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Finally, my iPhone
Yesterday, my boyfriend Jelle and I finally picked up our new iPhone 3G, after a very long wait (we waited that the first hype vanished and we received a mail from t-mobile telling us normal availability of the gadget in their stores). Since we were already t-mobile customers the change of subscription was a breeze, the people in the t-mobile shop were very friendly, it all went without problems and our new iPhones are already activated (and quiet, my fans, my mobile number hasn't changed). There was not much homework to be done in iTunes to prepare for the big day so I am up and running right away.
I am happy with the new phone (I chose the black one, 16GB version): everything works (almost) perfectly and all those things (like internet on the go, GPS) are absolutely fascinating to me, especially since it's in such a small and most elegant device. During the next days, I will test which modes I will use as standard to optimize battery usage. Oh yeah, I tried and it even can make calls and send SMS... so fascinating....... hahaha
One thing I am struggling with is the synchronization with my address book on my iMac. The phone and the iMac have exchanged data but the content on the phone definitely differs from that on the iMac and I haven't figured out yet why there is a difference. I already experienced this with my iPod touch before but didn't look into that too much yet.
As for third party applications I started to add apps for facebook, flickr and the Apple remote. I have managed to add ringtones without paying for them. I have to inquire with my lilbro though to see how he does that 'cause I'm new to the whole "assign ringtone to specific callers" thing... ;-) I also added google talk and reader and an app for AIM. Though I would prefer a one-in-all app like Adium that I use on my iMac (I know there is one but that has some disadvantages...)
I am not going into details of the prices but I can say that we both took the most popular subscription plan which gives unlimited internet access within Holland, free access to all t-mobile hotspots in Holland, includes 150 minutes of calling and 150 SMS for about 30 Euros. On top of that, you pay the price for the iPhone like announced months ago by Steve... ;-) It may be a lot to some but I love it, I like being able to access internet when and where I want and am willing to pay the premium for it. Interestingly in the shop yesterday, one after the other bought the iPhone, it's like there are no other phones... funny.
For my part (and that of Jelle) today we are happier than Marco after finding his mother (hell, I have no idea what this is about but for the sake of parody I had to include this into my post - after all, I join Finnegan in a parody of my beloved lilbro's post). :-D
6 comments:
hi guido! a really funny post!!! i'm almost certain dani will also love it!
by the way, marco is the main carachter of a cartoon series from the 70s (i think the same team that created the heidi series). it was about a boy named marco and his monkey named amedio who lived in italy and travelled to south america to find his mother, who left them a time ago...
Hola Finnegan, I'm glad you liked and also thanks a lot for the inspiration you gave me for the parody... :-D
Yeah, Dani and Sera liked it a lot... we had a good laugh about it! I will of course have to face the consequences for insulting her ...uhm his majesty... hahahahaha
By the way, he also already explained the Marco-thing to me, but thanks as well for it, I appreciate your effort. ;-)
Hugs and regards from Amsterdam.
Great story!!
Hi Stewart, thanks but the honors will have to go to Dani ;-) "My" story is actually the english version of his original, fine tuned and adapted to my personal situation... So I'm just a copy cat... hahahaha :-)
I'm afraid I'm ANTI-iPhone. Just look at it this way, with my limited wage paying at least 20 euros for calls - minimum - and a flat rate of 15 euros for the lower bandwith of the internet flatrate connection - 35 euros minimum per month plus taxes! when I paid only 15 euros for my cell phone calls in June? I might pick one in the future, but first prices have to drop drastically, as I think this is not use but abuse... adding the price of the phone it would raise up to 1,200 euros of expense in just two years, minimum, in my case. 3 months of my rent!
Hola Jesus, thanks for your comment, it's much appreciated! ;-) I think you are not ANTI-iPhone but ANTI-iPhone prices/marketing politics :-D
Basically I do agree, it's very expensive and one should not only see the price of the phone itself but also the related costs to it. But I guess it's like with every "gadget", you want to have it and tend to see it in the most favourable light... ;-) People also seldom see the "real" costs of their cars yet do buy them... In my case, I did have a mobile phone which was beginning to have technical failures. So I wanted to have a new phone that should be able to have internet access (I hated the old WAP on my old phone) and decided to go for the iPhone. It's expensive, but it's worth it if you can afford it. ;-)
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