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My little story of why I got an iPhone ... to be 100% honest here, there’s a good side and the very ugly side to this unit.
I really had no choice, signed the $17.50 3 yr EPP and had to get a phone. Why bother signing that term and later on you'll have to sign X amount of more yrs to get another phone. Thought about it for days and days .... Roger's recent inventory is totally shit. Most PDA units are too expensive; and yes, the New Treo Pro is coming out the end of September (from the Palm site) but, not a single carrier has signed with it in North America. Why? Palm w/ WM has never been good at all and they don’t have faith (like me) with that unit.
Here is the list of other phones I was about to get …
-Nokia N95 - Kick ass phone but, no touch screen and keyboard 
-BlackBerry Bold - Way too much and no touch screen. I feel the unit was rushed way too fast to compete with the iPhone. Too much problems already and even AT&T has delayed it for so long. Long live the Curve!
-BlackBerry Thunder - I was tears when I saw that leaked video. My hopes were all gone and but, I still gotta pay my respects for their efforts.
-Windows Mobile Units - HELLLLLLLLLL NO! I rather go back to my first cell phone.
iPhone - THE BAD
Everything I bitched about was just the tip of the ice burg. The fucked up thing is, finding more shit that's so limited / restricted everyday has made me wonder. Soon, I might even have to ask Steve Jobs for permission to call home. It's really inhuman what Apple is doing to this unit. If the gates were opened, this could be the ultimate phone. The major problem we all know is the no psychical keyboard. Typing is such a bitch, landing the wrong keys, re-typing shit and the worst part, the auto spelling shit sometimes make me scream to myself, “I want to type this, NOT this!” Yes, I know it can learn and I have to get use to it, but the fact is … a lot ppl can’t adjust. I can go on and on and on and on about the flaws (Not like I didn;t already). I've had the unit crashed 2x on me already with doing normal things and running stock apps.
iPhone - THE GOOD
I'll be honest here ... I totally understand why ppl big up this unit so much. Most of these ppl never had a PDA Phone or was annoyed at their current OS or they’re the ultra Apple cock sucking fan boyz that would swallow for Steve Jobs. Anyways, on to the good side of things, the fun factor is pretty high, but doesn't razzle-dazzle me too much, since I've used a Treo for almost 6yrs. Like I said before, the hardware I can not knock at all ... it's impressive. Apple's interface has always been really solid with everything they do, but their controlling policies are beyond bullshit.
In the end I realize I must carry two units with me. The day I went to sign for this @ Rogers, I was asking some mainland chinamon computer geek about how good or bad is the iPhone. He was straight up with me and I gotta BIG UP for that. He too, also has to carry two units with him, an iPhone and Windows Mobile unit. He said "The iPhone is not so great, but it's so amazing to play around with. When it's time to be serious and do business on the “Go”, the Motorola must be used and I can't waste a single time trying to correct my typing or trying to find certain apps / software to use”
Thanks to Apple's cheese ass GPS w/ no turn by turn navigation and no detailed maps, my lovely Treo still kicks ass in this field with the help of TomTom and Garmin. I seriously can't live or drive without it. Still treat this unit with more care then the iPhone. (Gonna play ping pong soon with the iPhone as my paddle, screen facing out) I'm gonna get a SIM cloner so I can use both units with the same account and number, just have to be careful that they are not running at the same time or else Roger's will ban my ass forever. It's true though, when it's time to get serious with shit, I use the Treo 10x more. I know some dude that switches phones every 3 months has tried every single PDA Phone. He still big ups the Treo 680 the most out of all the units.
Finally ... I can live without the iPhone and keep the Treo if I was gonna sell it. No biggie too me at all. Why didn’t I wait until Palm comes out with the Nova OS? Its taking way too long; there is no signs of a prototype running with the new OS. Since it's coming out mid 2009, time is running way too tight for them. The CEO made a very stupid statement which caused Palm to lose all their stocks that day, "The success with Nova is not based on the hardware, but the software is the key" Personally; we all can see that’s the wrong choice here. Times are diff and to be successful now, you must need both hardware and software to keep in the game. (Wink wink ... Windows Mobile) Palm is slowly moving out of the picture and if they do pick the WM path ... we all know what the ending will be. For them to get back in the game, they gotta come out with a unit that will turn heads like the iPhone, but I doubt that very much.
PS
Thank you Emery, I was gonna post up my story this weekend ... but you had to leak it out! LOL
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