The iPhone is the Bomb

I re-read yesterday's post and thought ... perhaps I exaggerated a bit. Perhaps I got caught up in the drama of the iPhone's launch. Perhaps.

Or perhaps everything in my life will change now that I have this baby in my possession.

For the record, I am not a geek. My husband on the other hand comes dangerously close to the title; I prefer to call him a gadget geek because he is darn cute, quite sociable and amiable, and though he has an obsession with all things electronic, would not be stereotypical at a geek convention.

That being said ... he had to get us both iPhones yesterday and there was just no arguing with him. I can't explain why, though I keep trying to understand it myself. It just mattered to him.

So, moving on ... let me tell you the about my iPhone and why "everything" in my life is forever changed.

My husband is having breakfast at the diner with the kids so I can catch up on some stuff in my office. He just sent me an IM. From the diner. From his phone. Yeah, it's like a text message, but it shows up on our iPhones like the IM dialog box on your computer.

While I sipped my first cup of coffee this morning, I checked the weather forecast. Here in Connecticut and in New York where we're headed later today. From my phone.

On Monday when I have to run a few errands, instead of being torn (should I run out or continue to wait on pins and needles for an email from an editor accepting my query) I can easily leave the house knowing I won't miss a thing. The exact in-box that is on my desktop is now on my phone.

If an email came in and the editor needed to speak with me immediately, well, the names of all my editors are in my address book; they've already been synchronized so I don't need to re-enter them. If I edit the main address book on my computer, the information is automatically synced with my phone when I place it on the dock.

I suppose that makes my iPhone like a Blackberry. Except it is so friendly I'm almost ashamed I need such a use friendly gadget. To think I was afraid I wouldn't be able to use it. HA!

Now for the music ... I can 'flip' through album covers on my iPhone to determine what to play on the built in iPod. The iPod that automatically pauses when a call comes in then returns back to the song you were listening to before the call came in.

I've also seen two hysterical You Tube videos ... on my phone. I've never really played a random You Tube video on my desktop computer. Frankly, I think surfing You Tube is a waste of time. But how many times have I been somewhere, been bored, and looked to my phone as a potential source of entertainment? Even 'bejeweled' gets old after a while.

The pictures I take with my phone can be synced with my iPhoto library. Pictures from my iPhoto library can be saved on my phone. No more questions like, 'what do you mean you don't have pictures of your kids on you at all times?' No more thoughts like, 'what kind of a mother am I?'

So ... let me clarify yesterday's post: technically, everything in my life isn't changed. But, the mindset I have when I leave my desk, my home, my kids ... that's all changed. The way I do business is changed. I have more freedom, more knowledge, more flexibility, more fun ... all because of this iPhone.

That will indeed be life changing.