iPhones for $99?

Today, AT&T began offering refurbished iPhones for the lowest price yet seen in the United States ($99 for 8GB, $199 for 16GB). And starting tomorrow Wal-Mart will carry the iPhone phone at nearly 2,500 stores for $197.

Oh my! I remember some of friends freaking out to get their, way pricer iPhone months ago. As an AT&T customer I contemplated getting this fancy phone, but opted for a Blackberry instead. Personally I find touch-screen keys annoying and prefer my lil' ol' key pad. Of course, my choice to upgrade to a Blackberry over the iPhone bewildered many of my tech thirsty pals, but my thinking is by the time I get sick of my Blackberry (which may be soon considering the rotating button already broke and it sometimes randomly shuts off on me mid-convo) there will be some newer, fancier phone avail over the iPhone. Maybe it'll be a little widdle phone the size of your pinkie (like that teeny tiny cell phone Will Ferrel used on the SNL sketch where rides a scooter. I couldn't find the video online, but it's hilarious). Maybe it'll be called the iPinkie? Haha. No? Yeah, you're right that was dumb.

Anyhoo, some organizations have used the popularity of iPhones to raise money for their causes. For example the Seattle Salvation Army used an application, created by the company Melodeo, to stream hundreds of holiday songs to users for $2.99, of which $1 goes to the Salvation Army.
That's pretty cool, if you aren't already full of holiday hits via your local oldies channel (seriously, is it just in MA but do all oldies radio stations play non-stop Christmas music starting in early November? Like non-stop. Like all day,all night, fa-la-la-laing). takepart and learn more about the Salvation Army and their programs at http://www.salvationarmyusa.org