After seeing the iPad presentation I have to say that I was really unimpressed and I don’t think that I’m alone in that category. I just didn’t see the use for one. I mean I have a laptop and an iPhone so what would I look like carry that thing around too. Don’t get me wrong, the device itself is nice and as far as innovation in concerned my hat is off to apple. But I didn’t think it was for me. I only thought it to be for those who have desktops and wanted something that was more portable than the MacBook Air.
But then I was looking at my wife’s situation. She has a laptop and iPhone, but she uses the iPhone for all her internet stuff (i.e. news, searches etc.). Then I thought to myself “an iPad would be perfect for her”. Instead of straining her eyes to do stuff on the iPhone she could use the iPad. Sound cool?
Lately I’ve been on the fence with these two phone over which one is a better phone for me. I have owned them both at one point and time and find myself in a bit of “the grass is greener” type of situation. I have my likes and dislikes for both so I thought that I would share them
iPhone:
Love the UI, ease of use, and the app store. Also I have a MacBook Pro so the syncing is flawless (using mobileme) for contact information as well as calender stuff. Touch screen really isn’t a problem for me either because navigating is easy for me.
Blackberry (Bold 9700)
push emails, the phone call quality, as well as BBM. Syncing with my MBP is possible, but at the same time it isn’t like mobileme with the iPhone.
Verdict
I guess that the only reason why I’m in between these two phones at the moment is because I just like aura that blackberry’s have. To me it says “business” and I like that. iPhone doesn’t quite say that, but at the same time I don’t think that it’s marketed to be that kind of phone. I know that I shouldn’t make decisions based on things like that but the thought still stays in the back of my mind.
But in the end I have to say that the iPhone gets the job done for me. Here’s why. That’s all I have to carry with me to have whatever I want at my disposal. For example, taking a road trip I could just bring the iPhone and I have my iPod, a phone, a way to surf the internet as well as check email, and games to play as well. These things can also be done on the blackberry, but it isn’t as clean to me. So iPhone it is
So my wife’s mom came in today into Paris CDG @ around 8am. We leave at 7am to make sure that we are on time. Long story short there was traffic about 30 miles outside of Paris and turns a 1hr trip into a 4:30hr trip. Then when we get into we get into Paris and it’s stop and go traffic through the whole city. There are no lane markers so it’s really get in where you fit in over here. Arrive in Paris at 11am leave and get back home at 10:45 at night. Not cool
Ok so my son is born and growing at a crazy crazy rate. To be honest, you can’t really prepare to be a parent. It just hits you and you got to roll with the punches. The first 2 months were a definite test. Juggling playing ball, sleep, and helping out my wife the best that I can. Very trying. Wouldn’t trade it for the world though. The person that I really feel bad for is my wife because she is on food duty, so she really doesn’t get any sleep at all. Every time baby wakes up to eat, one way or the next she has to get up. But I guess that’s a day in the life from now on out.
How nice is this application add-on. Locate your iPhone where ever it is at. Now all we have to do is get it to work in airplane mode (don’t know exactly how to do that) it’s definetly a great idea. Technology these days.
They can put these signs out? What ever happened to “speed bump”
For all the one or fewer people that actually read this sorry I’ve been lagging on my post. I’ll step it up. Shot out to the one I love. Ms. Lee who is soon to be Mrs. Nichols
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For those who don’t believe that hard work pays off think again. It pays on so many levels. One, you get to see the progress that you’ve made in real time (while you’re still doing your thing). Two, you get to look back on what you’ve done and how much you’ve improved and get a sense of accomplishment (there’s nothing like the feeling of reaching a goal you set). Three, nothing gets handed to you. You work for everything that you get and learn to appreciate it more because you worked so hard to get it.
Remember that.
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