Can you stand one more iPhone article?
Categories: Geekery, Mac, iPhone|I think the folks over at Buzz Out Loud nailed it with today’s show title - “iPhone hangover day”. I was so, so thankful for the non-tech podcasts I had lined up today. I did listen to more than my fair share of iPhone news before I switched over to “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” - hilarious as usual but even more notable as the first time I’ve ever heard the term “tramp stamp” on NPR.
Overload acknowledgment aside, I will absolutely be in line on July 11 for my iPhone 3G. The speed is a welcome upgrade since Pittsburgh isn’t exactly a wifi motherlode. The main reason for me, though, is that my puny little 4GB phone is just not going to be able to handle things like the applications store since I pretty much fill up what memory I have with podcasts and a whole three CDs. Honestly, if I had gotten the 8GB model I probably wouldn’t be as eager to upgrade. GPS is nice, but I rarely travel. Apple didn’t make any changes to the camera, which is one thing I use quite often. The most compelling factors for me are the 3G network, 16GB memory and…well, it’s pretty.
Even though most of the reviews I’ve come across don’t seem to like the white model, there’s something about the white one that is just so much more “Apple” to me. And besides, if everyone else hates it then they shouldn’t sell out quite as fast. I settled once - it’s not happening again.
