I apologize for my previous post, should have read through it first. Re-posting.

Not only do you not have to worry about fitting something into 160 bytes like SMS, but the real thing I love about bbm is that it's 'free' to send messages to friends all over the world, and near instantaneous regardless of their carrier or technology (GSM vs CDMA). You really see the benefit of BBM when you have a lot of friends with blackberry's, which I do.

As far as other IM apps go (to which BBM is closer in functionality to than SMS), hardly anyone ever has them running on their phone due to battery drain, which BBM isn't victim to thanks to BB Server push functionality.

Not only do you have to worry about fitting something into 160 bytes, but the thing I love about bbm is that it's 'free' to send messages to friends all over the world. The real benefit of BBM is when you have a lot of friends with blackberry's which I do.

As far other IM apps (to which BBM is closer in functionality to than SMS), hardly anyone every has them running on their phone due to batter drain, which BBM doesn't do thanks to BB Server push functionality.

Does anyone know if the Sprint version has Wi-Fi?

Use the google cloud...it's free, does the same thing, and has more interfaces for more mobile and desktop devices. Oh, and it actually works too :-)

Not that iPhone numbers aren't (very) impressive, let's not forget when talking about the Pre that Palm only produced 118,000 of them, of which they sold through in the first two days...and most of these through the Sprint retail channel...speaking of which, it launched on a network that has 1/3 of the number of eligible users as the iPhone.

Once the Pre launches on Verizon, you will see huge sell through numbers for this thing. I have both (iPhone and Pre), and the only thing I wish the Pre had more of is apps...then again, being that for the first year of using the iphone i had 12 icons i could look at (pre jail break)...give it a year, I think the tide will begin to change.

Lets not forget about the incumbent smartphone champ, the blackberry, that continues to pummel the competition (apple included). I actually have one of those too, and for what it does (email messaging), it's still awesome, though the Pre does a lot to close that gap.

So does this app work alongside the Kindle and apart from it? Are you able to buy Kindle content without owning an actual Kindle? Very interesting if yes to both...anxiously waiting to hear how readable a book is on the iPhone Kindle (I own the Kindle2 and love it for reading...the screen is beautifully recreates paper)...I'm sure there will be plenty of reviews by 10am tomorrow!

Actually I feel that Engadget is definitely more anti-apple than most. And before everyone jumps on me, they demand more (as we should) from apple as they are definitely NOT the underdog anymore, and Engadget, like many others (including myself) think the Apple hype has gone a bit far. The iPhone (even though I have one running on Tmobile) is a complete travesty save for its GORGEOUS UI and browser - if it wasn't for the independent developer community it would be an iPod with a lousy phone antenna.

The Macbook Air? Thin, and completely underpowered compared to today's relative alternatives.

Engadget team, sorry if I am mis-representing your views, just my .02.

Nothing crazy, but I do appreciate the bump to 256/512mb graphics driver...even though I bought my macpro in november :-)

First generation Mac products are ALWAYS buggy and lacking...ipod, ibook, macbook, iphone...2nd gen+ products typically fulfill the potential that gen 1 tries to deliver...I will wait for round 2!

Actually guys lets do some math...Mr. Terry Daidone, founder of certicellusa may not be as dumb as some people think he is...actually, I think he comes off as pretty smart.

A used 350Z typically goes for $25K or less, as long as its not an '06 or '07. I am not sure which year he had, but if it was one as old as '03 the car was worth as little as $12K.

Now, as part of the agreement looks like the wiz kid is going to teach Ceritcell's engineers how to unlock iphones.

As people were charging up to $1000 premiums on these phones when they were readily available in apple stores here, how much do you think these will be worth in Europe or Asia? Lets even take a $500 premium. He would only need to sell 30 iphones in ALL of Europe to recover his costs.

Also, if you read the fine print, he is based (mainly) out of Hong Kong. He is not worried about Apple's lawyers shutting him down in the near term. By the time he does, I am sure he will have sold his 30 unlocked iPhones.

Oh, and like someone mentioned earlier, lets not forget the free publicity.

Looks like Terry Daidone did the math to me :-)