iPhone break… this video’s making the rounds. Too funny:

This was a real sticking point for me… how much will this little slice of heaven cost me per month? Answer… less than Sprint charges me for my Treo! I expected to take a little hit, but it turns out the newly announced service plans from AT&T are better than I expected… starting at $59.99 per month, inlcuding internet and data use. It’s official… I’m getting one.

BUT… I hasten to add, I am not going to be this guy. He’s first in line at the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Five days in advance. Congratulations sir… you’re either (a) totally crazy to want the iPhone that badly, and/or (b) have a very strange concept of time invested to profit ratio for your plan to get wealthy by selling that sucker on eBay at 6:01 PM on Friday night… Try those real-estate tapes by that Rich Dad-Poor Dad author or the “tiny classified ads” guy instead.

I love the Washington Post… totally understating Friday’s launch:

Also, check out this probably soon-to-be ex-Apple employee trying to impress chicks at a Silicon Valley party this weekend (thanks Cult of Mac):

The latest iPhone demo video on the Apple website brings us more info than ever about this little beastie I like to call “Christmas 2006” (since I hoarded Apple gift cards since then to pay for the sucker)… looks like it has an intuitive interface and should make you the king of all geek gatherings. Also, I suspect it would be a cool thing to whip out at a bar next to the hot woman or man you’re trying to start a conversation with… “why, yes! this IS an iPhone…”

Of course, my girlfriend is almost certainly already sick of me speaking of my soon-to-be new phone. I’ll have to stick with impressing the geek gathering…

I’m out in the country enjoying a semi-vacation, but I can’t help to post… again… about the latest iPhone news. Glass surface and an 8 hour talk-time battery!

Um, yeah… news, sort of. The real question I pose to myself (apparently publicly now) is whether I’m going to be one of the sad suckers camping out to get one of these beauties. After a very nice gift from the girl, I now I have Apple gift cards aplenty to cover the cost. But a first generation electronic device? Isn’t there some rule that only suckers buy those, considering the price comes down and the quality goes way up a mere few months later?

This is my disease. Apple knows it… so does Nike, I think. In any event, assuming I have the iPhone next Friday, you better believe I’ll be blogging about it…

Details… we’d like some details. So far Apple has done a great job of telling consumers the exact same thing about the iPhone… over and over again. How much will the iPhone service plan cost? What’s the contract details? Nothing. For those of us who kind of care about operating cost, particularly considering the high price tag of the iPhone, it’s starting to get a bit old.

In any event… here’s the latest info from Apple as it appeared in my mailbox:

iPhone arrives on June 29. iPhone features an amazing mobile phone, is the best iPod we’ve ever created, and puts the Internet in your pocket with desktop-class email, web browsing, searching, and maps. And iPhone makes it all easy to use with its revolutionary multi-touch user interface. iPhone syncs with your PC or Mac just like an iPod, so organizing your content now will help you start calling, texting, emailing, surfing, listening, and watching even faster when you get your iPhone. Here are a few suggestions to help you get ready:

Making a call with iPhone is as simple as tapping a name. You won’t need to re-enter all your contacts because iPhone syncs with the address book you already use on your computer—Address Book or Entourage on a Mac, or Outlook or Outlook Express on a PC. If you keep your contacts on the web using Yahoo! Address Book, iPhone can sync with them, too. To get ready for iPhone, organize your contacts in one of these applications and make sure they’re up to date with the latest phone numbers and email addresses. If you don’t have contacts on your computer, don’t worry. You can still enter them directly into iPhone.

Using its built-in calendar, iPhone lets you check your appointments with the flick of a finger. iPhone uses iTunes to sync with the calendar application you already use on your computer—iCal or Entourage on the Mac, or Outlook on a PC—just like it does with your contacts. If you don’t already use one of these applications to manage your appointments, now is a great time to start, so you’ll be ready to sync when your iPhone arrives. If you choose not to use a calendar program, that’s OK. You’ll be able to enter appointments directly into the iPhone calendar.

iPhone is the first phone to come with a desktop-class email application. So now your phone can display rich HTML email with graphics and photos alongside the text. iPhone will even fetch your latest email every time you open the application and automatically retrieve your email on a set schedule, just like a computer does. iPhone works with the most popular email systems—including Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, AOL, and .Mac Mail. If you’re not already using one of these services, now would be a great time to get an account. iTunes will make email setup on iPhone a breeze by automatically syncing the settings from email accounts stored in Mail on a Mac or Outlook on a PC. Don’t worry if you’re not on one of these email services; iPhone also works with almost any industry-standard POP3 and IMAP email system.

iPhone has a 2-megapixel camera and a gorgeous 3.5-inch display, so it’s a great way to enjoy and show off your digital photos. iPhone uses iTunes to sync your photos from iPhoto on a Mac or Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Photoshop Album, or any picture folder on a PC. You can carry thousands of photos on iPhone, but you can start by creating an album or two with 50 to 100 of your favorite photos, so that when you first sync your iPhone, you’ll be ready to quickly show off some of your best shots.

iPhone is the best iPod ever. Its beautiful, 3.5-inch widescreen display allows you to easily enjoy the music, TV shows, and movies you have in your iTunes library. If you already use iTunes, you can start getting ready for iPhone by creating a playlist of a few hundred of your favorite songs. If you don’t have iTunes, now is a good time to download it and start a music and video library. That way, when you sync your iPhone with iTunes, you’ll be able to take your favorite music, as well as a few of your TV shows and movies, with you wherever you go.

To set up your iPhone, you’ll need an account with Apple’s iTunes Store. If you already have an iTunes account, make sure you know your account name and password. If you don’t have an account, you should set one up now to save time later. To set up an account, launch iTunes, select the iTunes Store, and click the Sign In button in the upper right corner of iTunes. Sign in and you’re ready to go.