Brian Minor

One week down and one to go!

For the last 2.5 years I have had my iPhone by my side, that is until this last week. I was lucky enough to have Apple replace my iPhone 3Gs so I decided to sell it on eBay so I could get the most $$ out of it. In doing so meant that I am iPhoneless until the new one comes out on June 24th. And if you don’t know me not having my iPhone with me is a big deal.

So here is a few things I have noticed so far:

1. I leave my phone everywhere and anywhere and forget where it is. I never really had this problem with the iPhone cause I always had it one me.
2. I hate sending text messages. The are just annoying now and my hand cramps up from it in no time.
3. It took me what seemed like forever to get used the my currently replacement phone, the Blackberry Pearl (Thanks Jon & Michelle for letting me borrow it)
4. I never use my phone for more then just Calls and Testing
5. I am using the iPad even more, but it is still not good enough as a replacement for the iPhone
6. I really miss having an iPhone when I see someone else with one.
7. I have little to no clue what’s going on at work when I am not in the office. (kinda like this one)

So, I have one more week to go and now I have a website I can check every day to know that my new iPhone will be coming, even though I am pretty positive that the details on the website wont change till next Tuesday or even Wednesday, I still can’t help, but check it a couple times a day, just incase.

For the next 2 weeks and 2 days I will be without an iPhone. Today, I went to the apple store and was able to have them replace my 3GS with a new one because of some issues I was having.

Obviously, I am taking advantage of my new iPhone and putting it on eBay while it is still new. So I am leaving it in the plastic and going back to a junkie flip phone for the next 2 weeks. I know to most of you that may not be such a big deal, but lets just say that my wife will be very happy to see if go for a couple weeks so I wont “always be on it”.

Of course the main reason why I am doing this is so I can pre-order the new iPhone next week and get it the day it comes out. I thought that I would be able to hold off, but after watching the keynote yesterday and seeing all the upgraded features, I just can’t say no. So in the long run it will be worth it and hopefully the iPad will help me with the withdraws, but only time will tell. I’ll be sure to keep you all posted.

After starting out strong with a $30 dollar truly unlimited data plan for the iPad, AT&T has to go a ruin it by only offering 2GB plans for 25 dollars from now on. I don’t know about you, but I can pretty easily use 1.5GBs on my iPhone a month, So I am sure I would kill this plan with a 3G iPad.

I know the average user isn’t me so maybe it is not that big of a deal, but this device could really become a desktop(laptop) replacement for some of the everyday computer users.

Guess only time will tell on what will happen next hopefully it is a sign to come hat Apple will finally drop the AT&T exclusivity and open up to more carriers, even if it is just T-Mobile to start with.