I Broke Down

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I broke down and bought an iPhone from Apple yesterday.

I will still use my cell phone as a stand alone device to talk to people. But I will now use my iPhone as a web device and a device that will let me post to Facebook; update my blog; and read and respond to my email.

I went into the Apple store - the first in the nation, I might add – in Tysons Corner and worked with an associate and bought a high end 3 GS iPhone. In less than 30 minutes, I was registered and signed up with AT&T. That was kind of spooky as AT&T wanted to talk to me on the phone for a credit reference and asked me about a lease on a car from 1995 and asked if I still or ever worked at Redgate Communications, a company I founded in 1986. Who knew their records went back that far?

The store was packed. The associate really knew his stuff. I am downloading apps like a mad man now. There are more than 100k apps as many of you know that are available to the public.

The iPhone is an integrated platform. I find the service so far to be fast and intuitive and efficient.

The film on SnagFilms called MacHeads reignited my passion for Apple. I worked on the launch of the Macintosh back in 1983/84. I love my iPod and now I have an iPhone. I am back.

Now no one can give me grief anymore that I use a Treo to do my email.

I have joined the ten million other people using an iPhone. So far, so good!

0 thoughts on “I Broke Down”

  1. No need to keep the cell and use the iPhone for everything else unless it is an absolute necessity. I find AT&T service to be fine and have had my iPhone for about a year and half. I find myself wondering how I lived without this phone which is a bit scary, but I absolutely love it.

  2. Great way to go… I’ve been struggling w/giving up my cell phone for an iPhone. Duh, I’ll keep the cell *and* get an iPhone. Ok, sometimes the obvious needs to be pointed out to every one of us ;)

  3. iPhones suck bandwidth away from us Crackberry users. :-p But they’re really cool phones. Too bad I’d break mine!

  5. Your wise to keep your cell phone, which I assume in on Verizon. I love my iPhone, but the AT&T coverage is spotty, and when you do get coverage, the signal is inconsistent and dropped calls are many. If there were universal wi-fi, the iPod Touch would be a no-brainer.