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Jul 14, 09 - 03:47 pm Comment from: Jay-Z

My friends tell me the same thing, and I've had an iPhone for almost 2 years. Doesn't stop.

I'm finding this is true even at work. I don't have a work laptop, but I can still access my inbox via Outlook Web Access in Safari on my personal iPhone.

This came in very handy today in a meeting, when we needed to refer to information in an old email I'd received. Yeah, it's a bit annoying to have to pinch and zoom around OWA's not-designed-for-a-mobile-device user interface, but in the end I was able to find the email and we had a far more productive meeting as a result.

So it's even helping me be more productive at work, too! (Well, provided we don't talk about how much time I've spent playing "Twisty Text Lite", that is...)

Jul 14, 09 - 04:09 pm Comment from: deepdish

Changed my life too.

Hard to explain to anti-mac people how great the iPhone is.

They blather on about the pre or blackberry.

I kinda feel sorry for them.

A kidney transplant really changed my life. My 1st Gen iPhone just changed the way I comunicate.

Jul 14, 09 - 04:34 pm Comment from: HotinPlaya

changed my life. I use to always cart my MacBook with me on business trips, now, unless it is for more than a few days, I can keep up

Jul 14, 09 - 04:57 pm Comment from: Cubert

HotInPlaya,
I checked out that link you sent me a few weeks back. Is that you and your wife in the photo?

(sorry to have misunderstood your "lifestyle". No offense - as Rodney Dangerfield would have said)

Hate to admit it, but I never could figure out how to add contacts to my LG phones in the past without opening the manual(s) that came with them. Consequently, I used the devices to make phone calls ONLY . . . and not many of them, thanks to the poor Verizon coverage in my area.

The iPhone 3G has changed all of that in a big, big way. It's my iPod, my personal organizer, my internet browser, and so much more it's hard to quantify.

Yes, my life has changed (even without a major surgical event), and I am more connected and productive than ever before. Thanks, Apple.

Jul 14, 09 - 05:03 pm Comment from: Cubert

I don't even have an iPhone yet (getting first one at the end of this month - woohoo!) but I have found myself wanting one in many situations.

Jul 14, 09 - 05:52 pm Comment from: CYxodus

I don't have one yet but I've found myself in many situations where I really needed one. Looking forward to getting my iPhone.

Jul 14, 09 - 06:37 pm Comment from: Bandit Bill

Whatever...

Going with out your iPhone, computer, television and other electronic gadgets will change your life too. Likely for the better.

Mine too... now pay attention to your driving.

thanks

Jul 14, 09 - 07:40 pm Comment from: Deus Ex Technica

I try to consume technology that adds to my ability to impact my world. The iPhone is a huge tool in my arsenal for that. At this point, there isn't much I can't do in a civilized place as long as I have my keys (transportation), a credit card, and my iPhone (my MPB is also nice, but less necessary these days).

Many people see new things like the iPhone and can't comprehend (rightfully or wrongly) how it could possibly impact their lives. Sometimes it's because of fear of change, lack of imagination, or lack of ambition. Regardless of why, they interpret my increased use of a new tool like the iPhone as some sort of unhealthy obsession, when in fact it's me incorporating a very powerful tool into my lifestyle.

The same sorts of naysayers were around during the advent of radio, telephones, the television, and personal computers. God love 'em, but take their advice for what it is.

Jul 14, 09 - 07:51 pm Comment from: Bandit Bill

Sure Deus,

When you are in your deathbed, your last thoughts will be "I should have spent more time with my iPhone".

Why would you use OWA to access your Exchange email? Why not use the built in support?

@schmiuss: I'm not Gabriel who posted above, but I use OWA on my iPhone because my employer requires that if I want to use the exchange support, I have to passcode-protect my iPhone six ways to Sunday, which makes it a pain in the ass to use it. Since my employer isn't paying for me to have the iPhone, there's no way I'm going to let them screw up my user experience. No, thanks.

And yes, for the record, OWA sucks. The new version sucks less than the old one, but it still sucks. Having said that, I've been forced recently to use Lotus Notes, and until that point I never thought that I'd see the day when I thought nostalgically about MS Outlook.

Jul 14, 09 - 10:31 pm Comment from: Deus Ex Technica

@Bandit Bill

My iPhone is a tool that allows me to maximize my productivity during the hours I choose to work. Thus, it is a tool that gives me more time (and money) to spend on my family, not less.

Jul 14, 09 - 10:55 pm Comment from: m159

My life can be broken down to Before iPhone and After.

Jul 14, 09 - 11:00 pm Comment from: Bandit Bill

That's great Deus. If that is the case... then excellent.

For many people technology doesn't always provide an avenue to more social interaction and I mean face to face contact.

Although I really like my girlfriends, girlfriend. I often dread her visit. She will be texting 20 times while we are watch a movie. My own girlfriend did it during a first dinner meeting with my brother and we are talking about a 46 year old woman. Get this... the two of them (my GF and her GF) actually text messaged one another in church.

These are isolated examples, but they are not uncommon (except the church one I hope ).

Jul 14, 09 - 11:40 pm Comment from: Deus Ex Technica

@Bandit Bill

Agreed - these sorts of examples are everywhere, including church and on the road!

I ride a motorcycle - it's my only mode of transportation here in L.A. For cutting through traffic, it's an amazing tool. One of the biggest threats to my safety? Drivers who are texting (or something) on their phone (probably iPhones!). It's illegal now in Cali, but it happens all the time.

So, technology can be used for good, evil, or indifference. I choose the former, whenever possible.

Peace!

Jul 15, 09 - 08:12 am Comment from: Predrag

Texting (in church, in bed, at dinner) is (unfortunately) there to stay. It is there most likely because those who do it don't find the even engaging enough so they need another kind of activity, with possible exception of those for whom the event is thoroughly engaging that they feel the need to share it with someone else in a discrete manner.

In passive situations, texting may not have an impact one way or the other (church, theatre, movie), although if it is s shared moment (two or more people attending together), it is clearly offensive to others partaking in the experience. For active situations (dinner, party, meeting), there is no positive element to it. It is simply as improper as spitting or swearing in public.

Texting has been around for almost ten years in the rest of the world. It has been entering mainstream in the US since recently. It will take a few more years before texters in the US develop some rules of behaviour. Too bad these things don't automatically cross oceans by themselves...

well, in fairness, I've fired up my iPhone in church - but not for texting. there's an application called iBreviary, which is a priest's prayer book, and it provides the daily mass readings. For those times when I'm having a hard time understanding the readings (poor lector, noisy crowd, convoluted meanings), it's really handy to be able to tap a button and see what was actually being said.

My parish is pretty easygoing, so I've never noticed getting a dirty look, but there were probably some people thinking that I was reading MDN or some such fiendish activity.

Dan, my iPhone is the single best tech device I've seen in a long time, and it has changed how I live too.
All for the better.

I like iPod touch more than iPhone.
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