Technophilia

I am a confirmed technogeek - a gadgetgirl if you will.  If I were a superhero, my name would be GadgetGirl, with some kewl logo and outfit.  But I digress.

I love technology.  I Google about it (yes, I love that Google is now a verb), I am a member of a couple of technology discussion boards, and I even have a couple of bookmarks that go to sites that show celebrities with their phones.  I think this combines my love of technology and celebrity quite nicely.  The biggest thing I love about technology is just sitting down and figuring it all out.

I received my first cell phone back in about 1992 or so when I lived in Dutch Harbor.  I think I was one of the first ones on the island to actually have a cell phone.  It was fun.  I liked it.  When we moved to Anchorage, I had to habit of going down to the cell phone store at the mall and looking at the latest models on a weekly basis.  As a matter of fact, the sales people there knew me by name.  As funds would allow, I would upgrade to the latest and greatest.

This is a partial, but by no means complete, list of cell phones I have had in the past:  Nokia 5520; Nokia 3310; some small red Nokia; Motorola StarTac; Motorola V60; Motorola Razr V3; BlackBerry Curve; BlackBerry Bold; and finally an Apple iPhone 3GS 32g.

Up until recently, I was a pretty big BlackBerry fan.  I loved my BlackBerry.  In the big Blackberry vs Apple debate, I was firmly in the RIM camp.  I remember when I got my last BlackBerry, the very nice salesman, when I asked for the newest model, asked me “Oh, why don’t you want to get an iPhone?”  And I snarkily (and yes, that is a verb) said “Because I want a phone that works.”

Well, now I’m eating my words.

I don’t want to make this a big pro-Apple blog because my intent is not to sway anyone one way or the other (and I’m not getting payment from Steve Jobs either, so there is that).  But I will say this – I love my iPhone, and a lot more then I actually thought I would.

My love affair started like this:  It was time for me to upgrade my iPod.  At that time I was so adverse to Apple that I wasn’t sure if I wanted to upgrade to a iTouch.  Hubby got one.  I broke down and played with his for about 15 – 20 minutes, and that is all she wrote.  I was hooked – hook, line, and sinker.  The next day, or two, I went down to get one.  Since I found out that I could get an actual iPhone cheaper then I could a iTouch, I took the leap.  My only regret was that when he asked me if I wanted a white or black one, I said black.  I realized I preferred the white one, and solved the issue later by giving that one to hubby and ordering (another) one for myself on eBay (which is another blog post entirely).

Now since I’ve gotten my iPhone, I spend endless hours looking at discussion boards, downloading apps, and creating ringtones (my current one is the ringtone from the movie Orphan).  I actually use it as a checkbook, journal, notetaker, calendar.

And occasionally as a phone.