Most of you know that I spent a little time waiting for Apple’s newest consumer cellphone – the iPhone.
The little gadget has become a cornerstone of my gadget collection. Now
some of you may be wondering what the big deal is, but for the Geek
Daddy this was bigger than a Christmas in July – just ask Holly. People
had started waiting for this little gem anywhere between 2 to 24 hours
before it was released at 6:00PM on Friday. The day the iPhone was to
be released I was traveling back from a week in Idaho for work. This
meant I got to spend most of the flight working out a strategy on the
best way to get my hands on my own phone. I landed around 5:20PM on
Friday and headed straight to the closest AT&T store,
which happened to the one in Apple Valley. I waited in line for about
an hour at the AT&T store and a person a few spots up got a call.
His girlfriend said the lines at the Mall of America’s Apple Store were already clear. So I jumped in my truck, made a beeline to the Mall of America,
and RAN to the Apple Store. Sure enough, the lines were gone and I got
my iPhone right away. In the time it took me to drive from Apple
Valley, get to the Mall of America, buy my iPhone, and drive back
through Apple Valley – the guy behind me in line was the next person to
get into the AT&T store. I went straight to Mom & Dad’s house
to get a wi-fi connection to activate the phone.

This
little gem is four gadgets that Apple was able to blend (and hype) into
one spectacular little device. (Note to everyone, Holly has said Apple
should have given me a PR contract). The iPhone is a cell phone, an
iPod, an email messenger, and a web browser. For example, emails now
being sent to me are nine times out ten being answered from my iPhone.
The initial pictures I sent to our flickr photo album were
emailed from my iPhone and automatically posted to the on-line photo
album. This means a lot more of the frequent (think… capture a funny
moment) pictures will be uploaded. Pictures that are really special
will make it over to this blog.