My favorite piece of tech.
In our previous post Oprah declared her love of the Amazon Kindle and stated how it was by far her favorite piece of technology – this got me thinking, what is my favorite device? At first I would say my laptop, it is not only a productive device but a great source of entertainment however, I travel a lot and always pulling my laptop out can be a pain. This led me to my choice, the Apple iPhone. The iPhone is portable, has internet access via 3G, edge, or wifi and has a slew of applications that let me get stuff done.
Yesterday, I was driving home from southern Louisiana and I used the device for the entire duration of the trip. Here is a breakdown.
Music and podcasts – my vehicle has an audio input so I plugged my phone in and played podcasts over the vehicles audio system.
Google maps with GPS - I was extremely tired and missed a turn – an hour later I was in New Orleans and wondering how to get home. *After pulling over* I accessed the maps feature, and it immediately knew my location and showed me the path home. Very nice.
Applications – Since I had already pulled over I decided to log on to twitter and see what was going on, I also checked my gmail and the mail for this blog.
Camera – The camera is only so-so but if you can manage to get someone to stand still or have a stationary object to photograph it does a decent job. As I was traveling I crossed a bridge from where I could see another bridge, just down the river, that was partially covered in fog, it was very beautiful and I was able to snap a picture.
Phone- To top it off, the iPHONE has a phone built-in and I talked to my wife a couple of time during the trip.
This is just an example of how I used it yesterday; the iPhone has other options that I utilize daily. How do you use your phone?
The iPhone can be found at at&t or Apple , the 8GB model is $199, the 16GB model is $299.
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