I am excited for this new winmo phone. The feature set looks wonderful.

I have had the update that macrumors.com posted for about 3 hours. I am experiencing crashing apps and have had one hard reset. I did, however, discover the fix for the crashing Apps. You simply download a new app and POOF, all apps work again. I would also suggest you reboot after each app install before running it. Voicenotes would not even load until a reboot.

You can have a regular family plan, they are just showing you two iPhones. and you can also receive FAN discounts now.

@rolivier and @plh2034

I think you missed something. The article clearly states that TomTom said that the "questionable SDK verbiage we saw wasn't an obstacle"

So it is basically up to TomTom whether they want to make an iPhone version.

@ lectoid
If you read the first article, you would have noticed that the verbiage is regarding Google Maps, not the iPhone SDK in general.

"Astute commenter Austin points out that these terms are copied almost word-for-word from the Google Maps API terms"

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/06/11/iphone-sdk-agreement-forbids-real-time-route-guidance-dancing/

Oops, double post.

Sorry.

I just posted this exact thing in another article, but here it is again. Hopefully this will help.

There will be no such thing as "Non Commitment Pricing" however, they have not decided what the price will be for customers who do not qualify for 2 year upgrade pricing. For right now, only new contacts, qualified upgrade customers, and iPhone 2G customers can take advantage of the full discounted pricing.

The activation process goes like this:

Customer comes into Apple or AT&T store, sets up account (runs credit, picks plan, picks data features), IMEI of iPhone is put onto the account, and phone is tethered in store for activation. They are basically treating the iPhone 3G more like a regular phone in that it is subject to two year sale pricing requirements like every other phone and that it gets activated in store. I don't see where the headache comes in to play... I just hope they announce the non-qualified price soon so customers quit calling the store every 5 minutes...

Just the $0.02 of an AT&T employee.

There will be no such thing as "Non Commitment Pricing" however, they have not decided what the price will be for customers who do not qualify for 2 year upgrade pricing. For right now, only new contacts, qualified upgrade customers, and iPhone 2G customers can take advantage of the full discounted pricing.

The activation process goes like this:

Customer comes into Apple or AT&T store, sets up account (runs credit, picks plan, picks data features), IMEI of iPhone is put onto the account, and phone is tethered in store for activation. They are basically treating the iPhone 3G more like a regular phone in that it is subject to two year sale pricing requirements like every other phone and that it gets activated in store. I don't see where the headache comes in to play...

Just the $0.02 of an AT&T employee.

As a retail sales consultant for AT&T, all I can say is thank God. There are a lot of people that have trouble activating their phone in iTunes. Plus, this will keep people from buying the phones just to ship them to their family in the Middle East, Europe or China.

Whoever said that they should end the exclusivity agreement with AT&T should give it a rest. All the big carriers have exclusive phones. Besides, the only other network this is compatible with the iPhone is TMobile, and their coverage is crap, and they have little 3G.

I wouldn't compare that to an iPhone. I would guess it to be more like the LG Vu or LG Prada. Pressure sensitive screen and clunky looking interface does not make it an iPhone competitor...

I just got back from an AT&T Data Road Show in Lansing, MI where I got to put my hands on this baby.

To be honest, I have mixed opinions. The interface was actually disappointing in that there are so many different pages to navigate that any ounce of simplicity is removed. The HTML browser is refreshing, it loads pages fast and they look wonderful.

E-mail is a bit lacking, with no POP, IMAP, or exchange support, but it does support Yahoo!, AOL, AIM, Windows Live, AT&T Yahoo!, & Bellsouth e-mail accounts, and it supports AIM, Windows Live, and Y! messengers.

There is 120MB internal storage, and the device is currently only expandable up to 4GB via microSD card, but the LG rep said that larger cards will later be supported through firmware updates.

The haptic feedback seems underdone. I liked the haptic feedback of Verizon's Voyager better.

In any case, I am still excited about this device since it will be the best non-smartphone AT&T offers as far as features are concerned. (Yes I said non-smartphone this is purely a regular phone with a touch interface and HTML).

To be honest, I was hoping the interface was a bit more like my Iphone so I can start carrying a 3G device that is simple and feature rich. Oh well, I will have to wait for Apple to launch the 3G Iphone.

And lastly, the LG rep assured me that the launched is scheduled for late April or early May and that the only thing that would cause a delay would be if mediaFlo gets delayed.

Any questions, including full specs, email me at jason.peterson@att.com