Guess what I care about less than the iPhone? Oh, wait. Nothing.
While I suppose you can say I’m a bit more a geekette than some of my cooler contemporaries, who are concerned more with the latest Manolos than PDAs, I think I’m going to leave most of the dorking out over technology on this blog to Nate.  (Not that he’s a dork.) (Okay..well..) (Nevermind.)
I’ve got a Treo, and like it well enough, but probably am unfamiliar with at least half of its functions. I’ve got a video iPod, upon which is stored exactly one video (an old episode of “The Office”), and a woefully teensy number of songs compared to most people (there used to be about 10 times more, which were lost to me in a dreadful combination of “computer irrevocably crashing” and “iPod going missing at an airport” that I’d really prefer not to discuss). I enjoy technology, but am no slave to it. I’m craving a Wii, but only to make a cute “Cartoon Sarah” and go bowling–there are plenty of other Wii games, in which I have zero interest. (Cartoon bowling!)
But I’ve got to say, who CARES about the iPhone? Yes, it looks like a nifty device, but is it that much niftier than the billion other nifty devices already in existence?
I admit to being completely intrigued by the iPhone’s excellent series of TV spots; but raise your hand if you think the features will really work as seamlessly as the ads suggest. Exactly.
And do not even get me started on the people camping out on the street, all for the chance to spend 600 clams on something that’s not only getting lukewarm reviews, but is also big time mugger-bait. Even if you’re using it on live TV around a large crowd (!!!). I can think of at least a dozen other things right now off the top of my head that I would rather spend 600 dollars on than an iPhone (granted, they are all either shoes or handbags, but still…) (oh, and a Wii). So maybe I’m not a geekette?
Wait, it just occurred to me that by posting on the overexposure of the iPhone I am…contributing to the overexposure of the iPhone. Okay, stopping now.
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I am definitely intrigued by the iPhone, but not enough to drop the cash on it. Here are my thoughts on the iPhone:
Pro:
Like everything Apple does, the thing is straight up sexy. That’s the best way I can describe anything designed by Apple. Sleek, shiny, and the best thing……you want to play with it. Seriously, everything Apple makes is so inviting and interactive that you just want to hold it in your hand and play with it.
Con:
It’s a phone. No matter how beautiful the design, no matter how innovative, it’s still a phone. Ontop of that, it’s a phone that only works on AT&T, so if you’re a customer of another carrier, there’s a pretty big barrier there.
The big takeaway here is that Apple knows how to create buzz. They know how to get people talking about their product. And the fact that they get people to camp out in line for the privilege of handing over 600 bucks….who else could pull that off?
Word on their buzz-making ability, there’s no one better.
Apple has always turned me off somewhat with their hipster pretentiousness…and I utterly DESPISED those bubbleicious colorful Mac desktops of the late ’90s (hate..no seriously, using the word HATE about those stupid turquoise computers.)
But they do know how to get the geek glands salivating, that’s for damn sure.