Tethered

As I sit on the floor of gate B22 at the Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport, writing this tethered to my iPhone 3GS, I reminisce about two years ago.  Why two years ago?  Well two years ago is when cell phones as we know it changed.  Two years ago, the iPhone was released.  Back then we didn't have touch screens, apps stores, and fully functioning internet devices.  The iPhone changed all that.  It changed what a cell phone is to a person.  It has become an entertainment device unlike any other.  I dare you to be bored with an iPhone in hand.  There has been many other similar devices released but nothing nearly as "smart" as Apple's iPhone.

I remember sitting in a similar position two years ago for an entirely different reason.  I wasn't waiting for a flight to a family reunion.  I was waiting for the first of these devices.  The first iPhone.  I was so excited and my excitement was justified.  It was the greatest tech gadget I had ever laid my hands on.  Despite it's many deficiencies, I was perfectly content.  Their were wish's I had for the device, most of which has been addressed.  I listened to one of Eplesauce's podcast which focused on the original iPhone a couple month's ago and everything we talked about that we thought would make the device better has been fixed.

So now I write this connected to my new 3GS.  The newest revision of the famed iPhone.  I know that this will be a consistent cycle one that will probably never change as long as Apple keeps making iPhones.  The changes aren't all that big but they are enough to make me want to upgrade.  So for now I write with and about the iPhone 3GS.  Maybe next year, early summer, you will be reading a post about the iPhone 4G, with video iChat, and the ability to solve world hunger, and the energy crisis.