I know I am. I am in serious lust. This looks like the cool gizmo of all time. Being a boy-who-wants-his-toys, I have been following Glenn’s reports from CES. But it seems as if Jobs has scooped everybody once again. If he stays out of jail, Apple, Inc. seems set for another huge run.
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1. David Thomson:An I-Phone? What is a quasi-luddite like myself suppose to do? I barely know how to use my cell phone. Will this new item make coffee in the morning?
Jan 9, 2007 - 2:14 pm 2. Charlie (Colorado):I just ordered an Apple TV and a next generation Airport Extreme. I would have ordered a iPhone too, except it doesn’t show up in the %^@#%^#@ store yet.
Jan 9, 2007 - 3:10 pm 3. rjschwarz:I could be wrong but the iPhone seems to large to slip into your front pocket, and if so it seems as if the screen will be easily damaged by keys. So be ready to buy a holster or a purse.
Jan 9, 2007 - 3:15 pm 4. Joe Schmoe:Like most guys, I always want to get the latest technological gadgets as soon as they come out. I’ve managed, through discipline, maturity, and self denial, to wean myself from that particular habit over the years. It’s just not financially prudent, and I have found that I still enjoy life just as much without the latest and greatest.
It’s relapse time! OMG, that iPhone looks SO awesome! I’ve got to get me one of those! Look at that screen! Look at the way it functions as both ipod and phone! Oh, man, SIGN ME UP. And did you see that bluetooth headset? I’ve always made do with a corded one before, never really understood what the big deal was about having a wire connect the hearset to the phone, but now… It looks so sleek! So cool!
I’m just sorry we have to wait until June to get them! I know I’d be down at my local cell phone store TODAY if they had them in stock!
Jan 9, 2007 - 3:28 pm 5. jedrury:Roger:
The lust gets worse if you click on the Apple website and methodically page through the various aspects/applications of the iPhone.
Like a cat in heat.
First, it must work flawlessly. No breakdowns and no problems.
Second, if it does . . . revolution. Nellie bar the door.
Jan 9, 2007 - 5:39 pm 6. ElMondo:That iPhone is ixpensive!
Yeah, I wouldn’t mind one… but unlike you rich Hollywood types
it’s a bit beyond my budget. iPoor.
One quibble with it. Like I posted over at Althouse: The Google maps integration sorta worries me. Click on an icon and call the phone number associated with that address? Sure, good in principle… but has anyone actually checked the accuracy of the Goog’s maps? According to them, I live in the organic grocery store next door. They even prove it with the address pointer thingie!
Last thing I’d need to do is click on some business and accidentally get, say, the Suicide Hotline office next door. Or the adult bookstore (not that I’d know their number anyway)… Or the ex-girlfriend’s apartment above the shops… you know, potential for embarrasing situations and all??
Or worse yet, what if I wanted to call the Suicide Prevention Hotline and got the neighboring coffee shop instead? “Sir, I can pour you a latte, but if you want to kill yourself… Was that a gunshot?… Hello??…”
Jan 9, 2007 - 8:55 pm