Just bought the Apple iPhone, photos!

I just bought the Apple iPhone (Time Magazine’s Invention of the Year) the other day and have been to busy playing around with it to do much of anything. It can be very distracting…to say the least. It definitely keeps me connected, perhaps too much. I’m notified of each new piece of mail with vibrates and of course I can’t resist seeing who sent me what and I’m off again, into iPhone land…

I was already an AT&T(orig. Cingular) customer, so I thought the transition would be easy, but it was easier. I literally took the iPhone out of the box and connected it to my computer and voila! my old phone was deactivated and the iPhone in place and already syncing my photos, videos, and music–I had my old number and everything was good to go.

One thing I’ve noticed after two and a half days of use is that the way the iPhone responds to finger motion is revolutionary. The whole pinching in to zoom in and tapping (or pinching out) to zoom out, adjusting the amount of pressing pressure to click on links in Safari or magnify text is amazing. As one person put it, it simply does what you want it too. It doesn’t get much better than that.

It cost me $399 (iPhone) + $69 (warranty) + $25 (tax) = about $500.

After some extensive research, I ordered a nice case for the iPhone from cozip off of Amazon ($10 + 7 S&H). It happens to be the number one selling case there and for good reason. It’s sleek and made out of polycarbonate, meaning it’s a hard, but somewhat flexible (but don’t do gymnastics with it). It comes in the most popular black, silver (the same color as the original back), white, pink, and a deep red/crimson (which I bought). The case is very fitted and easily snaps on without creating scratches (as the Agent 18 case does, according to reviews). I don’t know how protective it is to impact (and hopefully I won’t be “testing” this out anytime soon), but at the same time I’m willing to sacrifice some protection for less bulk. What’s the point of having a beautiful device if it’s going to be wrapped within a cm or more of rubber (with lint all over it >:( )? That being said, I’ve got be careful…(knocks on wood).

I also bought the Crystal film from the Apple store for $15. It was very easy application, and keeps me from worrying about scratching the phone’s beautiful 3.5-inch screen. I contemplated between the Power Support crystal film (sold at the Apple store) and the InvisibleShield film, but I’m glad I went with the Crystal Film. I used InvisibleShield for my iPod mini and previous cell phone, and while it is very strong as advertised, I felt like it attracted too much dirt and lint on its edges (on the adhesive). Once again, willing to sacrifice some of the film strength (not too much sacrifice in this case) for the beauty of the phone.

Well, I took the liberty of taking a gazillion photos of the beautiful device. Here’s just a “few.”