Mari Ness - iPhone madness

Hey, I'm still sticking with my little pay per minute Virgin Mobile deal....

Oh, I can see the appeal of an iPhone, and if it weren't for financial constraints, I might be getting one -- that GPS function, combined with the internet maps, would be incredibly useful to me. (Especially right now, after moving to a section of central Florida that I don't know all that well -- I know the theme park areas, but that's not where I'm living.) And the iPhone is damn cool looking.

That said, I'm with fbhjir below -- I'd rather have the iTouch, and avoid the entire phone contract madness. Like you, my cell phone is one of those prepaid deals, and I make my other phone calls through the internet. (And for those of you reading this squeaking, "SO COULD YOU FORWARD YOUR ORLANDO NUMBER ALREADY" it's coming, it's coming -- I had to get the Acer computer fixed first.)

But these last two posts have been more meant as amused commentary than anything else.

Alas, a landline here would cost us too much money. It's a pity, because should a hurricane roll through here, we'd be better off with a landline -- but even combined, my pay per minute cell phone, skype and the magicjack will cost less than the landline.

With one exception, I don't talk that much on the phone -- but that one exception and I do talk pretty extensively :) So I have to have an unlimited minutes sort of thing for her use, or give up the friendship -- and her friendship is absolutely worth the unlimited minutes. (Now, if I can get her to start instant messaging....)

:: nods :: The same thing happened with Hurricane Wilma in South Florida -- power was dead, and my cell phone worked, but had no signal.

I'm fairly certain that my cellphone will die after a hurricane here as well but tgregoryt should be fine, and as long as one of us can communicate, we're in decent shape :)

I think the i-phone is cool as heck and has loads of really nifty stuff. Part of me would love to have one for the Cool Factor. It's the fact that I don't have any real need for one the way other folks do that means I'm not missing out.

Ditto. I love the iTouch. If I'm able to head up to conventions next year, I am so getting one.

And seriously hoping that all of this excitement over the iPhone leads to either a massive drop in iTouch prices ($499 for the 32 gig is alas, out of my budget right now) or the rumoured 64 gig iTouch model....

iTouch!!!!!!

Heh :)