Here’s a little backgrounder on my job – I’m a production manager for a company that is visible in the online advertising space. While I do not do advertising per se, I am tasked with the development of applications that our company will use. Thus, I’ve been reading a lot of articles and news pieces on the big movers in technology and advertising like Google and Apple.
I’ve been quite intrigued with the evolution of the mobile phone in the hands of those two giants – Apple with their IPhone and Google with their Android OS and Nexus One. I’ve also been going to tweetups (twitter meet-ups) where I meet some of the funniest and nicest people around. I notice that a lot of them carry IPhones. At first I couldn’t care less about a brick that couldn’t even manage its wireless connectivity well but with all the write-ups about how we are moving to an App (application) economy I was quite intrigued. So intrigued that even though an IPhone is way out of my budget, I managed to convince the hubby to splurge on an IPod Touch.
Now why the IPod Touch? Because it is practically the IPhone without the phone and camera. So I could download almost all the applications I wanted and really see what all the fuss was about. I’ve been mostly a Sony Ericsson and Nokia phone user. However at my company I have been assigned a blackberry. After using the IPod Touch I was blown away by how easy it is to use. Yes it is a virtual keyboard but using the mentality of a natural user interface has allowed it to become almost idiot proof. My 1 1/2 year old son has learned to swipe through photos. My 60 yr old plus Father has managed to navigate with Google maps. I may sound like a friggin TV commercial but “its just so easy!”
Now I want a Macbook pro. I want the next IPhone. Gah, I’m trying to resist the Steve Jobs reality distortion field but it is just so strong. When Mr. Jobs says that there’s no flash on the IPad because it is a resource hog, I agree with him instinctively first, then logically. I never thought I could totally reverse myself but I have. I know I have fallen when I don’t even remember there is an alternate reality… If anyone needs me I’ll be reading on the top 10 apps to get for the IPhone 
Tags: Apple, Google, IPhone, IPod Touch
