Sroys

I recently bought an Iphone and this phone is something you need to experience to be able to appreciate fully. I remember the time when I was thinking about whether to buy a blackberry or an Iphone a few months back - and back then I was a fool - I bought a blackberry and was happy in my isolated world text and email. Viewing Email and surfing the net on the opera browser seemed more than anything I could ever want.
The way the Iphone looks also kind of confused me about it’s usability. The problem was that I never quite understood the user interface until I saw a few videos on YouTube of the iphone being used.

It blew my mind - the simplicity of the design is beautiful. Initially you may think that there are many things which can make it a difficult phone to use - but that’s just our initial nervousness with new technology. I don’t think I can ever go back to my old blackberry.

Part of my reason I decided to go ahead and buy the Iphone was the Apple brand name - Apple has maintained their brand beautifully - it’s something which is almost synonymous with “very good quality” well if there is a word which means that. This I think helped the most in building the hype around the Iphone Initially.


The coolest and the most useful feature on the Iphone is the App Store - which allows you to download and install applications from the store. There are both paid and free apps. What this means is that here’s a phone which is completely customizable - you can have it the way you want it but you can only have it from Apple. Yeah - you cannot install third party applications unless you jail break your iphone - I haven’t done that as I don’t really trust them - if you haven’t made it into the app store then there is something wrong with it.

Now Google is coming up with the Gphone which will run on Andriod - although there is going to be an app store for this phone also it is highly unlikely that Google will be able to maintain the quality of the apps in that app store [judging by what they have done with the adsense publisher program]. If they can - it’ll be their only saving grace - cause they are up against a very organized and very powerful enemy. The Iphone is formidable - it looks great - it feels great in your hand - the apps are great - and it carries a brand name which stands for good quality.

Will I shift to the Google Andriod when it comes out?
I am not sure - but a friend of mine will possibly get it when it’s available in India - so hopefully I’ll get a first hand experience but untill then I have to declare the Iphone is by far the coolest thing I have ever owned in my life.