iPhone

in the ten weeks since I got my iPhone…

• it has become my primary source for personal email. mail.app rarely gets opened.
• it has become a companion to M$Outlook for work email.
• it has become my ‘gaming’ device. As little as I am into proper ‘gaming’, I play games on it and not my iMac.
• it has attempted to indicate where I am, thanks to loopd, brightkite, gLatitude and plazes.
• it has acquired 36 additional apps on it now, along with about a dozen which I since deleted. Most free.
• it has provoked me to try to listen to podcasts. it has not succeeded in actually doing so. also, …
• it has not provoked me to listen to my music more. as such, I am not purchasing any.
• it has, at times, flaked on me. swipe-scrolling working inconsistenly or not at all. apps crawling or crashing. feeling the need to cycle power.
• it has been more reliable, and more capable, than the BlackJackII I used before this. nothing has caused the iPhone to be completely non-functional without a cycle of power.
• it has not lasted a full day without a recharge needed. that is because …
• it has tempted me to keep my hands on it. I have fiddled and played with this more than any handheld electronic device prior. there is only one other handheld device which I handled more. Never has it failed in my own hand.
• it has kept me connected far more than I would have ever expected. it is scary how attached to the interwebs I am because of it.
• it has allowed me to get away from my iMac and still be connected. I need not be at the iMac to be connected. it has become something close to a ‘netbook’, in that respect.
• it has made me question whether or not I really need to take my macBook on vacation. yes, there are certain things that cannot be done on an iPhone easily, if at all. do I really need to do them while on vacation?
• it has made me question whether I need to replace my iMac or macBook. The iMac is the first generation Intel one, 3.5 years old. the macBook is 1.25 years younger.

since getting the iPhone, I have loved it more and more. there is very little not to like about it. I have had fewer problems with it than my other phones, and no real problems with AT&T that I would not experience with other carriers, especially relative to a wickedly popular product with a number of competitors but no real equal or superior. am I disappointed I did not wait for the 3G S? kinda, but not really. the 3G is good enough for me.