“But the iPhone’s name is a marketing trick; it’s really a mobile computer that I occasionally use to make crappy phone calls.”
Exactly. And if I lost mine today, I’d drive directly to the Apple Store to buy another. Best toy ever.
Manjoo’s article, BTW, is about addictive iPhone/iPod touch games.
Majoo: “Since the iPhone’s games go for a buck or two a piece, they’re not much of a risk, and many follow the recipe for great games once put forward by Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese: They’re easy to learn but difficult to master.”
I agree completely. Being stuck with a Verizon cell phone, I bought an iPod Touch. I am now a complete slave to it, and Am always thinking of new ways to adapt my life to it (rather than the reverse).
On June 22 my contract with Verizon is up. I can only hope Apple will release a new iPhone by July 17 (that’s the latest rumored date I heard). I don’t want to wait that long to keep using something else.
Oh, and my 23-month-old Treo 700 won’t stop buzzing. The second the battery goes in, it just starts vibrating every few minutes, or several times a minute, or several times a second, regardless of whether I’ve turned the damn thing on or not.
My iphone bricked in DC this week. It was like a bizarre form of hysterical paralysis. After 1 hour on the phone, another hour at the ATT store and one more at the Apple store I could breath again. I will try and wean myself a bit over the next few weeks.