iPhone Available But Not For Me

Posted by Dan Florio Jun 29, 2007

One of my close friends waited in line for the darn iPhone. He even missed opening night of Live Free and Die Hard, while waiting in line at the Apple store. I call that a damn shame. I mean, DIE HARD! Bruce Willis! And the Mac Guy! Opening night! I had his ticket and his railing row center seat saved, right beside me. Isn't that better than a new phone?

While I don't like Apple and I hate AT&T, I am open to the idea of the iPhone in general. My wife likes both iTunes and the iPod. They are reasonably decent products for the business traveler. So I am not saying all Apple products are bad.

But this particular phone I am not interested in. For one thing, new Apple products tend to be buggy. Expensive and buggy and maddeningly isolated with proprietary software.

And for another, I want my MP3 player/web surfer/phone to also have a GPS unit and a better camera. Since I still need multiple devices I will keep waiting for the perfect product to come along. A firesale even - everything must go [in the device, that is]. Just ask the technogeek Mac Guy in the Die Hard movie. Yippee-ki-yay.