Damn you Steve Jobs
I’m weak…I admit it. I have a habit of kneejerk, gratuitous electronics purchases. So it’s with great shame and no real surprise that I admit tonight that I bought an Apple iPhone. Chalk up another $400 out of my pocket to fund the shareholders (you’re welcome).
Now that I’m over hating myself for caving into the pressure induced by the $200 price drop, I have to say that this is the finest handheld computing device I’ve ever owned. Better than any cell phone I’ve owned, my Zaurus and my Palm Pilot. The browser is better than any other mobile browser…mostly because it’s not a mobile browser. Really, the iPhone already won out over every other handheld I’ve owned simply because of the browser. That it’s also a phone, a music player, a portable organizer (I love having my iCal Calendar in my hand) and more is just icing on the cake.
Oh, and did I mention that the mail client is vastly superior to the WAP webmail (Yahoo!’s) I’ve been using? So much better and I can sleep at night knowing that I built and designed some of the technology that makes Yahoo! Mail on the iPhone possible.
Does it have 3G? No, but the 3G phone I own is a paperweight because the 3G isn’t that great when it’s tied to a shitty browsing experience. Additionally, my 3G data plan cost more than the iPhone data plan…so I’m actually saving money by switching phones (I’m going to keep telling myself that over and over again).
Does it have a physical keyboard? No, and thank god…my Samsung Blackjack has one and it’s awful. It was built for baby fingers, not the sausages I’ve got attached to my hands. And the larger screen afforded by all that saved space is fucking beautiful. Even with my fingerprints all over the glass screen, it’s so damn bright that I can’t even tell that I’ve got a CSI’s wet dream going on.
Perhaps best of all, it has to some extent cured my boredom. I’ll elaborate in a later post, but suffice it to say I’ve been hacking up a storm for a good portion of the day.
Damn you Steve Jobs…why must your products work so well?
September 9th, 2007 at 2:57 am
Well, I dunno if i’ll get one once launched in France.
The built-in technology does not seem really super exciting over here compared to what already exists…. i’m pretty sure this is the only reason why they dropped the price , just before entering the European market.
The HTC Touch looks good as well so well I uess I really need to have it in my hands