iPhone - Happy Birthday
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Actually it's my iPhone's second birthday. Still using the 3GS model, and I have to say that I'm amazed two years have passed already.
I don't even think about it any longer - it's just become something I use all the time - and a testament to how well it has served is that I've never really even thought that I needed to upgrade it. (Disclaimer: I'm not exactly an Apple fanboy, but I do use Macs for my day job having made the switch a few years back after what seems like using PC's forever.)
I decided to take a look at what I actually used it for most, and was surprised by the length of the list
- Email (a lot)
- Listening to podcasts and music (a lot)
- Using apps to keep up with sport and other news events (a lot)
- Swiss public transport timetable and directions
- Getting myself un-lost (maps - I honestly thought I'd never make much use of maps, but have found the GPS facilities incredibly useful. Not least when someone stops me and asks for directions!)
- Managing and synching calendar and contacts with my Google account
- I even use it for photography, despite have a zillion real cameras at my disposal
- Taking notes and storing easily forgettable information (for me that means just about everything I need to remember)
- Programming TV recordings when I'm away from the house
Having said that, there are some things I rarely use it for
- As a phone - but then I hate using a mobile phone in public, and unkind people will say I have no friends anyway
- General web browsing - but I find that I don't do general web browsing much any more (I think it used to be called "surfing")
- Games and trivial cool stuff - but then I'm a dead serious kind of no-fun person
The most unusual thing I've used it for?
- Using the camera as a magnifying glass to find out what the ISO setting was on my Olympus OM1....
So there we go - despite my doubts about Apple's global dominance ambitions and associated techniques, I have to take my hat off to them. Mind you, I don't think they'll want to use this photo in their marketing.....
