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Saw a guy using an iPhone in the elevator the other day. First device I've seen in a long, long time my jaw litterally dropped over. Apple has really outdone themselves with this device at least as far as form/UI goes - which is afterall what they do well. It is a device that is drool-worthy in the extreme.
Too early to tell how it works over time though. My memories of Apple are too littered with stories of shoddy proprietary parts (battery debacles with the iPod & their notebooks, notebook motherboard cracking, etc.) and their generally slow/wait until enough people make enough of a stink about it attitude prevents me from being an early adopter.
That said, the UI is so compelling that I very seriously considered leaving behind my PPC for one despite exclusively using PPCs for nearly as long as they've been around. Four things stopped me though:
1) The inability to install 3rd party apps
2) Not knowing what to do with all of my free cash if I didn't have to buy:
a) A new phone every 6 months to get an updated OS (although I'm sure Apple would happily have me spend it on iTunes.) or
b) All of the aforementioned 3rd party apps to get the PPC/Phone to do what the updated operating system should have.
3) Not knowing what to do with all my free time if I didn't have to constantly soft-reset, hard reset, uninstall and reinstall Activesync/WMDC & every other misbehaving app I've come across all while squeezing in a little unnecessary Microsoft bashing.
4) Most importantly, no iPhoneThoughts.com :wink:
Do you cheat on your wife with a super-model if you had the chance? Maybe. Leave your PPC for an iPhone? Never. That would be immoral though perhaps briefly - ecstasy.
db
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