After months of frustration, I got an Iphone 3GS. $50 with a 2 year contract - cheap.
It is incredible. A tool belt even Batman would admire.
So far, I have paid $.99 TOTAL for over 40 apps - all but one was free. For this I have news, sports, finance, stocks, & weather, including radar. All my music albums are now on my phone. TV & movies are mostly free. Web surfing & email are easy.
I have a free GPS navigator with voice directions - forget Garmin. An interstate exit app that tells me what services are located at the next, or any, interstate exit or zip code. A mosquito repellent app. Proximity alerts from to-do lists that remind me I am near a to-do task. Voice & text language translators. Bar code scanners that tell me where I can get a scanned product cheaper, with directions & a phone number. The entire US white & yellow pages. Every kind of calculator - profession specific. It can even do fractional arithmetic with results in fractions - a carpenter's dream. A level & tape measure. Incredible cameras that do 360 degree panoramas. Every kind of alarm & notification you can & cannot imagine.
With over 90,000 apps, everyone can find some apps that will make their life easier.
Now, I have never been a fan of Apple. Never had a Mac - didn't want one. I was raised on MSDOS - Apple was a dirty word.
But this phone is so much more than a phone. It's a portable, electronic, very smart toolbox that can save me serious time & money & provide some serious CYA with its reminders. If it could pay for my purchases, I wouldn't need my wallet anymore, & that's saying a lot for a man who has carried a wallet for 45+ years.
I still have glare problems in the sunlight, but not nearly as bad; & my old eyes have trouble with the small screen, but again it is better; & voice dialing makes calling someone real easy.
So, the next time you see someone “playing” with their phone, they might be buying/selling 100,000 shares of Apple or AT&T, reading a book, or checking their home security cameras. Amazing!
Damn, you articulated, and quite well I might add, the exact reasons why I love my iPhone.......
I also bought the $50.00 3GS and we will be able to get the IOS5 upgrade free in Oct. more cool features....check them out on the Apple website......
I have 2 macs and wrote 10 iphone apps but tested them on an ipod... I don’t need navigation or apps. I average 10 bucks a month in minutes. way less expensive than smart phone.
Mister Da- I reluctantly bought the Iphone first too. Watch yourself more will follow! LOL!!!!