Ready to pay an arm and a leg for the iPhone?

Apple's new iPhone So, I’m pretty sure that thousands of people by now already have in their possession a new iPhone. I have to admit, that I wanted one myself when I first heard about it. It’s a new toy, a new gadget. Of course I’m going to want it! :smile: However, after reading this particular article on the true cost of the iPhone, I have changed my mind. I just don’t think it’s worth it, especially when I have a PDA and an iPod that does the things that the iPhone does.

I went to my local AT&T store, hoping to catch a glimpse of an iPhone on display. I didn’t get a chance to see or touch an actual iPhone, much to my disappointment. :sad: However, I was able to get my hands on a pamphlet that outlines the iPhone plans.

The plans are just outrageous. My current plan under a different carrier includes unlimited night and weekend minutes, along with unlimited texting to anybody on any network. That’s what I need the most, and I only pay about fifty bucks a month for it. If I were to splurge on myself and get this new iPhone, it would end up costing me…roughly around $100 bucks a month (not including all of the taxes). :crazy:

The cheapest plan starts off at $60 bucks a month, but it includes only 450 minutes per month, and only 5000 night and weekend minutes. Plus, you only get 200 texts per month. I’d have to jump to the next plan in order to get unlimited night and weekends, then add on the option of unlimited texting for an additional $20 bucks a month. Which would end up costing me $100 bucks a month. That’s just insane! I pay around $50 bucks a month right now for 700 daytime minutes, unlimited night and weekends, and unlimited texting.

And yet, I still find myself wanting one very badly. :worried:

Despite this, I know many people don’t really care about the cost of owning such a neat toy. Of course, I read in another article somewhere that young adults and teenagers are less likely to get the iPhone for the same reasons I’m not getting one. It’s just too much money to be spending on one phone. Which by the way, will more than likely be revamped and a newer model will come out sooner or later. It’s just the way technology works, people.

But. No matter how expensive it is to buy and maintain the iPhone, it just looks so neat. Oh how I would love to get my greedy little hands on one. :sly:

 Filed under: My Two Cents, News/Media, Technology on June 30, 2007 | COMMENT    



The motive behind the Benoit murders?

According to WWE.com:

WWE.com learned from an interview conducted Tuesday by Vancouver’s News1130 that Chris Benoit’s son Daniel possibly suffered from Fragile X Syndrome, a genetically passed-on condition that results in impairments ranging from physical and learning disabilities, to more severe cognitive or intellectual disabilities.

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A co-worker and long-time friend of the Benoits speculates that perhaps the pressures of home and Daniel’s illness had gotten to him, causing him to snap and take the lives of his wife and son before taking his own.

Is it possible that after Chris killed Nancy (for whatever reason), he felt Daniel wouldn’t be able to get the care and attention he required as a special needs child (if that is indeed true) with no mother and a father either in jail or dead? Did he then decide that the only way he could protect and take care of his son was to take him to the next world and go with him? In his warped and twisted state, did he think this was the only way to shield his son from a difficult life of pain and hardship? It doesn’t condone or justify a damn thing, but it’s the best reason I can think of. I’m trying to put together some semblance of logic for his actions, but it’s an impossible task trying to explain this.

This is a bunch of crap. Is this the best reason they can come up with for why Benoit supposedly did what he did? :irked:

 Filed under: Wrestling on June 28, 2007 | COMMENT