iphone

I have been dragging my feet on several things lately. Besides the bike, I’ve also waffled about getting a new phone. Work is switching everyone over to iphones now and I was up for an upgrade last month. But I love my little Pearl although it’s starting to freeze up on me and be a little finicky.
It was my first and only blackberry so far. On an international flight awhile back, the airline magazine had an article on the different types of blackberry and compared them to types of cars. Mine was a Jaguar! I was won over immediately, being that the Jaguar is my all time favorite car ever (in case you forgot). I forget what they compared the iphone to but I wasn’t impressed.
Now the iphone is great. I’ve got friends up the whazoo who like to remind me of that fact. And I agree that it does have some wonderful features, but…



1. The pearl is smaller and fits so much better in the hand (and the suit jacket pocket).

2. The texting still seems easier and faster on the pearl, especially one handed.

3. And now, I’ve discovered the iphone doesn’t have a light to signal when you’ve got new mail or messages. You have to slide it on.



Conclusion: I’m not wild about change, no matter how great the new thing. And the guy at the AT&T store thought it was a funny question when I asked if I could bring back the phone and swap it back for a blackberry. Which reminds me, this morning, I went to the AT&T store downtown to get the new iphone. I made my spiel to the guy there and he looked at me funny and replied, “This is the T-Mobile store. The AT&T store is next door.” Opps – and I’d been to the AT&T store before. I thought they had just moved things around. TGIF!