iPhone - I Want One!
Posted on July 9th, 2007 by Simon ChenI actually started my life in the tech space selling mobile phones. When they were a whopping $5000 a piece!
So, I’m a bit over mobile phones now and I thought my BlackBerry was going to continue to give me what I needed.
But this is way cool.
I haven’t been taking too much notice of Apple’s industry defining product but since we had a couple of days to spare before we wreck our head space with web analytics, Ben and I spent some time this weekend wandering around Salt Lake City.
Seriously, Ben is a Mac zealot. And when we came across the Mac store in “the mall”, he nearly passed out.
So here I am, with an iPhone in my hand. The phone works like nothing you’ve seen. You can actually make out our blog on the screen of the device. The Salt Lake City store has plenty of stock and Ben and I are arguing who is going to buy one first - him or me. Who cares if it doesn’t work yet in Australia. We actually took this photo with another iPhone.
Benny reckons that in a couple of weeks, there’ll be some very smart bastards who will have figured out how to re-programme them so they are multi-carrier enabled.
As I write, Ben’s using an iPhone beside me - looking at Google Traffic, reading word documents and emailing this picture to me.
There are about 20 other people all playing with them. And the thing is, the devices are just so intuitive to use. Just pick them up and do what comes naturally.
People are watching YouTube clips on them (the screen quality is astonishing), kids are listening to music (its an iPod), sending email, sending SMS, checking email. Apple has all the phones fully operational.
If ever there was proof of a company having its shit together, its this. The retail experience, the product experience and the fact that they have re-defined what a mobile phone should be.
Just amazing.
(Now I have to figure out what to tell my wife when I unpack the box back in Melbourne. I’ve got a week to come up with a decent story, so if any of you have any bright ideas, email me).
PS. Thanks Cait for the excuse. Let me see if it works!
Hi Simon
We met at MODM, through Cameron.
I’ve got an iPhone excuse for you.Your iPhone purchase is an investment in your future, being comfortable with incoming technology is crucial in a fast environment.
Plus you’ve got a photo with it on your blog, so you might be able to claim it on tax, ask your accountant.
–
Cait
http://scientaestubique.wordpress.com/
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July 9th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Waiting for the hack
July 10th, 2007 at 12:08 am
How tough is the screen i mean really HOW stron g will this new screen be to handle the day to day abuse of a moby?
If that is cracked the usability and features will be nothing but jam!
July 10th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Clinton, my in house Apple freak (ie Ben) tells me that the screen is made of glass (not plastic). Knowing Apple, its probably either tempered or laminated (ie the same as you’d find in any car). Its a good question and I asked the same of him when we were playing around with the device on the weekend. Standby, I’ll find more detail.
July 10th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
I’m devastated Simon. It’s taken me three years to convert you to a Macuser and now you go and beat me to an iPhone.
It even makes you look good!!
hewi
July 11th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Simon, it’s sweet, no question. I’ve been enjoying my 4GB iPhone for almost a week now and other than some goofiness with the Gmail access, it’s a splendid little device!
July 11th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
Dave, trust you to get one a week ago. Apple probably had you on some VIP list! Do you think they’ll actually “hack” the device so you can use it on other networks - both domestically and internationally?