With respect to the line of work i'm in, i'm going to try and fend for the iPhone locally.

Thing is, i don't know whether Orange is moving with the Apple deal. Frankly, i'm not sure Apple wants a contract deal with anyone anymore
and that brings an important note to the table.

With the way things are moving i.e. Macbooks, iPad and iPhones; the A4 Processor as well,
i doubt Apple is looking for a future "with" anyone. Considering the fact that intel's processor is great
but they still have their own designed and put into a brand new product says one thing to me.

Freedom.

Apple has been known to turn heads with everything they do. So to answer simply after all that rambling,
i doubt the 3Gs will be cheaper for us but the next gen iPhone which i would assume will be released in approx 60 days with the iPad
will be cheaper.

It will also have better battery life which has been tested by then on the iPad and that'll be testing a few new technologies out for them
thereby bringing them the new processor's in the iPhones, later in the macbooks.

In retrospect, the fact that they'll be producing their own hardware and software will mean less outsourcing, more in house dev thus reducing costs,
increasing reliability and making all Apple products cheaper for Kenyans.

That's my take.

PS: I'll be at the Jan 30th Event talking about the Adobe technologies, if i get a chance to, will also speak about the Apple Dev tech respect to iPhone Dev Central.

ndungu stephen wrote:
Well, still waiting for the iPhone 3GS - to be released in Kenya - where it will be cheaper for us locals..
Tyring to import has not been worth the trouble because of the 2 year contracts etcetra

 <or is it already being sold in Orange?>

The battery life on the iPhone 3G does not do alot of justice to heavy users - especially when you try to do things online.

===

As for the iPad, lets wait and see how it performs - mabbe their marketing strategy is good.

_______________________________________________
Skunkworks mailing list
Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke
http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks
------------
Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1fbjAwOUE&hl=en
------------
Skunkworks Rules
http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94
------------
Other services @ http://my.co.ke
Other lists
-------------
Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce
Science:  http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science
kazi:     http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general