Sam and I went with our friend, Gene, to Miami last night to see the Braves and Marlins. Sam and I are big Braves fans. Gene is a Yankees fan, but loves baseball. We had GREAT seats. (Section 142, Row 1, Seats 5-7). Gene gets the tickets, I drive and buy dinner.
The only drawback was that we had planned this months ago. As it turned out, this was also the day of the big iPhone release, I was seriously considered getting one, but then June 29th ended up being the release day, and I was going to a baseball game.
Oh, well. Baseball first.
The Braves hammered the Marlins, 12-3. We had a great time, getting back home just after midnight.
So, this morning I went out to see if there were iPhones left. At minimum I wanted to hold one in the store and try it out.
First stop - the AT&T store in Cape Coral. It is the closest to home. They were out. So, I crossed the bridge into Fort Myers and headed to the Fort Myers AT&T store.
Again, no luck.
I called Trudi (with an in-store iPhone, because I had inadvertently left my phone at home) and she offered to call the Apple Store in Coconut Point to see if they had any left.
While I was waiting, I was listening to a VERY disgruntled new iPhone customer complaining about not being able to sync to iTunes like he was supposed to, and the AT&T manager trying to explain that iTunes is Apple software and she has no way to help him with that.
I stood there remembering some of the negative posts I read before leaving the house, and wondered if it was even a good idea to get one yet.
But, in the end, I ended up going to the Apple Store, where the phones must have been plentiful. And, yes, I ended up purchasing this very expensive phone.
And, yes, it is very cool. The picture was taken with the phone's camera. Not a great camera, but I wish I had had it at the ball game last night.
4 comments:
Dude, you da man! I held one today for the first time. Very cool. (My friend hadn't been able to get it activated yet though, after 5 separate calls to at&t). I'm not going to spring the cash for the iphone (i use yahoo music anyway) but i'll be getting the samsung blackjack when i get to tx.
I was a very popular guy at church yesterday with the technically-inclined and Mac-geeks. I had zero problems with activation. Love the phone.
I had zero problems also! The phone is great, and I'm very happy with it. Tell me if you learn any cool tricks.
You got one! No tricks yet. Of course, I expect all the inside info from you.
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