It’s i-Day …

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews

I feel like this has been the period leading up to the Super Bowl, with all the iPhone stories. But it all ends today (OK, OK, probably not, as there will be many more AFTER they go on sale) as the iPhone goes on sale today at 6PM. That means you really oughta head for the East Coast if you want to be the first to get one.

Anyway, for those of you with friends at Apple, don’t be expecting them to be able to help you out. Apparently they don’t get much of a discount. Apple was looking to license a photo for a wallpaper, bringing up the option of a employee discount as payment.

Joan wrote back on May 9: “We are actually only looking for jellyfish images at this time. As for the discount in exchange for the right to your imagery…I don’t think you want our discount. It’ll be comparable to the tax on the product. No joke.” Source: News.com

We Say: On the other hand, Jobs is giving all Apple employees an iPhone, so who needs a discount? Sigh. How much longer before this is over?