iPhone Buzz

For the past couple of years now I have watched and read with interest the technology mags and papers as they reviewed and critiqued the iPhone. What started as a great idea launched with typical Apple arrogance (sole provider with locked phone and way over priced) has turned into a great piece of equipment at a reasonable price point. This past Friday I drove to Chattanooga to investigate Southeastern Salvage (for flooring and entry door options) and to purchase an iPhone. My contract with Verizon had ended and after a couple of friends (who own iPhones and love them) told me to make the change I was pretty sure I wanted to transition over to the iPhone.

I decided on the 16GB model in black. The phone is a good looking piece of technology and after only a couple of days I am getting pretty comfortable with it. Today I was out of the house and needed to get a phone number so without any effort I launched the Internet browser over the Edge network and within seconds I had the number. The real cool thing was that once I googled the number I simply touched the phone number in the browser and it immediately initiated the phone call for me. I think I am hooked already.

The service seems pretty good. On the drive back from Chattanooga I had service the whole way (there were some spots with my Razr on Verizon where I had no service). Sparta doesn't have the ATT 3G network so while here I have to rely on their Edge network but so far it seems to be almost as quick as my DSL service (we have pretty slow Internet). I know many have reviewed the phone my personal opinion so far is that it is awesome. I love it.