[PA Engineer]

I also still have the first one and will make the leapfrog in December. No complaints.

Yesterday I was using the phone (checking the weather maps, forecast here and in the Baltic, checking the currency and metal exchange, checking oil prices, reading parts of the constitution, working with the graphing calculator, listening to different talk radio stations, checking the decibel readings on a generator at different distances, tracked a FedEx package, used the level on rehung pictures, took some pictures for hardware matching at Lowes, and of course using the alarm clock features at different times of the day). Did I mention I did all those things with the iPhone. That is just a fraction of the tools available at the Application Store and those which I regularly use.

Before closing my eyes for the night it dawned on me that I rarely use the phone for entertainment. Popped in the ear buds and tuned in The Band, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and a few Globus pieces. I pondered how far we have come from the days of punch cards (Fortran) in college.

The iPhobia posters might be on to something. Maybe we should all go back to the Verizon Chocolate? I suppose that if man was meant to fly he would have wings.

I am waiting for iChat to include a stable video conference feature, then will make the jump.

[Star Traveler]

You said — I also still have the first one and will make the leapfrog in December. No complaints.

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Exactly..., leapfrogging technology is a very good strategy, I think and it works particularly well with Apple, because of its products being long-lasting and *functional* during that same period of time.

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And you were saying — The iPhobia posters might be on to something. Maybe we should all go back to the Verizon Chocolate? I suppose that if man was meant to fly he would have wings.

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Yep, I sometimes think that’s going to be their next statement... :-)