The iPhone 

All day and basically all week, I’ve been reading stories about these dopes who’ve camped out for tonight’s 6 p.m. release of Apple’s iPhone.

I think I’m an Apple TV away from being a certified Apple fanboy. I have an iPod, a Macbook, an Airport and I’ve even convinced my girlfriend to buy a Mac recently.  I even use a Mac Mini at work. But I’m not falling for this.

Apple has always been really good at re-inventing whatever they put their name on. Believe it or not, there were MP3 players before the iPod, now 3 of every 4 MP3 players sold is an iPod. And then they introduce the iPhone and you’d think that no one had ever seen a cell phone in their life.

The reason I’m not getting an iPhone isn’t because I see through Apple’s genius marketing and eye-catching packaging. No, I clearly do not see through those things. The reason I’m not buying an iPhone is that I need the cell phone in my pocket to do one thing and one thing only and that’s make phone calls.

I don’t need my cell phone to browse the internet with Safari (which I hate as a browser) or play MP3’s or hold pictures, I simply need to be able to dial numbers into it and get someone on the other end. That’s it.

I wish those who purchase the iPhone tonight the best of luck with the bugs and other glitches that always accompany the first run of a piece of hardware (just ask those who bought the first 360s).

I love Apple but I’ll pass on the iPhone.

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