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I've recently bought a new cell phone and have been enjoying it quite a lot. My previous phone was having recharge problems and was bound to bite the dust in the coming months so it was time for me to get something new. Also, my contract with Rogers has been up for a while, and they were offering me a bonus for resigning. So my desire to get an iPhone was building some support in the part of my brain that reasons with practicality.
To top it off, Rogers has been offering a special for adding 6GB of data to any voice plan for only $30/month until the end of September (afterwards the only other plan that comes close right now is their $115/2GB data package). And lastly, my friend Adam, who I think is looking for the same functionality with a gadget like this as me, has given his seal of approval on the device's performance after recently getting his own. So I finally buckled down and gave in to my desire and the growing reasons for me to buy an iPhone, and I haven't regretted it since.
Besides having a great design and being fun to use, I'm now enjoying being able to check my email, websites and Google Calendar, as well as videos, music and of course phone calls on my new "smart phone". Having all that combined with games and other custom applications on a single device, well let's just say I like it very much. And at the risk of sounding like a pretentious jerk, I'll admit that I now like to read websites and check my email while I'm walking to and from work. I've started shadowing other pedestrians and following their leads while I preoccupy myself with... data and other stuff on the iPhone. Of course, I always look up and pay attention when I cross roads, but while I'm on the sidewalk I probably look a lot like a lemming (yes, I know the cliff thing is a misconception, although not entirely).
So, after reading the above paragraphs it probably won't come as a surprise that one of my planned tasks on my iPhone's new ToDo list is to make a version of this website that is optimized for mobile devices. I'd like to be able to read and navigate this site quickly and easily on small screens (and I'd like for others to be able to do the same). Thankfully, I believe I can just insert a separate style sheet for mobile devices and I won't have to duplicate all the content. So expect my next update to include news about that new feature on Velvety Couch sometime soon.
To top it off, Rogers has been offering a special for adding 6GB of data to any voice plan for only $30/month until the end of September (afterwards the only other plan that comes close right now is their $115/2GB data package). And lastly, my friend Adam, who I think is looking for the same functionality with a gadget like this as me, has given his seal of approval on the device's performance after recently getting his own. So I finally buckled down and gave in to my desire and the growing reasons for me to buy an iPhone, and I haven't regretted it since.
Besides having a great design and being fun to use, I'm now enjoying being able to check my email, websites and Google Calendar, as well as videos, music and of course phone calls on my new "smart phone". Having all that combined with games and other custom applications on a single device, well let's just say I like it very much. And at the risk of sounding like a pretentious jerk, I'll admit that I now like to read websites and check my email while I'm walking to and from work. I've started shadowing other pedestrians and following their leads while I preoccupy myself with... data and other stuff on the iPhone. Of course, I always look up and pay attention when I cross roads, but while I'm on the sidewalk I probably look a lot like a lemming (yes, I know the cliff thing is a misconception, although not entirely).
So, after reading the above paragraphs it probably won't come as a surprise that one of my planned tasks on my iPhone's new ToDo list is to make a version of this website that is optimized for mobile devices. I'd like to be able to read and navigate this site quickly and easily on small screens (and I'd like for others to be able to do the same). Thankfully, I believe I can just insert a separate style sheet for mobile devices and I won't have to duplicate all the content. So expect my next update to include news about that new feature on Velvety Couch sometime soon.
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Tags: iPhone, Velvety Couch
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