Roj’s Tech Corner

David Pogue’s humorous look at the features of the new iPhone,

The Boston Globe is running an article on the termination fee users will be hit with if they try to opt out of the required 2 year contract for their iPhone.

Even though AT&T isn’t subsidizing the iPhone’s hefty price — $499 to $599, depending on the storage capacity a customer chooses — the company will charge a $175 termination fee for iPhone users who want to break their two-year contracts.

Nice. Standard gouging by a big telecomm company.

“There are certain fixed costs we incur in serving every customer who establishes service with us,” Siegel said. He refused to specify those costs.

Right!

MacRumors.com has gotten their hands on the training manual being used by AT&T employees for the upcoming iPhone. Like every other geek out there, I’m anxiously awaiting the new toy.

Some features that look promising:

• If you choose to answer the call, the video will pause and resume once the call ends
• iPhone lets you carry on a phone conversation while you simultaneously browse the Internet or send an email.
• Sync photos from Mac or PC (not holding my breath for Linux support )
• Websites you have bookmarked on your computer will be transfered to your iPhone from your Mac or PC

Bummer item: GPS is not part of the iPhone feature set.