iPhone 3G Me.

As the entire world knows, the iPhone 3G was released to the public today and of course I want one, actually to be perfectly honest, I don’t know if I want one or not. I find I hop the fence a lot regarding this phone. When the first generation of iPhone came out I wasn’t interested in the least. I thought it was a cool device but my main problem with it was it’s storage capacity. It’s still a problem with me today, I don’t live in a world where 16GB is enough storage. I have surpassed gigabytes and now require terabytes. Do I need terabytes on a phone? Absolutely not. However the iPhone is more than just a phone, it’s a mobile computing platform, more sophisticated than any other phone on the market today, for that, I expect more. How much more? Anything over 32GB.

Another aspect of the iPhone that I’m not entirely thrilled with is the lack of recording video. As someone who produces a lot of video, this is a necessary feature. Apple really needs to get on this as most phones these days have that capability. My LG CU500 does video, not well, but at least it does video and I’m looking for the iPhone to do it as well if not better.

Now, with the iPhone 3G there were some really great improvements made. For instance, adding it to the 3G network, a much faster network than EDGE. The addition of GPS proper and not just cell tower triangulation. But most importantly, the introduction of applications. This opens up a whole new world. Now companies can begin developing software for the iPhone providing additional or specialize functionality, games and productivity software. This is what I’m really excited about because now iPhone is more than just an iPod with a phone or vice-versa, it’s truly a mobile computing platform.

I’m very excited about the prospects. When you include some of the most brilliant minds in software development and allow them to develop for the most sophisticated phone, some really great and useful things can come of it. Albeit the apps available now are nothing special but as time goes on we should see some real innovation.

Plus it would be really cool to check and send e-mail, surf the net, from wherever I am and all I need to make this happen is a lousy $1200. Can I make this happen? Well, first I would have to check with AT&T to see if I can incorporate this plan into my existing plan. If I’m able to do that then all I need to do is crunch some numbers, deal some drugs and a new iPhone is all mine.

Tags: apple, iphone

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