iPhone activated
Temptation paired with an utter neglect of reason. Or simply the most beautiful gadget I have ever laid my hands on - the iPhone. I didn't make the debut of the iPhone in Germany, I was away on vacation. Arrived on Saturday but was too busy uncoiling from the trip, besides that we had relatives over for a visit.
I had some time on Sunday to peruse through the incredibly negative German news coverage of the iPhone. Let me recap very briefly: too expensive, no SD-card slot thus too little memory, no 3G thus too slow (what about WiFi?), touch screen very playful but useless for business users, and too expensive...
So by Monday I was again in doubt. But as if to break free from all this cloudy negativity I suddenly was in the T-Punkt store on the Schlossstrasse in Berlin. At the entrance they had this very corny spinning wheel operated by a seemingly bored woman. Awful, are they trying to sell my aunt a new set of knives? Inside they had to 4GB iPhones there to play with. Inquired about the iPhone and all the while quite excited to be finally fondling it for the first time. Screen seemed to be much brighter than the iPod touch and everything was snappier than I could imagine.
The sales rep and the bored girl told me almost nothing that I had not previously known about this coveted device and after a brief moment of contemplation (went down the street for some Zen-time and a nice platter of sushi) I decided I wanted it. Sure they T-Com might very soon lower their fares and I might save a couple of hundred Euros and sure, they will eventually insert 3G capabilities in a year or so, but, but but.
There are no regrets anymore: it is by far the most amazing piece of gadgetry I have ever laid my hands on. More to come.
I had some time on Sunday to peruse through the incredibly negative German news coverage of the iPhone. Let me recap very briefly: too expensive, no SD-card slot thus too little memory, no 3G thus too slow (what about WiFi?), touch screen very playful but useless for business users, and too expensive...
So by Monday I was again in doubt. But as if to break free from all this cloudy negativity I suddenly was in the T-Punkt store on the Schlossstrasse in Berlin. At the entrance they had this very corny spinning wheel operated by a seemingly bored woman. Awful, are they trying to sell my aunt a new set of knives? Inside they had to 4GB iPhones there to play with. Inquired about the iPhone and all the while quite excited to be finally fondling it for the first time. Screen seemed to be much brighter than the iPod touch and everything was snappier than I could imagine.
The sales rep and the bored girl told me almost nothing that I had not previously known about this coveted device and after a brief moment of contemplation (went down the street for some Zen-time and a nice platter of sushi) I decided I wanted it. Sure they T-Com might very soon lower their fares and I might save a couple of hundred Euros and sure, they will eventually insert 3G capabilities in a year or so, but, but but.
There are no regrets anymore: it is by far the most amazing piece of gadgetry I have ever laid my hands on. More to come.
posted by Georg at 11:44 PM
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