Without Further Comment #12 (June Telephony Edition)

The industrial design [of the iPhone] is brilliant. Apple has created another piece of high-tech jewelry. Some fogies of advancing years have suggested the initial price point of $499 is too high. They fail to understand: The “cool” of owning this phone, particularly for the early adopters, is worth an easy $497, bringing the phone itself down to $2 even.

(Bruce Tognazzini on AskTog.com)