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It’s something that i’d like to eventually purchase, i don’t really think that it would benefit my workflow, actually it would probably distract me from doing what I’m meant to be doing and therefore make me less money! I will in the long term buy one.

Haha… was real keen on one of these whe I heard it was $199new zealnd , that is until I found out how much the plans are here to run them = $250 a month! insane amount to spend over here on a network that offers crappy service.
Ah well couple more years to wait and I might be able to afford to use one :P

It’s nice thingie indeed. Nice toy but I don’t know it just doesn’t attract me. Maybe it’s because it wouldn’t help my work. If someone would give it to me than ok :). But I am certainly much more crazy about Wacom Cintique or from Mackintosh family Mack Book Air.
So I shall kep my good old V-type samsung cell phone in black and silver a little longer and wait for some more crazy stuff :D.

A really, really, really great phone !
But in germany it’s not more than frickin’ expensive !
I wish to be able to buy it some day, but it is really a mess what they’re doing here with it. Just too expensive. And I am not talking about the phone itself – I am talking about the contracts you’re bound to !

But I am happy for you to be one of the happy owners.

And I am glad that you switched to Mac !
It’s a ‘must have’ for any designer – just my opinion.

Great website by the way !
I am always taking a look on the updates per rss.
Your way of art ist something I liked a long time ago and I am happy that someone can do it better than me. So I can still watch it ;)

And your music ! WOW !

Man, If I ever get my study in Miami or San Francisco, I WILL VISIT YOU !

Have a nice day !

I’d love to have one, and in some ways feels like I *should* have one. (Isn’t it odd how brand loyalty + hype does that to you…people are like “hey drew, you’re a designer and a mac guy…wha???? you don’t have one?) But I don’t. I can’t really justify the need for it. Even with the phone being much cheaper now, I still don’t need to dole out all that money for the plans.

Sure, if I had it, I’d use it and love it. I just recently got text messaging on my bare-bones phone and I’m fine with it. If I ever go full time freelance or have a job that requires me to travel much, I would make the investment because I could use a ‘mobil office.’

So that’s my take on the iPhone. Awesome, but a luxury for most, not a necessity.

Does anyone remember back in the 90s when it took 3-5 minutes to download a jpeg? Back when AOL said they’ll have streaming video on the web (*gasp*). Back when pagers were it. and for that matter, when HyperColor shirts were in popular demand.

It’s amazing how far it’s come so that we can have these abilities at our fingertips at the speed we do. The iphone is a benchmark tech that will no doubt continue to push the industry. This is something that other companies are already emulating and will continue to do so because of its intuitiveness and all around “cool” factor

I’ll wait till my me and my bank account are on better terms then I’ll make my purchase.

Before I bought one this weekend, I could think of situations where I said, “Boy, I wish I had an iPhone so I could take a picture of such-and-such.” Having had no camera on my previous cell, the iPhones limited camera was still a boon, and now that I’m using it, I can’t believe I waited a whole year. The camera, the ability to carry iPhoto albums with me, the ability to say, “Gee, I wonder what such-and-such means…” and then pull out mobile Safari and look it up. And it’s darned fun to use, above all. Congrats on getting one.

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Sure it’s a nice gadget. But like others, i can’t justify the need to purchase one. I’m still a student, and i don’t see the need for carrying around such an expensive device with me all the time. A € 50 mobile will do just fine.

That said, it’s a very cool device! If i had the money and if i was doing some more freelance work, i might consider buying one.

@Jayden
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While I was ever fascinated by the few guys I knew that owned the previous one, I was one of the freaks waiting 6 hours camping inside a store till the delivery man brought the gadgets – and I finally got one. While the prices are pretty amazing in Austria (with a surprising density of operators, considering population numbers), the amount of 3G’s that arrived on Friday was almost ridiculous.
But I can only say, it is the only cell phone that does all what I want and need; and whenever I see it in action, I keep smiling, because of the small little animations that support usability. So not only the amount of functions are important (for me), but the way in which they happen.

It’s amazing how our country is all freaking out about the economy and high gas & food prices, yet the minute iPhone comes down in price, we all blow our loads over it. It’s amazing what good marketing and a lot of hype can do for a (mostly) unnecessary product.

It is a cool toy though, and probably some day I’ll get one :)

I have a love/hate relationship with all technology. The love – well, all the great things it brings to our lives, which is too long to list here, but I assume you know of what I speak. The hate – attention consumption and rapid obsolescence. iphone original – twice as expensive, half as fast.

That said, I switched to macs long ago and have never been happier. Just bought my third. So when my cellphone broke into two pieces and I was carrying it around with a large rubber band around it, I finally knew what I had to do. I was an early ipod user too, but never replaced it after it bounced down a flight of marble stairs – ouch! Plus, I had $100 credit at Apple and the price had dropped $100, so it was an easy choice.

The multifunctionality is great, some things should be easier, like using it as a zip drive for documents. I am sure there is some way to do that, i just haven’t looked into it. Also, you should be able to turn it and have a wider keyboard. Switching to AT&T kind of sucked. Looked into jailbreaking the phone, but it still wouldn’t run on Verizon, so wasn’t worth it at the risk of turning it into a $400 paper weight – then, along with my cracked ipod, i’d have a set.

Finally, yes, I show people my work with it ALL OF THE TIME. Super convenient, a feature I didn’t really expect to be so handy. A picture is worth a thousand words.

Good day!,