A very satisfactory device
Posted on March 24, 2008
Filed Under All, Technology, Apple |
Linda’s mother Ede (pronounced ‘Edie’), God rest her soul, used the word ’satisfactory’ to describe things that pleased her. The impatiens in the flower beds around her house were satisfactory because they bloomed constantly and required little fuss once they were established.
Satisfactory is the word I’m choosing to describe my iPhone: I find myself using it a lot more than I used my Treo, which was really a phone with cantankerous contact software. I rarely used its slow, hard to read browser and its email feature was acceptable but not great.
Not only is the iPhone a better phone, but the contact software syncs effortlessly with my Mac, I have music on it (unlike my iPod, I always carry it and thus listen to the music more often) and I’ve used the browser a lot: to find a store and directions for a friend, to post entries to my blog, to check my Google Calendar, to show blog pictures of Grace to friends, and this morning, to read a New Yorker article about Senator Obama while waiting at Menlo Medical Clinic.
I also have a selection of family photos to show friends and acquaintances and have checked stocks and weather a number of times. I can’t wait for developers to come out with new apps… command line, anyone?
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