It’s the song I’m hearing.
Lately I’ve been having all sorts of trouble with my Treo 650. Yeah, it’s got this small keyboard and tons of cool Palm programs on it, but the Palm is just losing its overall appeal to me. I mean, half the programs that I have installed on it are just to keep the damn thing running correctly. I’ve got battery monitoring programs, email programs, backup programs, etc… All just to maintain the working condition of the 650.
So, here comes the iPhone with it’s new price of $399 and the new unlock that is available. I don’t know. It starting to look might appealing.
My only hesitations at the moment are these:
• it doesn’t sync with Microsoft’s Entourage (yet)
• no Pocket Quicken
• doesn’t natively work on T-Mobile (would have to use unlock hack)
• limited games (for those long subway trips)
• can’t shoot videos with it
• no removable battery (what!?)
There are a bunch more that I won’t get into now.
If I got an iPhone, I’d have to start using iCal, Address Book, and other Apple native programs to sync with the iPhone. I’m not a real big fan of Apple’s programs. Of course, they are going to get better once Leopard comes out, so maybe I’ll be more interested in them then.
One thing I have to consider, though. With my Treo, I do spend a lot of time tweaking and fixing and tinkering with it. All that time spent is pretty much wasted time. If an iPhone just works with all the Apple programs and I don’t have to tweak and fix and troubleshoot and whatever, maybe I can find myself actually getting work done. Maybe, the iPhone will just do what it has to do, like making calls, playing music, and showing me what I have planned for the week. Maybe simple is better.
Anyway, I do have a birthday coming up in November…
