Monday, August 20, 2007
Hello little boys, little toys
I made the most insane impulse buy today:
It's not necessarily an impulse buy, in that I have planning on getting and iPhone since I watch the keynote live months and months ago (I was unemployed, and am -- and forever will be -- a big nerd). Here's what happened once I got it home:
- Open amazing iPhone box. Apple seriously has some of the best packaging in the universe. I am almost afraid to pick the phone up. I feel like I should put it in its case before I even turn it on for the first time.
- Open the smaller box containing documentation. The first thing I see is the words "Finger Tips" (great Poe song, btw), also that is a little sexual, way to go Apple. I guess that's appropriate, as this is the sexiest phone ever. Not since Alexander Graham Bell ...
- Plugging it in ... wow this is too cool for words. It was ridiculously easy replacing my old Cingular phone with this one. And by Cingular I mean AT&T. Whatevs.
- Now I have to sync it. This will take a while, I'm thinking.
- It's been about 2 hours since I started at step 1 and I'm still working on syncing. I was obviously not prepared for this before it happened. I still have no idea how to even use this phone.
- Another hour has passed. I have updated my contacts and calendars, and copied some music. I think I will try photos next. Then I need a slammin' ringtone. I tried typing on it and it went pretty well actually. Score!
- Apparently you are stuck with the ringtones they give you, none of which really sound like ringtones at all. I think I'll just keep mine on vibrate 24/7. I was hoping you'd be able to use your iTunes library to pull ringtones from, but apparently not. It is now nearly 4 hours since I've started and I think my iPhone is ready to travel with me tomorrow. I haven't even talked on it yet! Also, my dumb ass forgot to take the photos off of my old phone before activating my new one, so now they are forever lost. I'm only sad about one of the photos. I'll see what I can do, however.
Labels: stupid things i do, technology
posted by carlytron @ 12:33 AM,
2 Comments:
- At 8/20/2007 8:43 PM, riese said...
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I've never even taken the time to figure out what my ringtones are, as any phone ring annoys me. That's why it just vibrates. I vote for vibrate. I mean, the iPhone is already so sexy, just imagine if it was vibrating?
Also phones aren't for talking on. Who can be bothered? Otherwise they'd still curve a little, like our heads do. - At 9/09/2007 2:13 PM, said...
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You've probably solved this by now but anyway.........can't you bluetooth your pics from your old phone to the iphone? that's what i did when i changed phones.
Also muchos agreeing with vibrate - otherwise it only goes off at the most inappropriate of times because you forgot to put it on vibrate. Places this has happened to me so far include a funeral and a job interview. Fun.
