HAPPY DAY! GUESS WHAT I GOT!! I'll give you a hint... (It rhymes with "Eye Foam"). I have in my hands the most bestest gadget in the world...an iPhone!!
Geek fodder
Geek fodder
I had been dreaming of this day since I saw the demonstration on Youtube in early 2007. My best friends know that I have been whining about getting one of these forever and some thought I'd never actually do it. Well, "ha", good sir. Match, set, and point.
If you're not familiar with the iPhone, it's basically a small touch screen phone that features Internet access, music, photos/videos, and runs programs that seems to do all sorts of things. It's not cheap, but the new 3G model included a big price cut, which finally made it attractive to normal working class folks like us.
Demon Spawn
If you know me well, you know that I have despised my last phone (White LG Chocolate) almost since the day I bought it, but I hung in there, because my 2 year contract was renewed and Verizon didn't have many phones that were better. For Christmas this year, Erin and I bought eachother the phones and made the switch to AT&T (not without some trepidation, of course, since we have been happy Verizon customers for 10 years). In case you're wondering, Christmas came early for us this year because you can't walk out of the store without signing up for service and we were very concerned about the phones becoming sold out near Christmas. Plus, we needed to get 864 area code numbers soon because Erin was getting alot of calls about her jobs.
What I hated so much about my old phone, were things like: It took 4 or 5 button presses to get the phone unlocked, turn the volume up, find the music player. The controls were so sensitive, that I would constantly make accidental phone calls when I was just trying to change settings. Sometimes, I would press the buttons, but they wouldn't respond immediately and the phone would go crazy and start moving up and down the screen forever. It was an ok camera phone, but loading songs and pictures from the memory card took an eon. Everything about it was slow and clunky. It did nothing well. To make matters worse, people unfamiliar with current phones would ask me "Is that an iPhone?" Ouch! "No," I'd say, "I wish it was..." The best things about it was that is was very small and simple to flip on and off with its slidiness. It was a reliable phone and had good battery life. RIP Chocolate, Jan 2007-November 2008.
I waited patiently for Verizon to come out with a comparable snazzy phone, and they came close with a few zingers, including the newest Blackberry Storm. The main problem with VZW phones is that their data plans are way more expensive and and phones often don't have WiFi functionality. And we told them all that when we politely canceled out service.
Erin and I have spent a lot of time on our phones, loading up applications, surfing the web, and imprting music, photos, and contacts.
Here's the first picture I took from my phone:
The salesperson's name was Ashley and if you are shopping for an AT&T phone in the Greenville area, please visit her. She was tremendously helpful and even stayed 30 minutes late on a Saturday night to help us get setup with our sponatenous and exciting purchase. As you can see from the picture, you can expect awesome blog photos from this point forward!
So far, I have found almost nothing I don't like about the phone or the service. (Lack of video recording, MMS, and cut & paste.) The service strength is great in our area and the 3G service is awesome. If you are even thinking about picking one up, do it now, because you will instantly regret not having it earlier. :) If anyone is interested in a VZW Moto RAZR V3M or White LG Chocolate (Lord have mercy on your soul) please let me know and I will make you a deal, because probably, everyone else I know has a Verizon phone.....
If you think I have become some sort of Apple Phanboi....maybe.
Demon Spawn
If you know me well, you know that I have despised my last phone (White LG Chocolate) almost since the day I bought it, but I hung in there, because my 2 year contract was renewed and Verizon didn't have many phones that were better. For Christmas this year, Erin and I bought eachother the phones and made the switch to AT&T (not without some trepidation, of course, since we have been happy Verizon customers for 10 years). In case you're wondering, Christmas came early for us this year because you can't walk out of the store without signing up for service and we were very concerned about the phones becoming sold out near Christmas. Plus, we needed to get 864 area code numbers soon because Erin was getting alot of calls about her jobs.
What I hated so much about my old phone, were things like: It took 4 or 5 button presses to get the phone unlocked, turn the volume up, find the music player. The controls were so sensitive, that I would constantly make accidental phone calls when I was just trying to change settings. Sometimes, I would press the buttons, but they wouldn't respond immediately and the phone would go crazy and start moving up and down the screen forever. It was an ok camera phone, but loading songs and pictures from the memory card took an eon. Everything about it was slow and clunky. It did nothing well. To make matters worse, people unfamiliar with current phones would ask me "Is that an iPhone?" Ouch! "No," I'd say, "I wish it was..." The best things about it was that is was very small and simple to flip on and off with its slidiness. It was a reliable phone and had good battery life. RIP Chocolate, Jan 2007-November 2008.
I waited patiently for Verizon to come out with a comparable snazzy phone, and they came close with a few zingers, including the newest Blackberry Storm. The main problem with VZW phones is that their data plans are way more expensive and and phones often don't have WiFi functionality. And we told them all that when we politely canceled out service.
Erin and I have spent a lot of time on our phones, loading up applications, surfing the web, and imprting music, photos, and contacts.
Here's the first picture I took from my phone:
The salesperson's name was Ashley and if you are shopping for an AT&T phone in the Greenville area, please visit her. She was tremendously helpful and even stayed 30 minutes late on a Saturday night to help us get setup with our sponatenous and exciting purchase. As you can see from the picture, you can expect awesome blog photos from this point forward!
So far, I have found almost nothing I don't like about the phone or the service. (Lack of video recording, MMS, and cut & paste.) The service strength is great in our area and the 3G service is awesome. If you are even thinking about picking one up, do it now, because you will instantly regret not having it earlier. :) If anyone is interested in a VZW Moto RAZR V3M or White LG Chocolate (Lord have mercy on your soul) please let me know and I will make you a deal, because probably, everyone else I know has a Verizon phone.....
If you think I have become some sort of Apple Phanboi....maybe.
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