The uber-gadget will be released at 6PM local time on Friday July 29th. You can barely read a Mac, computer or gadget blog without being overwhelmed by articles about it.

This article outlines what you need to know if you want to get one. And - stuck with a cellular contract for another year? Wired has a helpful article listing some slightly shady ways to get out of that contract - but let’s face it, if you can’t stick it to your cellular company, who can you stick it to?

Also - think it’s too expensive for you? If you have a Crackberry, you might actually find the iPhone cheaper.

Here are things you should know about buying the iPhone:

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Many airlines provide flight schedules that you can load onto your Palm Pilot. Some, like American and United, even provide conduits so that the flight schedules are automatically updated when you hotsync. You still don’t get your travel details loaded into your PDA, but if you travel a lot, this can be very handy.

I ran across a helpful web site at http://www.palmflying.com/altools.html. They have a table of various airlines and conduits and downloads that they provide to support Palm Pilots and Pocket PC’s. If you don’t see what you want there, you might take a look at your airline’s web site; they may have what you need there.

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