Plans to queue friday morning for the iPhone 3G
Well monday came and went without incident. I mean there was o2 unable to plan for the anticipated volume of paying customers. Oh yes and the incredible amounts of frustration as the minutes ticked by and i was unable to order the next generation Apple iPhone i had so set my heart on. So there’s nothing to it! 6am Friday morning, o2, Forster Square, Bradford.
As expected we have reports of probable shortages for the iPhone in both o2 and Carphone Warehouse. I for one aren’t risking weeks worth of waiting, i’ve waited long enough. The conspiracist in me sees Apple holding back stock of the iPhone to generate lots of free hype, but i don’t care.
The first generation iPhone literally changed my life in just as much a way as the release of os X or the announcement of the 5GB iPod back in the day. I’ve been living for 3 weeks with the most basic phone Nokia produce while my iPhone is in for repair. It’s horrible! No more checking the weather while i eat my breakfast. Checking my email while i’m on site or at lunch. No more sneaky internet browsing on something which just pops into my head. Yeah, sure, all these things can be done on my old N80 but it’s such a faf and i’ve never had the motivation to waste 5 minutes trying to get it to work. Just get the lappie out. It’s so very much different with the iphone. Electricity chooses the path of least resistance we all learn at school. So it is with technology, we want it easy, if i can check the weather in seconds when i put the kettle on why would i mess around getting my laptop out. I’m telling myself the iPhone 3G will do the same to me.
The app store will bring a plethora or innovative applications which will change everything. Who knows, but without it in my hands i’ll not be able to see how much i ignore the constant reminder from my location aware todo list that i really have stuff to do. I imagine though that super monkey ball and not the weather will occupy my time at the breakfast table.
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