Time Consuming Like No Other

Jan
7
2009

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I’ve spent the last NINE hours of my life playing with my new phone. I even forgot to eat. I’m considering doing that now, but alas I’m still using aforementioned phone and can’t seem to pull myself away from it.

Guess what type of phone I got?

Yep, I’ve hopped on the iPhone bandwagon. I know, I know. I was never planning on getting one because of the price, because I was too cheap to pay US$24 per month for the data plan, I didn’t think I needed all that on my phone, 16 GB wasn’t enough space, etc. Plus I had never really used one despite my many visits to the Apple Store.

Then my brother got one the day before yesterday. And I stole it last night for half an hour and was instantly addicted.

That’s how they get you. Bastards.

If I has has to pay for it myself upfront I would have never got it. Instead it was a combination of a huge discount (new phone credit plus my dad’s 40% UPS employee discount) and it being my belated Christmas pressie that made it happen.

Now I’m wondering how I ever lived without the ability to look up bus and movie schedules on my phone. Do you know how fun it is to wait at a timetable-less stop for an hour and realizing it’s never going to show up? In the rain? At the only bus stop without a shelter? And nobody is answering their phone to give you new bus info.

Yeah. I love it. I’m one of THOSE people.

I also just realized my last post, a particularly ranty rant, didn’t post for whatever reason. Meh. I still have a copy on my hard drive so I’ll likely post it tomorrow.

10 Responses

  1. On January 8th, 2009 at 14:26 PM, Regine said:

    Oh..you make me want an Iphone so badly. I’ve got a new phone a few months ago and I’m very satisfied, but it seems the Iphone gives so much more. Me wants!

    What other advantages has the Iphone against regular models?

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  2. On January 8th, 2009 at 20:20 PM, Kaylee said:

    Don’t other phones have internet access (for bus and movie times), too?

    Oh, what am I saying. I definitely would not turn down an iPhone :P

    Remember to eat! ;)

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  3. On January 8th, 2009 at 22:34 PM, Donna said:

    So far I’m mostly addicted to the apps and how it integrates with my MacBook Pro much better than my BlackBerry did as BlackBerry’s sync program for Mac OS X is utter crap. I’d say, if you’re not going to rely extensively on apps then there is no point in getting an iPhone.

    I more meant that I didn’t have a data plan before and now I’m spoilt for it so I’ll never be able to be without it again. I also really effing hate browsers on most mobile phones. Too much of a hassle, too slow on the BlackBerry Curve, and confusing navigation on most pages–especially Mr. Movie Times and my local bus system trip planner.

    It’s a little harder to type without looking than on my CrackBerry, but so far I’ve typed this last line without looking because it corrects most errors, even pretty serious ones. I thought the touch screen keyboard would bother me more, but I don’t mind it much.

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  4. On January 8th, 2009 at 23:24 PM, Cynthia said:

    My boyfriend has an iphone … while it’s nifty and all, I need a keyboard. LOL. That’s why I’m planning on getting a Touch Pro — it’s still a smart phone, but it doesn’t cost as much for data plan.

    I used to hate waiting for the metro, so I just started carrying a Gameboy / Nintendo DS. :(

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  5. On January 10th, 2009 at 15:07 PM, Brian said:

    Haha.
    My brother has an iTouch, and it is seriously amazing! It would be awesome to have an iPhone, I’m telling ya… although, you already know. :P

    Have fun!

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  6. On January 11th, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Lucy said:

    I absolutely love my iPhone. I can’t imagine using any other phone now, and that’s because I’ve had quite a few phones in my day. Even my Blackberry, which I absolutely loved, can’t compare to the iPhone. So much stuff you can do with it! It’s great. :)

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  7. On January 16th, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Chans said:

    The Iphone seems cool but here in Holland you can only get an iphone to work with a certain provider and package and I don’t like to be limited in my choices.

    I can pick out a new phone for free in October again (with the renewal of my subscription) and there are so many iphone look-alikes now that give me a much broader choice in providers etc that I’ll just go for one of those.

    Either way, I can totally understand that you forgot to eat etc while playing with it. It’s just so damn nifty!

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  8. On January 16th, 2009 at 10:13 AM, anne said:

    im not a big fan of the iphone because its touch screen.. i love blackberrys!! not the storm tho cause thats touchscreen..yuck. =)

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  9. On January 20th, 2009 at 19:00 PM, Mike said:

    I haven’t really played around on one yet which is probably why I am still not tempted to purchase one. I don’t deserve it though, all of my nice things seem to break.

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  10. On February 2nd, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Xuan said:

    I’ll say it: I’m green with envy. You should go all MySpace on us and post a picture of yourself holding it in glee. Then I can stare at the screen and salivate at the sight of the phone. :P

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