The new iPhone

So it's Sunday, June 13. Haven't posted in a couple of days because I don't have anything to say. But the exercise is to write each day.

On Tuesday, I can order a new iPhone. I think I will, despite the fact that I've been spectacularly unimpressed with this latest iPhone 4. It's not clear to me that it definitely has flash memory, which would be something that would make it useful to me. More megapixels in the camera plus a camera with autofocus plus a camera with flash are good, but again, without flash memory, even 32G is not so great. Because you know that every time there's an OS upgrade, it's more memory consumptive. (Add that to the fact that you have to upgrade iTunes every single time you plug in your phone, and it gets to be more than tedious). All the other functionality: the videoconferencing with the two way camera -- that doesn't make much sense over the existing 3G network. It can't handle the current data traffic. They want to put in more data consumptive apps? And AT&T wants to change the unlimited data plan they forced us to buy when we got the 3G? I'm liking this iPnone thing less and less.

Add to it the network failure AT THE UNVEILING. If that's the best you can do at the unveiling of this new product, what are we to expect when we use it? You couldn't figure out that there'd be lots of wifi traffic AT AN ELECTRONICS SHOW?!?!?!? Is this indicative of Apple's planning prowess? I'm not impressed.

But I've joined the cult, it appears. Despite all this I'll be online on Tuesday ordering my new iPhone, cuz I like toys and this is a cool toy. Plus, I already promised my existing iPhone to my Dad. Though I could just buy him a new one from Walmart or the Shack or somewhere.... It's actually looking like the iPhone 4 will be available at other retail outlets besides just the Apple store. Which would be good. Maybe no more huge lines.

I've written enough for tonight.