The iPhone arrived in South Africa, well in Cape Town anyway and being the sucker I am, made the inevitable purchase. Inevitable, yes because it seemed like a step up in technology. At first i wasn’t convinced but I have to admit that its in another league from other cell phones and PDA’s. Actually its unfair to classify the iPhone as a cell phone. I think after using it for 2 days that its more like a laptop minimised !
What”s there to like about it? Well firstly it makes Twitter come alive. (See previous post.) Secondly its’ 3G connection to Gmail is awesome and thirdly it synchs with the iTunes program; no,not just music, but photos, podcasts,contacts,calendar,videos…. and more.
So you get an iPod, a phone,internet that is highly readable and oh yes… a host of apps (applications) that you can download and makes the engine purr. Like WordPress (lets you blog from the iphone with ease), Twittelator (lets you manage Twitter), and an emulation of the 12C HP calculator. Thats all I have had time for so far. But it made me wonder about the philosophy of Apple, who have for so many years have demonstrated not only creativity, but its’ application – innovation - in their range of products. I think in further posts it may be worth exploring the mind of Steve Jobs. Stay tuned…
There are a few people than have shown me the iPhone at the office and I must say – as do they – that the way the iPhone handles internet browsing is just brilliant. And of course the apps that can run on it are so many and so cool. However I am put off a lot by the price, even thought I reckon that it’s worth it – that’s a bit of a contradiction – but it’s a lot to shell out no matter the worth of the thing. One problem some people will have is, since the iPhone is so connectivitable, – they will use up data like there is no tomorrow.
I guess in SA there are are few certainties. Bandwidth price will come down, Crime will stay and Africa will have its say. But I agree Phillip, the price is too high!