Ruined iPhone

What do you get when you cross a phone with an iPod?
An a sleek, innovative, tech-savvy gadget the iPhone.

Ever since I can remember I've longed for an iPhone. It's no ordinary phone. It's a smart phone that doubles as a camera and a portable media player a la iPod. In addition to visual voicemail and text messaging it includes services such as e-mail, web browsing, and Wi-Fi connectivity.

When it [the first generation one] launched June 29th, 2007 in the US I was disappointed to find out that it wouldn't make its way down here. Almost a year later on June 9th, 2008 at 2008 WWDC my prayers were answered and it was announced that the iPhone 3G [a second generation faster iPhone] would launch in Canada July 11th, 2008.

So what's my point?
What do you get when you cross two big corporations?
A really big mess.

Apple's iPhone will finally see the light of day in Canada in 3 days and from the looks of it over 45,000 people are saying no to the iPhone. Why? Because of its cellular provider Rogers. I'm a long-time Apple and Rogers' enthusiast. I own a fair share of products from Apple including my Mac and shuffle and am signed up to quite a few services from Roger's including cable, and wireless internet.

I don't understand. If our dollars are on par why can't the pricing for our cellular service be? The plans are outrageous. Roger's has to think of something fast. I really don't want to re-consider my decision to buy an iPhone.