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Joining the sheep - I’m getting an iPhone

By Asavin Wattanajantra in Editorial

Posted in smartphone, iPhone, Apple on August 28, 2009 at 4:37 pm

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After a lot of umming and urring, much debate, and loads of review checking, I decided what to do. I’m getting the Apple iPhone.

It’s funny getting an iPhone these days. It almost feels like I’m being a sheep, following the millions of people who have chosen to buy Apple’s device. I reckon I must see the bloody gadget everywhere now.

And yet, here I am still getting one of the things. Why? Because for what I need it seems ideal. I actually don’t make that many phone calls on my phone - i don’t actually like talking unless I have to in order to find a story.

But that’s not what the iPhone is. It’s very much a mini-computer- it’s the email, web browsing and iPod capabilities I’m after. Yeah its gonna be £180 plus the £35 quid tariff. But sod it. The amount of use from the damn thing will make it worth the cash (I’m telling myself).

I was looking at Android phones, and I can definitely see the appeal. But so far in my opinion none of the Android phones have reached the standard of what I needed from a device, and I’m really not bothered to wait for that killer Android device that may or may not come out for Christmas time.

Although I have bugged Apple about security in many of my news stories, that hasn’t nothing to do with the fact I do love Apple stuff.

Even though the plastic MacBook I bought a couple of years ago is a bit crippled (I dropped it on the floor to break the mouse thing and spilt juice on it to break the keyboard - this is my fault, but unbelievably the Mac OS is till working).

But yeah. I’m getting it - and that was before I heard that Apple has allowed the Spotify app and the Facebook 3.0 app,

Now I’ve already blogged about the intense joy I get from Spotify, and I reckon I might well pay to get rid of the ads as well a having it playing on the mood.

As for the Facebook 3.0 app - heh. It’s got to the point where I’m on the damn site so much I’m playing games like Mafia Wars and Farmville. Very sad indeed. But yeah - more reasons to get the damn thing. Arrrggghhhh!!!!!

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Comment by nelson - August 28, 2009 on 4:48 pm

You know, i felt similar prior to getting mine a couple weeks ago. But *WOW* what an impressive tool. First day, i could VPN into work, remote desktop to server and restart a service, kept me from having to leave dinner and find a terminal.

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