tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3772015788427585850.post-20889376485247568922007-11-23T00:22:00.000-08:002007-11-23T01:41:37.347-08:00I used to be what the industry called an 'early adopter.' So this past summer when I couldn't get an <a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-1751-2978-71/1?AID=5463217&PID=2209376&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcell-phones.search.ebay.com%2Fapple-i-phone_Phones-w-o-Service-Contracts_W0QQfsopZ32QQsacatZ64355" target="new">iPhone</a> because I was still in my contract with Verizon so I had to wait until the fall to buy one. But then they came out with the iPod touch and the wife put the kibosh on any apple purchases until I can convince her that Steve won't come out with something within three months to replace it. (when she bought me the Bravia she had the guy at the <a href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-2732565-10383621" target="new">Sony Style Store</a> promise that they weren't going to come out with something better within the year - When the SXRD came out I had to keep her from going to the store because rear projection doesn't hang and swivel like our beautiful Bravia). So I needed to test out the iPhone without buying it. Well, as I said this is the poor man's Pogue so I don't get the latest greatest dropped on my doorstep to check out so I surrounded myself with impulsive, rich or single friends. So I logged some good time on the iPhone. My sour grapes review was twofold. 1 - the interface is cutting edge and the best thing about the phone. 2 - the EDGE network isn't fast enough for my surfing (mostly wikipedia) And now for Christmas I have to figure out get the perfect companion to my G5 iPod. Enter <a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-2697405-10513813" target="new">myvu</a> a personal media viewer. The best thing I've seen so far is the website shows a simulator which makes the viewable space the same as a 46-inch TV from 5 feet - any bigger and you might get nauseous. Check out the <a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-2732565-10513813" target="new">site</a> and if you get one let me borrow it so I can write a review of it. I got my friend (the friend who let me log the most hours on his iPhone) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FiPhone-Missing-Manual-David-Pogue%2Fdp%2F0596513747%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1195633552%26sr%3D8-1&tag=bigsho-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325" target="new">iPhone: The Missing Manual</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bigsho-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> by none other than David Pogue.Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12306587799890985267noreply@blogger.com