iPhone - madness

So two things pissed me off today.

Firstly I've been hanging out for an iPhone.  Not just because I am a tragic Apple fanboy but because my old Motorola RAZR is just about on it's last legs (not a problem unless the word you want to type has a T, U or V in it or a number 8).  

So I got an email from Telstra today "explaining" all about the phone.  It's pathetic but I was excited.  Unfortunately they didn't include any information about the ACTUAL cost of the plans or the amount of data you might get included.  It looks like their idea is you queue up at the Telstra shop tomorrow, fight for a phone and then be glad that Telstra has allowed you to sign up for one of their plans.  Want to know the cost?  How dare you.  

Vodafone also emailed today, their plans are nothing short of usurious.  The cheapest is $69 and includes 250MB of data.  250MB!  Has anyone explained to these dicks that the whole point of the iPhone is it's web surfing ability?  Seeing as I use 5GB a month at home on my laptop I can't imagine that 250 MB is going to last that long, especially going on line all the time to check information so that I can win arguments with my mates (they know who they are).  I also can't quite understand why I can buy a Vodafone USB dongle and get 5GB  for $39 a month.  How come that when I want to do the same thing on my phone it costs so much?

Bizarrely Optus prepaid seems to be the best deal.  OK the phone costs a bloody fortune but a $50 recharge gets you 500MB of data (still not enough but better).  Plus you can unlock the handset, go straight to Hutchison 3 and tell the big telcos to get stuffed.  So that's the way to go then.

One slight problem...no Optus shop in Kalgoorlie.  So there you go, looks like all my SMSs will be spelled slighly nsally for he ime being.

Secondly I heard on the SBS and ABC news that Iran is test firing long range missiles, Israel has not ruled out a preemptive strike, the USA has vowed to defend Israel and the Iranians have stated that their finger is always on the trigger.  

So the first item on the Channel 9 news?  

The West Coast Eagles have a new coach.  Thank god for that.  That'll make those nuclear armed nutters think twice.