Drool-worthy iPhone

I can’t wait to get my hands on Apple’s iPhone.

Announced by none other than Apple’s head-honcho Steve Jobs in his keynote during the Macworld conference, the much-anticipated iPod-cum-smartphone is slated for launch this June in the US, in the fourth quarter of 2007 in Europe, and will make its debut in Asia by 2008.

It’s not cheap—it will retail (as in carrier-locked) for US$499 (4GB) and US$599 (8GB) in the US.

When my old iPod (4G, 60GB, called iPod Photo before) gave up on me by refusing to boot up showing only the dreaded sad icon, I have been on the lookout for a phone that can work as MP3 player as well (that’s the reason behind my N73 Music Edition purchase) to make my pants lighter and so I won’t have to bring too many gadgets with me as I travel long hours to and fro my office.

The iPhone has everything I have ever wanted in a phone: smart phone in a stable software platform, generous viewing landscape, touch screen a-la-PDA, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, photo and video camera, and a sensor, much like Nokia’s 5500 Sport, only it detects that you want to use it as a phone.

Hopefully by 2008 (or do I really have to wait, hello US-based/bound friends?), it’s priced more competitively when launched here (or shall I say, in Greenhills), that is, if it is ever launched, here.