ilike iphones

in yesterday's post, i failed to mention how exactly i spent my week in missouri...


i was crouched over my new iphone.

yes, all of you out there - the bets are off. it took exactly 82 days for me to succumb to the hype (make that, 82 days + $200 discount + 1 expired verizon wireless contract).

for some people it's sparkling diamonds or fine wines, for others a pair of hot shoes can tickle one's fancy. give me a new electronic toy any day and you'll see my wheels spin in excitement.

having been a user for the last week, i can safely report - the thing ROCKS. sure, i miss receiving pic messages (fyi: from here on out, all such transmissions can be sent to dabney's phone) but other than that one flaw, i love it. having never been a smartphone owner before, i think part of my pleasure stems from the novelty of receiving email from multiple accounts. however, the iphone's genius is its nearly-limitless web capability - no more squinched up mobile-version of the internet. i can read news, blogs, flickr, and not to mention, thumb through people.com's star tracks.

there's been a lot of flack over at&t's edge network. yeah, it's a little slow and sometimes it reminds me of dial-up speed, but i'm banking that it's going to improve over time. however, on a good wi-fi network, the iphone flies!

the digital qwerty keyboard took some getting used to but i am much much faster on it than i ever was on my samsung. text messaging is almost too easy as a result. i just know that i am going to have to upgrade my at&t package in coming months.

all the pictures in yesterday's post were taken on the iphone. not bad, eh? there's no flash, but i have to say that flashes on phones generally stink anyway. they make everything look blue. it's a little hard to take self-portraits, but that's good news for you, dear readers.

but please, don't take this post an an objective review. you see, i am a devout mac-addict and have been for a decade (though it really started in grade school with my apple //c). i live on my powerbook...

i decorate it lovingly.


i ogle its packaging.


i bond with other geeks at macworld conferences.


i also have been known to sleep with an ipod in my ears (relaxation tapes). i listen to the maccast regularly. hell, i bought apple stock when it was $18 a share. recently, i even converted my father to being a mac-user. not surprisingly, he "volunteered" to accompany me to the local apple store in st. louis and promptly walked out with an iphone, too. i blame him for my inherited geekiness.

robo-dad