Iphone

Yes, I downloaded the new iPhone OS last night in a fit of insomnia. The big changes - Voice Memo, cut/copy/paste, tethering - are great: much needed, and much-talked about.

Aka: do they text or listen to podcasts in Cupertino? All right, having had my iPhone 3G for just over a month now, here’s what I have to report about it. One - it’s still addictive. I use everything on it - the iPod, Safari, GPS - and I use it all intensively. And the simple, pure joy of being able to take a call while I’m listening to my iPod without the rigmarole of taking out the earphones and fumbling for my phone alone makes it worthwhile. That, and calling up recipes while I’m at the supermarket, checking for when the next bus is arriving (thanks, iSinGeo), the ability to sync with Google Calendar so that I always have a means of figuring out where I’m supposed to be, looking up the historical background of Rome on Wikipanion while I’m watching Rome, checking the baseball scores while I’m out and about - it’s a marvel, and it looks good to boot.