Bought an iPhone despite my better judgement
Man, the Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field was cranked up to the max on Saturday. Despite my publicly stated intention not to succumb to the siren song of the iPhone, I drove over to the Apple Store in Albuquerque and picked one up on Saturday. I'm in San Jose today and, having been in two airports, one hotel lobby, and one hotel room with this device already, I can say the WiFi works great, the functionality is very, very well implemented, the quality is high, and the magnetic appeal is insane. I must have demoed this thing for 25 people yesterday in my travels (including one very geeky Southwest flight attendant who was completely entranced.
As the Treo is on its way back to my former employer, the iPhone joins the N95 in my gadget bag as one of two converged devices I'm currently carrying. The N95 supports tethering to my MacBook and Tablet PC (the iPhone doesn't) and has a better camera and of course the GPS. The iPhone has the allure of a completely new and typically brilliant Apple UI, great form factor, outstanding web browsing, and excellent iTunes integration.
Comments
How was the movie?
I honestly think the iPhone is a game changer and a terrific device if you understood what you were buying. It;s an Apple 1.0 device. Anyone who's been through this drill before (I have countless times) knows that there's a significant chance that you'll have a better experience with the second generation. I ultimately chose not to wait and don't regret it a bit.
I really don't miss my Treo except for a few features like copy-and-paste, using the device as a modem, and a few other minor things. I've never been a huge fan of the Blackberry - it's a fine device if you need push e-mail but it simply doesn’t stack up to a Treo, much less an iPhone as a media and entertainment device. As an Internet device, it's pretty much on a par with Treos and WM devices these days.
All my opinions of course - YMMV.