Dear sirs, the iPhone (and other things)…
God. Apple announces a product and suddenly all I hear is “Nick, what do you think of the iPhone?” I’ve received literally ONES of calls about this (Hoover, I’m looking at you) and I just cannot take the pressure of being the only resource on the matter on standby. So, I’ll break it all down for you here:
- It’s unbearably sexy. If you haven’t seen it, get out from the ditch you were sleeping in just now and behold.
- Ridiculous expensivity. $500 for 4 GB, $600 for 8 GB and that’s WITH a two year sex-slave commitment to Cingular. Have you tried to please Cingular? They are insatiable.
- Anytime Apple makes something shiny, it’s prone to scratches. Besides, the smudge-ability of this thing gives me nightmares.
- The potential for it to be a full portable computer is very intriguing, especially since it’s running OS X. I’m definitely excited to find out just how much OS X it’s actually running.
- Multitouch. Watch the videos. It’s incredible.
- Only 8 GB for $600 (with contract?). Assuming that Cingular is giving you a $200-300 subsidy, the device should be about $800. That’s nearly a computer. A full-size iPod is averaging about $249 for 30 GB of capacity. I understand that it’s ridiculously thin, but I’d take the added bulk for more capacity. Besides, if it’s giong to live up to portable computing, the space could come in VERY handy (see above.)
- Never buy Rev. A Apple hardware. I learned this with my first 12″ PowerBook G4, 17″ iMac G5 and now my 15″ MacBook Pro. This time, I’m following my own advice.
In things that aren’t phones: My scarf is almost done. I’m really slow with this whole knitting thing, but I’ve gotten my attention span up to about 10 rows, so progress is absolutely flying. (Laugh if you understand knitting.) I also have a grad school visit arranged for 23 February in Philadelphia. The lovely Ms. Lindsie has agreed to host my ass – and probably the rest of me – so I’m very excited for another weekend in the city. I’m also not plagued with strep, like I thought…just a standard issue cold right now. It’s an excuse to sleep a bunch, which I am in favor of doing.