Ha ha I am a geek, i got an iphone :-)

Hey Hey !!! That’s what you feel when you own and use an iPhone in India. Yup, becuae you need to buy it in GREY market or get a friend or contact of your’s to get it from US. Then you get it jailbroken, unlocked and wait for the ringer to ring and whooooooosh… it rings.

Wow man the hacker inside you is satisfied when you see all this happening in front of you. My experience was amazing. Once i opened the box and held the 16 GB phone iPhone in hand, i was like wow !!!. I headed straight to Bhuvan at my opposite cubicle and it was plugged into his mac. You load ziPhone and click and click and then suddenly then you see hex characters scrolling on your screen, Man u r about to enter the Matrix and then the beauty restarts. It’s a different feeling to get your mobile working like this out of a hack and then the journey begins. Since, then i have been really hooked to the sexy gadget and will have many more posts on it soon.

Although i don’t consider Job’s or Mac any better than Gates or Windows but Job’s got his hands right on iPhone, it’s worth the price. Let’s see if we really have apps flowing in on iPhone from the open source community rather then the app store where Job’s plans to keep 30 cents from every dollar in his pocket. That’s bad steve.

Why no iPhone in India ?

iPhone – Did any mobile ever seduce so many people on earth at a time? Yeah, it does looks pretty. You see it and and you turn back to see it. It’s like you’ve just  spot a new model in a TV ad. And it’s an iPOD too, wow. Apple seems to be the branded tag for some time now, unleashing sleek gadgets that redefine lifestyle.  They do it through technology, marketing, pricing and what not and everything seems to go in their favor because Apple is earning more. Apple seems to be a cult not a company.

Although the iPhone is not sold in India by Apple but it seems to be popping out of pockets now. Almost 10 guys in my office own an iPhone and none of them bought it from the grey market. But, why is it that Apple is not launching it in India, they think they will be too smart doing that. All MBA’s in Apple will devise models and strategies for an India launch sometime next year. Jesus, i can’t stop laughing at them.  Wish there were some Indian guys up the ladder there. This is the time, guys trust me… we are buying and by the time you launch in India, almost all of us who want to own it would have almost used it for an year.
iPhone costing 440$ with taxes i suppose is not a big deal for any Indian, A 300$ phone is a middle class purchase in India now. So I think if I am gonna buy an iPhone and I am getting pretty close to it… I am gonna buy it straight from the US and have one my friends carry it over to India and enjoy it. If Apple does not launch it soon, it will face the same history that iPOD did in India. Everyone who could, bought an iPOD long before Apple launched it in India. I don’t even remember when they launched it in India. Every damn Indian owns a mobile, they wouldn’t know how to put their signatures on paper, but they all know what Nokia stands for. Apple is not known that well in India but they could be the most visible company with iPhone but i think they think otherwise. So, while they keep thinking and get paid to do their homework for an India launch next year, i am thinking of owning it now seriously. Apple could be a cult in India too with iPhone but now.