iPhone 3G

I was semi-enthusiastic when Apple announced the arrival of the new iPhone 3G.

But being the impulsive person I am, that notion came and past just like my impulsiveness.

So I find myself in line at seven in the morning on Friday, along with the other 400 impulsive consumers that the US always seems to have.

Nonetheless, I wait for my fair share of time - 3 hours - until I meet the retailer. Who is fiddling with his own iPhone and smiling like the rest of the giddy retailers that enjoy waving their activated products in our faces.

So I make my payment. And it wasn't $299. It was $499. I wasn't "ready" for an upgrade, so the "upgrade" fee was $200. At this point, I was I hungry and was tired from dealing with smiling Mexican retailers, so I obliged. And yes, to my impulsiveness.

I'm happy.

I have my phone and I drag race the rest of the other impetuous customers home to activate the phone. Because, well, that's what the retailer told us to do.

Only it didn't.

The servers were down and they were too at the AT&T store.

So instead of activating our phones, they gave us a brick phone and told
us to get the hell out.

That explains the smiling.

I didn't know this, of course, and I spent the rest of the day throwing the brick around trying to get it to work.

Until Saturday.

I made another visit to the store. And the fiddlers activated it in two minutes.

And so, happily, I impulsively walked out the store, leaving my SIM card on the table.

the verdict: I've added about 20 applications from the new iTunes app store. Just don't think you're getting what was advertised.