When iPhone was released in the States last year, I couldn’t resist getting my hands on that darn thing. It looked so cool. The most appealing merit was “iPod and phone in one device” for me. I don’t like carrying a lot of stuff, so is my wife. My wife picked a car mainly because the car key is significantly smaller than the other. (Of course, the decision was not entirely made on the key, but it played a major role in us getting the new BMW X5.)
The point is, carrying a cell phone in one pocket while holding my iPod sounds silly after iPhone was released. I like that fact that iPhone will pause the music if I get an incoming call, and it resumes the playback when I’m done talking. Now, I wouldn’t be missing calls because I’m listening on my iPod or I was too late shoving my iPod to *other* pocket in order to fish out my cell phone…
So, there it is. I got my wife an iPhone last August, and I got myself iPhone when I was in Florida this March. My life was so much better with iPhone during the last four months. A few things to note:
- I can enter new contact or manage my calendar on my iPhone. When I sync it to my Mac when I get home, all the changes are propagated to all my Macs. Awesome!
- I can finally watch movies with subtitle! My 5G iPod was great that it plays videos, but the screen is so small I thought I will love my vision watching movies on it. Now, it’s whole lot better!
- Whenever I am lost, I can open “Google Maps” and locate myself where I am.
So, when the new iPhone was announced in Canada, I made up my mind. I sell my iPhone, get my wife’s current iPhone, and my wife gets a brand-new iPhone 3G!
After a no-sweat sale of my iPhone for $350, I ordered iPhone 3G for my wife. Hopefully it’ll get here in a couple of days. The fact that she can check here e-mail and browse web while on the road is priceless. Now, she would love having access to all web-enabled apps at all times!
Welcome, iPhone 3G!
