Wednesday, June 27, 2007
iPhone: Are You Ready to Be THAT Connected?
1. Its $500 price tag
2. It is only on AT&T
And while we are both satisfied Verizon/LG customers the sheer innovation of the product had me considering making the switch, even if only for a brief minute. Don't get me wrong, I still want it, because as a big kid, I love shiny new toys but that alone is not enough to get me to my nearest Apple Store Friday to even look at it. Can you say Zoo?
Thomas and I continued our conversation which encompassed the suckitivity of the AT&T EDGE network especially with the way the iPhone will handle the web (as images) but a more important point was; Do you want to be THAT connected? The iPhone is an MP3 player and a phone (among other things) but so is my LG VX8300 and I never use the music capabilities on it. Why?
Think about the times when you are likely to use your MP3 player, working out, on an airplane, or at your desk for example. How often do you want to be riding your bike through some wicked trails listening to some Zeppelin and be interrupted by the lady-friend asking you to pick up some milk or an email coming in asking you to write a post for some marketing blog that day? Not very often if you ask most people. Who wants to be that connected all the time? I know some are going to say "but Evan, you can turn off the phone part and just listen to music." Sure you can, but will you? Maybe I'm weak on willpower but I'd be too tempted to leave it on to make sure I didnt miss any TXTs from my friends or a hot lady that I met last night.
I'm attached to my laptop enough as it is. I don't want to feel like I'm working 24/7 anymore than I already do. As a man, there are just some places where a cell phone just shouldn't be had: Barber Shop, golf course, fishing, under a hood, or on a mancation with your boys, to name a few.
Whose with me?!
Posted By Matt O'Hern at 03:47 PM
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