: That being said, it's using SIM chips and quad-band GSM, I'm sure it'll be
: hacked to work with other services, but you will likely have to pay even
: more for the phone since you'll have to manage to get it without signing
: up for a 2-year Cingular contract.
Well, I highly doubt that Apple will be making you sign up for Cingular n their stores and SJ said that they would be available from Cingular AND Apple so I imagine that the initial pricing will stick regardless of plan and you choose your plan of choice from there including no plan at all. Afterall, it's a Vido iPod, WiFi device that to me seeems like it ALSO has the phone services. I don't see it as a phone predominantly with everything else, more a unique beast of media convergance. Eh, just my take on it though...