Well all I can say is that the iPhone Rocks! It has it’s glitches but it still Rocks!

In New York, the hype was palpable - every water-cooler conversation you could imagine included the phrase “iPhone”. If you really thought that 6:00pm Friday June 29th was when Happy Hour started, you had clearly lived the previous fours weeks with your head in the sand.

So what to do - do I get sucked into the hype machine, or do I go with my normal dislike of investing in first generation. Haha I mean it took 15 years of being a PC user before I dared move to the dark side and became a Mac User. I did the rational research, the really reviews, and by 6:30pm on Friday 29th I was standing in a massive line outside the Apple Soho Store waiting for my turn to get the iPhone.

And getting it within the first hour of launch meant I avoided the technical problems connecting with AT&T. For me it was straight home, plugged into iTunes and had a new AT&T account within 5 minutes. And then the fun began …

Seriously it is one sexy, sleek phone. The functionality that is on the phone is faithful to what had been advertised - which means that not everything you would want is there - but what is there works well and integrates beautifully with each other piece of software. There are some minor software glitches and hangups that occur, but you would have to be pretty naive to think these wouldn’t have been there. Thankfully they will likely be addressed over the first few software updates in the coming months.

There are some great little tips and tricks within the phone and if you are a true Mac Geek, then you will spend lots of time on the Apple Discussion Forums understanding the in’s and out’s of the device.

And have to say, Saturday June 30th saw more New Yorkers wanting to stop and talk about the phone than in the whole year that I have been living in Manhattan. It gets attention that is for sure.

So my rating - its worth the hype and I know it will only get better over time - this is a great step forward in the mobile market. And my favorite feature - Google Maps simply ROCKS!

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I think I was born to walk in this city … finally somewhere I can walk fast and not annoy the heck out of those around me. I now have the track record of being the first off the subway at WTC, up and out onto the street - without bumping into anyone. Next I will need to learn how you do this while holding coffee and a book in your hand at the same time … but hey, you’ve gotta learn how to walk before you run! And until I find somewhere that actually knows how to make perfect espresso I will stick to carrying a book.

Only bug-bear this week was realising that my laptop battery was only consistently holding 39% capacity - this is not a good thing - ends up giving me only 1 hour charge - especially since it is only half way through its expected life cycle. So had to fork out $125 for a new Apple battery. This baby better behave itself - I will ensure to calibrate it according to the rules - after which I should be able to plonk myself in Bryant Park on the weekend for a few hours and sort out my blog learnings.

Did someone mention Edith Piaf? Oh well, yes the Little Sputnik Sparrow of France is my music of the moment while I am hanging out at Patisserie Claude - munching my morning brioche. I would wear a beret, but I have never been a hat kinda guy - maybe that should change - a hat with a turtle on it.

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Sorry about the Furniture Take 2 post - I am having problems working out how to make the comment box float beneath a long amount of content … any ideas?

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