Jono

I think this is known as the "I'll show you mine if you show me yours" defence.

Well, OBVIOUSLY, we have an Apple Store... in Lincoln Park.

Not to mention it's available on every major carrier (5 in total - Telstra, Optus, 3, Vodafone and Virgin)

Just like Øivind, you need to really think about how much data you ACTUALLY use on an iPhone. You complain that you don't have unlimited plans, but the chances of you actually using the 500MB is still fairly low.

Here in Australia, I have a 3GB data plan on my iPhone, only because I work for a telco, so get my data plan paid for by them (hence I picked the biggest one they offered). I use my iPhone a LOT, but still rarely, if ever, use more than 500MB. If I were to start paying for my data plan myself, I would quite gladly change down to one of the lower plans.

Also as Øivind noted, since our data isn't "unlimited" it means the telcos don't try and limit what we use it for. If I've paid for 500MB of data, I can use that 500MB as I please. AT&T however offer you "unlimited" data, but restrict any services (Sling, Skype etc) that would actually allow you to use large amounts.

The worst part, however, is that as Apple is based in the US and try to please AT&T with their App Store rules, services such as Skype have to follow those rules, affecting users in other countries like Australia and NZ where we should be able to use our limited data as we please.

"Now, I've got to stand around like every other shmoe and wait for the workers to click this, type that, sign here and blah, blah. Oh, well."

Pfft, and people say Apple users are elitist ;)

I don't really get why everyone seems so desperate/excited for The Beatles on iTunes. Go out and buy their CDs from ANY music store (probably for cheaper than they'll be on iTunes). Though if you're this desperate for The Beatles, you're probably enough of a fan you have their CDs already. So why pay again for something you already have, in poorer quality, (possibly?) DRM'd? I just don't get it.

Man, I hope Australia never gets to the point we have to line up for preorders. I just walked into EBGames in the middle of the day a couple of months ago to preorder my Wii.

I had to laugh at the Gizmondo being #1, and even moreso at the fact the GBA was still around. How many redesigns by now? Is it as small as a penny?