Thanks go out to a new-found bud over at “The Shameless watching of TV” blog who got me interested in the iPhone. Since my Motorola PEBL is already dying a quick and horrid death after only two years, I had made up my mind yesterday that I was going to pull the proverbial trigger (complete with swap to AT&T) when quite serendipitously a new “3G” version was announced yesterday.

“Twice the speed, half the cost” is the rallying cry from Apple with the new versions tallying in at $199 (8GB) and $299 (16GB) respectively. The new phones, still apparently tied to AT&T’s wireless service will be released July 11th, and I’ve made up my mind that I’ll just have to bite the bullet and grab one ASAP.