType keyboard bugs me. The size was a factor, but I found the curve is shaped perfect and is only “slightly” wider than the Pearl.

Now normally the post would end here, but thanks to Cingular/ATT it doesn’t. Turns out that because of the iPhone (destined to fail) it is going to cost me $45 a month for the data plan, which after talking to my friend has gone up $15. It is either because of the companies merging or the phone.. I don’t know for sure, but it upset me to say the least.

Soon enough I will be posting my thoughts on the Blackberry and as bonus how it works on the mac. At this time I will open the floor to comments on BB, Cingular/ATT and the iPhone.

Well with the launch of the iPhone on the horizon I figured I would add my thoughts into the pool. First impression I wanted to pre-order that new phone, but after stepping back and looking at what it had to offer I began to really second guess myself.

The first gen phone won’t be 3G, only touchpad, no instant messengers, no mms and the list of not-available goes on. Then there is the fact it is rev 1 of Apple hardware.. just think back to the MacBook Pro’s.. need I say more. The other sticking point is the rumor that Cingular won’t be offering a no-plan purchase.. that leaves me right out as I am NOT resigning a contract.

I will update my thoughts once it is released and my good friend will be getting one so I can post back some first hand use info come end of June.