The iPhone

SO much hype – hard to believe, really.  MONTHS of people talking about it, speculating, etc.  It finally came out on Friday at 6pm.  Much as I wanted one, I decided it would be wise to wait a while and see what people thought.

I waited right around 16.5 hours.

Zipped over to the Apple Store in Northridge.  8 people in line.  The entire transaction, including picking out a case, lasted 5 minutes.  Paid, left.  Had lunch, and brought it home.  Having read some stuff on Digg (the comments on which, by the way, have become absolutely worthless) about people having problems activating the phone.  I can only assume these are retarded stoners, because it worked flawlessly for me.  Inside 10 minutes my Razr was deactivated (thankfully – what a hunk of TRASH) and my iPhone was receiving calls.  I had also transferred a bunch of music and pictures, synced all my contacts and email profiles and calendar, and got it fully charged.

Don’t believe what you read on Digg – the thing is awesome.  Gorgeous device, full featured, and absolutely, hands-down the best interface I have ever seen on a computer of any size ever.  The web browser kicks ass, the ipod will play through the speakerphone, it works great with the Bluetooth in mty car, and is a loud, comfortable, easy to use phone even.  The visual voicemail is cool too.

Go get one.  Now.  Go.