As was I, since I've been using AT&T for the last three years. Anyway, it really doesn't matter. What works for me isn't necessarily going to work for everyone.

Droid FTW!!!

if you get anything other than an iphone (or an ipod touch if you want the exact same thing without a cellphone or service contract), you made a mistake.


i typed this in the parking lot of a starbucks 20 miles from my home. i am logged into my computer and moving the mouse around the screen/typing/running programs/downloading stuff/rendering videos/rebooting when needed...

the touch screen becomes your desktop. set it up once, and from that point on it is one single button to connect and login your machine from anywhere in the world, even if the machine has a dynamic ip address.

anything you can do on any windows or mac operating system, you can do on an iphone. from anywhere in the world. print stuff 3000 miles from your house and it will be there when you get back.

reading pdf books on your computer and being able to download any book ever written in the last 100 years through torrents is incredibly powerful.

if you were in the same room as the computer logged in with the iphone, you would see your mouse moving/things happening from across the room like a remote. if someone is at the computer itself, either of you can move the mouse or type. collaboration is powerful.

iphone. it's the single most powerful information tool humans have ever invented.

using it will raise your IQ. i swear to god.

Single, you've obviously never owned another true smartphone besides the iphone. None of that is an inherent advantage to the iphone. If you are a functionality fiend, as you appear to be, its better to NOT get an iphone, but get a droid instead.

the iphone is better at being pretty, and being *slightly* easier to use. It doesn't win on functionality.

Have friends who are into their Droid. My solution has been laptop.

Dumb phone for text and voice. Laptop for everything else.
No teensy weensie nerdbooks either. 15.6" is what I've got.

I might eventually get smart with my phone but I got used to doing
it this way and it has been working pretty well for me.