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One problem I foresee is Apple's bad history with v1 hardware. Scratched screens, overheating, weird cat noise and any number of other faults means that the first generation of something this potentially delicate and complicated could be a lot more trouble than it's worth.
My second immediate concern is that screen. Yes, it's lovely but screens are inherently muckable, particularly screens you're running your grease-covered fingertips over and rubbing against your cheek. How long will it stay beautiful, and how much damage is this $600 piece of equipment likely to sustain when I shove it in my jeans pocket?
And that's where I keep my phone. I wonder if that's practical with this one. Then we face the keyless design. For me, that's not a problem. I'm not driving around trying to touch dial anyone, but you do need two hands to control this, unless I'm mistaken. Can someone honestly start it up, call up the phone function, dig through the contacts, find the right one and dial a number with one hand? Can you just "open" it and dial if you already know the number? And how easy is it to fat-finger the screen when there's absolutely no tactile feedback?
Lastly, it's not 3G. Sure, there's WiFi and Bluetooth and Cingular ain;t bad when it comes to connectivity, but the latest phones use the latest technology to access online material faster. This can't. It's designed to pull down entire web pages and Google maps, but it's doing so with EDGE and GSM. Those aren't exactly the speediest networking options currently available.
Having said all that, I still want one. It has cool spilled inside every millimeter of its slick black face and rounded-cornered, gradient drop-shadowed icons. The QWERTY keyboard is a nice size and the screen looks bright and clear. It's slim, it's sexy and it's an everything-box in the best way.
But I don't think I'll be buying a v.1 iPhone. Get the 3G in there and let me see how it performs in the real world and we'll talk. In the meantime, I'll be over here with my Nokia N95 filming some DVD quality video with my 5mp camera.
Thank you again, Leslie.
"Orange" by The Dandy Warhols from Dandy Warhols Come Down.
"Mysterons" by Portishead from Dummy.
"You're The One That I Want" by The Beautiful South from Golddiggas, Headnodders & Pholk Songs.
"Genius" by Julia Fordham from Porcelain.
"On Your Wings" by Iron & Wine from Our Endless Numbered Days.
"Mixed Bizness" by Beck from Midnite Vultures.
"Jaadu (Magic)" by Ustad Sultan Khan & Nickodemus & Osiris from Rare Elements: Ustad Sultan Khan.
"(Where Do I Begin) Love Story [Awayteam Mix]" by Shirley Bassey from Hotel Costes, Vol. 3: Etage 3.
"The Diary of Horace Wimp" by Electric Light Orchestra from Discovery.
"Cruel Summer" by BananaRama from Greatest Hits Collection.
"The Life of Riley" by The Lightning Seeds from Sense.
"I Feel Love - Love to Love You" by Bronski Beat from Hundreds & Thousands.
"Live Jazz (Maw Remix Edit)" by Dimitri from Paris from Cruising Attitude.
"L' Odeur Animale" by Hooverphonic from The Magnificent Tree.
"Daydreaming (album version)" by Massive Attack from Singles 90/98 Disc 1.
"And She Was" by Talking Heads from Popular Favorites 1984-1992: Sand in the Vaseline Disc 2.
"Revealed (Bliss Remix)" by Blank & Jones from Relax 2 (CD 2).
"Walk Between Raindrops" by Donald Fagen from The Nightfly.
"Lunnaya Pogonka" by Devotchka from How It Ends.
"Train Wreck" by Sarah McLachlan from Afterglow.
"Skin (Thunderpuss 2000 Club Remix)" by Madonna from The Other Side Of Madonna: Rare and Remixed.
"Hide in Your Shell" by Supertramp from Classics, Vol. 9.
"Your Phone's off the Hook, But You're Not" by X from Los Angeles/Wild Gift.
"70's Love Groove" by Janet Jackson from Janet Remixed.
"Five Fathoms (Kevin Yost Everything Mix)" by Everything But The Girl from Adapt Or Die.
"Breaking Apart" by Chris Isaak from Speak of the Devil.
"Don't Fade on Me" by Tom Petty from Wildflowers.
"Sowing the Seeds of Love" by Tears for Fears from The Seeds of Love.
"Classen Collective Ft. Corinna" from Brazilectro - Session 03.
"Pounding" by Doves from The Last Broadcast.
"Scene at the Open Air Market" by Thievery Corporation from Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi.
"Los Tangueros" by Orquesta Del Plata from Bajofondo Tango Club.
"I'm Mandy Fly Me" by 10cc from The Very Best of 10CC.
"Lovely Day" by Lit from A Place in the Sun.
"Polyethylene (part 1 & 2)" by Radiohead from Rarities: The Singles Collection.
"Wrong" by Everything But the Girl from Walking Wounded.
"The Circus (Live)" by Erasure from EBX 2.2 The Circus.
"Waves" by Hooverphonic from The Magnificent Tree.
"Deeper Understanding" by Kate Bush from The Sensual World.
"Skin" by Madonna from Ray of Light.
"Wild Wild Life" by Talking Heads from Popular Favorites 1984-1992: Sand in the Vaseline Disc 2
"Make Believe" by Matthew Sweet from Blue Sky on Mars.
"Barbarism Begins at Home" by The Smiths from Meat Is Murder.
"Cupid de Locke" by The Smashing Pumpkins from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
"Sense" by The Lightning Seeds from Sense.
"A Life (1895-1915)" by Mark Hollis from Mark Hollis.
"Mr. Ambulance Driver" by The Flaming Lips from At War With The Mystics.
"What about Brixton?" by Loo & Placido from London Booted.
"Sing a Song" by Earth Wind & Fire from Greatest Hits.
"Sweet Love" by Anita Baker from Rapture.
"My Ever Changing Moods" by The Style Council from The Style Council Collection.
"Welly Top Mary" by Bent from Programmed to Love.
"Wrapped Around Your Finger" by The Police from Every Breath You Take: The Singles.
"Promises, Promises [U.S. Version]" by Naked Eyes from Promises, Promises: The Very Best of Naked Eyes.
"Great Southern Land (Eric Chapis for Endorphin Remix)" by Icehouse from Meltdown.
"Sea People" by Emiliana Torrini from Love in the Time of Science.
"Baby It's You" by The Beatles from Please Please Me.
"An Architect's Dream" by Kate Bush from Aerial.
"Small Time Shot Away" by Massive Attack from 100th Window.
"Stay (Faraway, So Close)" by Craig Armstrong from As If to Nothing.
"Pretty Good Year" by Tori Amos from Under the Pink.
"Demon Days" by Gorillaz from Demon Days.
"Chan Chan" by Eliades Ochoa from Buena Vista Social Club.
"Filthy" by Saint Etienne from Smash The System: Singles And More.
"Telling Tales" by The Lightning Seeds from Jollification.
"Pedestal" by Portishead from Dummy.
"That's Love That It Is" by Blancmange from Mange Tout.
"Award Tour" by A Tribe Called Quest from DJ Kicks.
"I Love New York" by Madonna from Confessions On A Dance Floor.
"God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" by Coldplay from A Rush of Blood to the Head.
"Captain" by Imperial Teen from On.
"Show Business Martyrs" by Kiki & Herb from Kiki & Herb Will Die for You.
"Bad Man" by Missy Elliott from The Cookbook.
"Sexual High" by Go Home Productions.
"Clocks" by Coldplay from A Rush of Blood to the Head.
"Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" by David Bowie from Singles: 1969-1993
"Miracles" by Pet Shop Boys from PopArt - The Hits.
"Lilac Wine" by Jeff Buckley from Grace.
And the lessons learned:
- I own too much Madonna.
- Everyone else was right about The Smashing Pumpkins.
- I want to see David Bowie live again.
- I should give my Shuffle to someone else so the surprises are deeper.
- I am very, very gay. (See: #1)
- Why so many Lightning Seeds songs? What is the Shuffle trying to tell me?
- I don't like Coldplay half as much as I used to.
- Bananarama! Sooooo happy!
- Every song becomes its own little video when looking out a train's windows.
I don't need to drive to work anymore. Thank God.
