The Situation:

Okay, so basically, my old trusty Blackberry Pearl died. Straight fell apart. It was a nightmare. I couldn't do anything with it. It'd been hobbling along for a while, but when the trackball started to come apart I told my godfather, "You've got until this trackball comes out, and then you're getting me a new phone," to which he agreed. I told him I wanted the Blackberry Bold, and that if he bought it all properly, he could pull it off for 150 dollars. He said okay. We went to the AT&T store on Sunday, to pick up the phone, we discovered that the price I'd researched was only available online, and because I couldn't go without a phone for the three to five days that it would take for the phone to arrive, my godfather agreed to temporarily activate on the of the older (first generation) iPhone's they have laying around. They're an iPhone family, all three of them have one, and they keep asking me why I don't want one.

Anyway, I accepted, and, after giving in to pressure from my family, the AT&T sales guy, and Jay (who didn't even really pressure me, I've just never seen him so excited over anything, ever), I decided that we'd hold off on the ordering of the Blackberry, and I'd take a week to explore the iPhone, and see how I felt about it.

So, what's wrong with the iPhone?:
There's nothing wrong with the iPhone. I've stated and maintained from day one that this is a damn cool piece of machinery. Just hella handy to have around. It does everything. Absolutely everything. And anything it doesn't do, it's about to be able to do, give it a week. My first problem with the iPhone is that I don't like touch screen phones in general. AT&T guy: The phone is so convenient in every other aspect that you'll quickly get over that. =| okay AT&T guy, you're sexy and all, but don't get too cocky about all this, nah.

Anyway, I've had the iPhone for two days. It's fine. I'm not in love with it. It's bigger than I'm used to, but the Bold is bigger than I'm used to, too. My biggest fear really, is that I'm going to get the Bold and be like, "Damn, I want the iPhone back."
However, the iPhone wasn't doing anything but sitting in the house before, so if I do decide to get the iPhone back, I'll just go get the iPhone back.

The Politics:
There is a thick ass, firm, solid line drawn between Blackberry and iPhone users, a silent competition as to who's the better business phone. The Sidekick (which also does everything) would've been in this fight, if it's primary buying market wasn't twelve year old little girls. I'm afraid the G1 will suffer the same fate, plus the touch screen on the G1 is too sensitive, so yeah. Blackberry being the old money in this competition, you wanted a business phone before the iPhone came out? You got a Blackberry. Period. It was respectable. People saw you on it, they knew you had shit to do. It catered to all the business needs of it's owners, and if it's owners decided they needed something else, Blackberry worked their ass off to provide it. The iPhone, on the other hand, just does everything. Everything you need, everything you don't need, everything you never even thought of having access to on your phone. Lol, it's a little overwhelming.

All in all, I don't think this is the phone for me, not out of any fault on it's part, just because it's not the phone for me. But, it's got a couple days left to win me over.

The Joke:
When I first got the phone, this is what popped into my head: