iPhone 1.1.1 - seems fine to me

Upgraded to 1.1.1 and all went fine for me - not so much for a lot of others apparently, especially those who customized their phone by jailbreaking it or siming it. I had done neither although I was about to go enjoy some of the 50 3rd party software out there, especially a task minder that sounded good and customizing the GUI by moving and replacing the buttons.

My 8gig works better than ever. The itunes button is awesome (like in Cool To Use, not like Beautiful) as I am so out of touch with newer music and this allows me to sample a whole boatload of different music styles whereever I can get wifi. It is so quick, even with out slow DSL at home. I click on a song and it IMMEDIATELY plays the first 30 seconds. So fast and so easy. I never really used an ipod much and find podcasts so enjoyable. The range of content is, well, global and the ease of listening will only get better when I get my headphones [Update: RIVET makes good headphones just for the iphone - jack plugs right in -10/11] for christmas (hint hint).

So I still love my iphone and still expect it to keep changing my life in subtle ways I did not expect. We now have all of our friends names and addresses and emails in one place instead of five which should help. It's not like we have hundreds of friends, but it is nice to know the number is bigger than 10.

What is my iphone? It is my watch, my camera, my phone, the home phone, my alarm clock, my light, my instant messager, my email box, my photo library, my movie library(I've watched Calum the Enchanter 15 times), my weather station, my maps, my friend finder, my radio, my link to music of all kinds, probably more that I can't think about. With all this, I find that I don't really want to show it off, as it's social patina is still too bright for a lot of people and it is still too much of a symbol of coolness.