Two Months with iPhone
I was 2nd in line to purchase the iPhone on the east coast on June 29th. My purchase was one of the first thousand devices sold and I�m proud to be a part of this wave. The funny thing is that over two months later and I still can�t go out with the phone and not get bothered about it. I love showing the iPhone to people and like an Apple retail employee, I�ve developed a quick tour of features each time someone requests to see what it can do. Last night, it was 2AM and I was at a pub downtown. I was twittering and 2 girls and a guy immediately asked to hold my phone. I simply sat back down just knowing that they would be there for a while and me and Laura just observed their faces as they took it all in. I heard, �Oh my god! That�s incredible!� a few times and they immediately logged into MySpace, took photos of themselves, started playing Zoolander and some Jay-Z and then texted their friends with �OMG I�m using an iPhone!�. I know this because I got a reply at 5AM from some number saying, �who is this?�
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People that borrow my phone aren�t usually this crazy and full of energy but this does happen each day. I�ve stopped wearing the iPhone on my hip and it always stays in my pocket for this reason. I�ve had one person try to steal it and he �forgot that it was in his hand� as he left the diner and headed for the car. It has been dropped by people twice and on a side note I�d like it if people would log out of their MySpace accounts before giving the phone back to me. If I was a bad person, I could have done serious damage to your image.
It�s good to know that the iPhone is still wildly popular among all ages and genders. Personally, I�m in love with the device. It goes with me everywhere and is just like having a notebook with me wherever I go. I�ve resisted hacking the phone but it seems that everyone is doing it without any issues. The phone never locks up but that doesn�t stop me from turning it off and back on once a week. I do notice speed increases by doing so for those of you that aren�t in a habit of power cycling your phones it�s good for the iPhone to do this. I had to restart my Windows powered Treo everyday so once a week is a welcome change.
I don�t use weather, stocks or YouTube as much as you�d think. YouTube searching is crap on AT&T;�s EDGE network and if I have Wi-Fi available it�s usually at home or work and I�ll happily view the video on my computer. I don�t like SMS messages so that�s not a big seller for me and honestly, I only have photos, videos and songs on my iPhone because that�s what everyone love to checkout when they borrow the device. The most used features of my phone, camera, mail and the phone. The iPhone�s camera is fantastic and everyone is completely wowed. Apple did not show off this feature enough but if you�re a moblogger and have Flickr it�s awesome! I take photos with the camera and immediately email them to Flickr. Unfortunately, the camera takes pictures at a high resolution but emailing from the phone shrinks them down to 640x480. I understand this makes emailing faster but I�d love higher res photos over email.
In case you guys didn�t know; I did crack my iPhone�s screen. Getting out of my car for work, the iPhone slipped out of my hand, fell to the ground and cracked. The phone worked beautifully despite the crack and a trip to the Apple store resulted in a repair at no charge. Apple even gave me a loaner phone and I�m glad because it took 12 days to get the replacement in the mail. I�ve dropped the device since then from an even higher elevation and no crack has occurred so I�m pretty sure the phone�s quality is up to par. I do have cases available but the iPhone just isn�t fun when it�s surrounded by a case. Swapping out for a new phone was completely freaking easy! Apple got it right. When I got the replacement phone, I put in the SIM, docked the iPhone and it asked if I wanted to restore from a backup. I clicked yes and everything (even recent calls) were automatically loaded. Great job Apple for making syncing and restoring a lot of fun.
The battery life is fantastic, simple security features are great and everyone, even drunk people, can pickup this device and go to work. They�re immediately having the time of their life and stating that they�ll be saving up for one of their own immediately. One other funny bit about the phone is that people ask if I know that Justine girl from TV that got the 300 page iPhone bill. I think it�s hilarious that I�ve known Justine since 2002 and people are asking me if I�ve seen her on TV. Sometimes I�ll come out and say, �yea I had lunch with her back in January at an Apple conference and have known her for years.� Suddenly, the iPhone is stupid and their male testosterone takes over and it�s a Q&A; session about Justine. It�s a good test in the human brain. Guys love their toys but a girl will quickly take the lead over even the coolest gadgets.
Either way, if you can afford an iPhone then just buy it. The phone is life changing and if you�ve never owned a smartphone it will make you feel smarter and if you currently own a BlackBerry, Treo or Windows Mobile device, the iPhone will make you wonder why smartphones aren�t very smart! One last thought, while writing this I had two people come up and grab my phone to play with the features. This device is really popular and I�m proud to be an early adopter.
