Everybody seems to want- or already have- an iphone these days. Some look after theirs in a little plastic case, lest it should become dirty or sweaty. Others, like myself, show no respect for the beast that is Apple’s baby and throw it nonchalantly into the dirty depths of a handbag to scratch against my keys.
Physical phone abuse aside though, that’s just the beginning with an iphone. Everyone has their different little ways and isn’t it great that there is bound to be ‘an app for that’. Ugh. It’s so pleased with itself- presenting all manner of nonsense that you can’t really manage without. I mean why does my colleague Amanda need that app that makes balloon animals?- but she paid $1.99 of her hard earned cash for it. Are we all going simple or are we still simply impressed by the power of this exciting medium which can make everything mobile?
Either I’m getting old or it’s gone too far. My very good friend commented that she would like an iphone at the weekend. “Why?” I asked her, with genuine interest. “To have everything in one place” was her comment. Clearly that is not why she wants it or she could have pretty much any phone on the market today.
She then went on to say that she “didn’t really need the internet on her phone” so I explained to her that her £40 a month would be somewhat wasted if she did not bother with the key selling feature on the iphone. “Anyway” she said “I really want to stay with Orange so it won’t be until next year”
Brilliant. It goes to show that Apple have done it again, at least for the time being. The iphone is sleek and shiny (and often covered in makeup in my case) and it can make everything all touchy feely and sexy instead of business like in a Blackberry way. That’s why so many people want one.
That’s that then. I’ll be sticking with it until something else comes along. Even though I’ve now got repetitive strain to my fingers from prodding the screen, and I’ve completely lost the ability to use a regular mobile phone. Even though I think that the wireless connection is much slower than a Nokia or a Blackberry. And even those irritating screen freezes it does- so similar to a Microsoft office product in nature- have now become a part of day to day life. Just like the voicemail it sends to me from 1969. In fact, mine is so vain it even takes photos of itself…..
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The bad behaviour of the iphone continues to get noted, this week in the FT:
http://tinyurl.com/yjcraml
“Coma mode” is common with my phone. In fact, I thought that all iphones needed a daily siesta….