Re: iPhone

Four weeks ago, my aunt bought me an iPhone. I didn't really have the income necessary to support the requisite data plan, but we bought it anyway, because, in my opinion, the cell phone market is even worse than the pharmaceutical market at giving consumers what they need at a fair price. With almost every other phone in the store, I experienced an unbelievable amount of frustration. Bad interface after bad interface making waste of technological feats that would have been very impressive otherwise. I didn't /want/ a phone that tried to do everything for me. I wasn't sure how much I'd like it, or whether I would believe I'd bought something worthwhile in the end. But, right now, I can happily say that I hold in my hands one of the most inspiring devices I've ever heard of, and, in my honest opinion, it's worth every penny of the ridiculous $30 monthly charge. I'm listening to Kind of Blue in a crowded cafeteria at an academic competition, with my drummers' isolation headphones over Apple's earbuds. I can hear the voices of the five laptop-toting friends at my table, but beyond that, it feels like we're an empty room, with the only faint burble of sound from beyond the walls hinting at the life all around us. I'm connected to the entire world and completely at peace at the same time. Sounds almost religious, doesn't it? I don't know why this situation is so compelling, but every time I pick this thing up, the gears in my head start ticking with an eye towards the future, the things I thought I'd never see realized outside of my mind's eye. Put one of these on your wrist, and you're Buzz Lightyear. It's a better GameBoy, a better mp3 player, even a better universal remote. This is technology that feels genuinely self-actualizing. Like I said, worth every penny.

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