xtcian

"If someone had shown up in 1977 with a wire-free long-distance telephone the size of a deck of cards that also played thousand of songs and had "Star Wars" on it, I can't say for sure, but I think I would have fainted."

Me too! Well, especially the "Star Wars" part. (heehee)

Enjoy your wondrous new toy, Ian. I have yet to even get an iPod, but the day is coming... probably within the next week or two. Packing for our current move, I was overwhelmed by the sheer heft of all our music CDs. Time for an upgrade.

Yea! Thanks for the update! I want it! I want it! I want it!

Unfortunately, I am currently having problems redeeming a iTunes gift card on my stupid Shuffle. Frustration! Impatience! Why can't I figure it out?! I don't think I am ready for the iPhone.

Adorable photo! You three look very Harry Potter-esque.

I hesitate to say something negative about a product that I personally know nothing about, but I've heard that the battery can only be recharged a certain number of times before it has to be replaced.

Then you have to go through Apple to get a replacement battery for $80 or so and can't use your IPhone for two weeks until you receive the new battery.

You also have to back up everything on it since the memory gets wiped clean when they replace the battery.

Not sure if this is true, but that's what I've heard. Anyone know if this is true?

I just did a quick google and here's the article:
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/07/apple-to-charge.html

I guess it's all true, but it looks like it can be recharged 400-500 times (about a year?) before replacing it for $86.
And the memory does get wiped, which sucks.

I agree with the final sentence -
"Some fussbudgets have suggested that the iPhone ought to have a user-replaceable battery like, oh, every mobile phone since the dawn of frickin' time."

Here's another link:
http://www.ipodbatteryfaq.com/#22

Oops, make that 300-400 charge cycles.

Why, if I could drop my 1998 sprint ugly phone and have the battery pop out, and still have the data (phone numbers, speed dial info, etc.)... and the same with every Sprint phone would apple put out an instrument that loses its tiny little mind when the battery gets replaced. Makes no sense. Sure there is more "stuff" on the iPhone, but this is nine years (and nine technology years) later. Suresly this is a major drawback.

If all you wanted was crystal clear reception in all the places the whole family has been cursing about with their Sprint phones since day one... all you had to do was switch to Verizon. It comes in loud and clear almost everywhere. Even in a lot of subway stations that are not totally buried in the center of the earth.

I love the idea of an iPhone, but until I have a lot more disposable income (if that ever happens) and until they fix this battery/loss of data probelm, I'll get by with my cheap free Verizon phone and my iPod, thank you.

Glad you were able to be the coalmine canary for the rest of us iPhone-wise. But then, I never buy 1.0 version of anything.

i have a t-mobile wing, i wish there was a comparison vs. the i-phone. so far the things it seems lacking vs. the i-phone are the operating system and the voicemail sort thing. i LOVE the i-phone OS but i'm always leary of getting some technology that's just out until the bugs are worked out, i know that cut-and-paste thing would drive me insane. i also have a blackberry and that keyboard wins hands-down over everything except the sidekick i used to have (which sucked to a ridiculous level for internet surfing). the wing's keyboard is *ok*, but i tend to use the stylus. i've never had a treo but i bet that keyboard is pretty decent.

and speaking of technology, through the wonders of the modern internet, you can now see my film! (sorry that was the only segue i could think of.)

it's a sci-fi rock musical love story with a call to save the environment.

this is just a low-res quicktime file, so i think it looks better if you don't try to make it full screen.

http://www.scarycow.com/round2.html

happy friday!

I love that Mom says, "I never buy the 1.0 version of anything."

awesome!

xuxE,

congratulations!

there's a bunch of films on that page. which one is yours?

Xuxe, congrats!

Re: the iPhone... actually, that was a quick urban legend. The iPhone retains 80% of its charge after 400-500 charges, and since you're hardly ever going to deplete the battery every day (more likely you'll lose only 20% of the charge each day), you're looking at a couple of years before having to think about it.

As for "wiping out the memory," I think everyone's missing the point. There's no such thing. All info is necessarily backed up on your PC every day anyway, like a PDA. In fact, switching phones is easier on the iPhone than any other phone in existence, because you just replace the brains with the one stored on your computer. Even better, you can pop the SIM card out and put it in another phone. Know what I mean?

spaceman -- ok, I know which one's yours. way to go! it was a fuckin' trip! a little like the forbidden zone meets brother from another planet.

more please.

ps -- I'll have stuff for you soon. just got my first assignment, as opposed to writing/developing stuff on spec, so have the resources to shoot my own shorts now, which is happening as we speak.

bomb the system. (thanks for me reminding me...)

Did you have to give up on Working Assets to switch since isn't that Sprint only? Just curious. Thinking about my options. Considering a blackberry in the near future..

YAY! exactly! thanks!!!

CP i can't wait to see it!!!

i am actually on my way right now to pitch "homeless love story (the musical)" to my filmmaking co-op...!

by the way, Ian, i really should have given you a credit for the blog, it gives me much inspiration for the pursuit of art and happiness!

xuxE, you're too kind!

Neva, we still use Working Assets for all our landline phone stuff... I can't imagine AT&T would let us switch billing agreements, although it'd be nice.