Tempted by an Apple

I’ve been a PC guy all my life but I have to admit I’m beginning to see the “light.” A month ago I had time to kill waiting for my wife at the hairdresser and wandered into the Walnut Creek Apple  store. To say I was impressed is putting it mildly. The whole place was designed unlike any place that sells PC’s ever has been. Not only was the whole store laid out in a spacious and airy design, obvious thought had been put in place to engage the consumer in interacting with the devices. A completely different mindset.

 My slide down the slippery slope to Apple began primarily with the iPhone, although the sleek Air notebook didn’t hurt. Frankly I wasn’t all that impressed with the first version of the iPhone. Second generation was a step in the right direction. Wandering through the Apple store, it was the iPod Touch that really caught my attention. To have a music player that also automatically downloads podcasts, looks thin and sleek, and has the reportedly awesome Apple user interface was something I could see myself really using and enjoying.

Since then I’ve done additional online research and I’m just getting deeper into sin. Recently I decided I’d make the plunge for the iPod Touch, but then I ran into the numerous features of the version 3.0 operating system for the iPhone and iPod, to be released in June. Alas, I’m going to wait a couple more months …and there is a fairly good chance I’ll spring for the iPhone.

It really is all the applications that one can get for the iPhone and iTouch that gets my attention. In fact, I’d like to mess around with some app programming for it.

However, I’ve been a Verizon customer for years and frankly HATE HATE HATE AT&T as a company. My experience with them encompasses consumer and business, wireless, wired, and broadband. EVERY encounter has been between negative and VERY negative. Are you noticing a trend here?

If I could get an iPhone from Verizon, there wouldn’t be one question in my mind that I’d get one. Not only would I have to use AT&T again, I’d have to lose all my friends and family advantage. The circle of people I talk to on the phone is quite small and all but one is a Verizon customer (and I could make him one of my “10″ free friends if I wanted to). So, I’ll have to factor in what additional it will cost me to pay to talk to those folks, but right now I’d lay fairly good odds to my making the switch to an iPhone.

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