I written about the iPhone before - speculated about its success, even defended its $600 price tage. But, amazingly enough, in a move I doubt many expected, Apple has decreased the price of the 8GB iPhone by $200, brining it down to just $399 (they’ve stopped selling the 4GB version).

People, you can’t complain about the price any more. I still reserve the right to lament about how 8GB really isn’t enough for a video player (4-5 movies?), and how the keypad can’t be as easy to use as [actually, only Apple] says it is. But the price is right. If I weren’t still paying off my video camera, I’d have no excuse not to get one. Well, other than the fact that is still wouldn’t fit in my pocket.

You’ve gotta feel sorry for all those poor souls that just bought an iPhone, though… True, Apple will refund $100 to previous iPhone owners in store credit, but still. I just wish people would learn to stop buying Apple products in the week leading up to their press conferences.

I want to see how podcasting works on the new iTouch iPod. I think I may have to splurge and get one of those as soon as it’s out.

I picked one up on Wednesday. It’s pretty nice; I think it’s worth the $400 price tag.