Joining the sheep - I’m getting an iPhone
By Asavin Wattanajantra in Editorial
Posted in smartphone, iPhone, Apple on
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!!!!!
Rated: 70% (2 votes)
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Lewis Hamilton supports the BlackBerry Storm
By Asavin Wattanajantra in Editorial
Posted in Lewis Hamilton, Formula One, Storm, smartphone, iPhone, BlackBerry, Apple on
At the launch of the new BlackBerry Storm 9500 handset this morning, new Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton of McLaren declared that he preferred the BlackBerry over the iPhone.
At an event set up by Vodafone, who happen to sponsor the McLaren Mercedes Formula One racing team.
As you can see the headline above probably qualifies as one of the most obvious statements of the day. It would have been great if he said Apple’s gadget was better just for amusement’s sake, but that was pretty much unlikely to happen.
What it does do however is mark the start of the Chrismas smartphone wars as the young pretender in the Storm looks to knock Apple off its perch and claim the title as the must-have smartphone.
And it does look like BlackBerry has stolen a march with its new gadget- both businesses and consumers seem equally excited about what it can do -
Rated: 40% (1 votes)
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