Comments on: o delicious iphone how I desire you

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:09:00 +0000

@brian. I am crazy, but I earn that without getting the iphone. I agree that it’s a revolutionary device–I’m just waiting for gen2. The guinea pigs can test it out first. I still want to lick yours. The one at the apple store is too dirty. :p

@michael He is a hand model after all. I like nice hands.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 04:14:59 +0000

What I want to know is, where does the guy who is holding the iPhone in all the pictures get his hands manicured ? Seriously – those are the best taken care male hands I ‘ve seen.

By: brian

brian — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:17:22 +0000

buy the iphone are you crazy? you are crazy not to buy the iphone. it feels like xmas falls on june 29 and santa ditched his red and white for black and denim. it is a revolutionary device – don’t you want to be part of the revolution?

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:46:18 +0000

@andrew* holding off for a few weeks is a less than ideal plan–i have basically 2 weeks to decide if I want to stop dating Sprint. I’ve had a lot of bill problems with them and I have a chance to break the contract with no fee. If I do get one, at least you know that nobody in Europe can get one yet

@jen if only I could make money doing that. Budgeting would be a good exersize. I tend to spend money on experiences, though, which is a lot harder to quantify. I guess I can try puting a number on how much it enriched my life in comparison to other events. I should see where I spend my money anyway, since I don’t actually know.

@david. thank you for your insight. I am also concerned that it might not be easy to use the iphone with one hand. In addition, I think it would be harder to type messages when I’m not looking because I’d have no tactile clues.

@frank i was thinking of selling my soul. Do you think that will work? I also have caramel lotion and altoid chewing gum. Maybe I should start ebaying stuff…

@morgan do you think the price will drop much? Their stuff just doesn’t seem to loose market value that that quickly. I’ve never paid that much for a phone, but I’ve purchased several cameras for more. It seems like it’s not completely outrageous considering I use a phone every day.

Thanks for leaving feedback guys!

By: Morgan Sherwood

Morgan Sherwood — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:09:10 +0000

Personally, I’ll never pay more for $200 for a phone. Before I bought the 8800 I wrestled with whether I should wait for the iPhone, but truth be told I’d rather wait a year for the price to drop.

And being constantly connected it’s all that great. Granted I need to be for work, but I’ve annoyed my friends may times by checking email, messing with facebook mobile, and so on. I do like the GPS though.

By: Frank Gilroy

Frank Gilroy — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:36:41 +0000

I am so glad I’m not the only geek wrestling with whether or not they want to part with this kind of cash for the iphone. I want one bad, but how long can I wait to get it? I decided that if I ebay off my current ipod and possibly a psp I don’t use that I may get half way there. That’s my plan so far…

By: David Molnar

David Molnar — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:00:56 +0000

The iPhone does look lovely. I can speak a bit to what it’s like carrying a smartphone, since I’ve had a Treo 650 for nearly two years now. I have not found that people suddenly expected me to be online all the time. I have found that checking e-mail anytime, anywhere is a bit addictive…but it has been quite useful at times, too. In particular, there have been a couple of instances where I’ve been on the way to a meeting and picked up an important update via phone e-mail. It hasn’t driven me crazy.

Web browsing on my Treo is kind of barely functional, since it only supports ~70Kbps connections. I mainly use it to check livejournal and order movie tickets. (There was one instance where I used it to bypass a long Southwest Airlines line by ordering tix from the website in the terminal, then going to the auto-checkin kiosk.) Newer Treos or the iPhone would be better here. Also, are we sure the iPhone does not have GPS? I was under the impression that all new phones had to have some kind of GPS for 911 calls. Whether you and I will ever get to see it is a different question.

Oh, also, I couldn’t stand texting on my old phone’s keyboard. The full keyboard on the Treo makes it a breeze. I imagine the iPhone would be similar. That has had some unexpected implications, like, suddenly people are more reachable now.

My main concern with the iPhone is one-handed operation. I can check e-mail perfectly well using just one hand on my Treo. Much of this is from the keyboard, which has raised buttons. The iPhone touch screen may not work as well. I’m looking forward to trying it.

In my case, I’ll hold off until September, because that’s when my contract with Sprint is up. Then I’ll look and see if the iPhone is worth jumping ship to AT&T.

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:07:22 +0000

I’ve been trying to budget myself better this year, so I’ve been looking at what I spend my money on, but also what I lose interest in quickly. ie., what kinds of things I re-sell or take to goodwill after less than 2 months. I was surprised at the results. Since then I’ve been trying to focus on quality – getting things that I’ll keep and use for a while, and that will stand up to the abuse I can put them through. If you haven’t already, you might look at your spending habits the same way.
Otherwise, if you really want the iphone, I say “go for it.” It’s hard to gage the impact tech will have on your life until you try it. If the glee wears off, you can always sell it to someone else and get some of your money back.
Heck, you could become a freelance tech reviewer, and write it off as an expense that way.
Karen + youtube + imac + iphone + blog? the mind boggles.
$0.02

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:09:15 +0000

I hear ya!

Being constantly connected at that kind of level could drive you crazy, or at least everyone around you! Kinda like a well-designed and pretty crackberry.

Also I dont think the iPhone has gps, it knows you area via the phone extenstion of the area that it is in.

As much as the iPhone is going to be the ultimate geek must-have this year and everyone is going to want one, including me, but for me I dont think i justify spending that much on a phone.

For me, mobiles usually have to be near-disposable since I have them with my all the time and they are the gadget most likely to get dropped, broken, lost or stolen so damage-protection is key and the cheaper the phone the better.

Saying that i do love having gmail on my phone

Either way i’d hold off for a couple weeks just to see what the general reaction is and if it might be better to wait for the first revision.

(plus i’d be so jealous if you get one!)