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The new iPhone

by Kristie Conner

I am always a bit jealous of the iPhone owners.  I myself have a Blackberry which is — okay.  It is the difference between Microsoft and Apple.  I have both types of computers and when I want to do basic work stuff like write a word document I load up my PC and when I want to do anything else I talk to my Mac.  Having been a PC user for years I slowly migrated to over to my Mac and was amazed at how easy life could be especially in relation to multi-media.  That is why I always have a twinge of jealousy when someone pulls out there iPhone because I just know I am an iPhone user at heart, but what stops me from moving from my Blackberry to iPhone — AT&T.  I truly dislkie being knocked off calls and the generalized bad service that I associated with AT&T.  So, this review by TechCrunch writer MG Siegler was near and dear to my heart.  In my head I have these fantasies about having an iPhone with the ease of use, the incredible number of new and existing applications and the fact is I want it for the incredible multi-media experience, but all this fantasy is over when I remember who the carrier is.  I have had AT&T in the past and quite frankly it was the same thing … dropped calls, no service or bad service.

Based on MG Seigler’s review the phone is fast, real fast.  Love it, but what … the AT&T network is not capable of handing the speed.  Hello!  The new phone is twice as fast, but the feature is moot.  In walks the new video component.  Apparently, given I have not reviewed the phone, the video is ‘quite simply awesome’.  Apparently, it is a competitor to Flip and that is good to know because I have considered getting the Flip, but now I will wait and wait until Apple adds a new carrier.