This used to be me. Not the guy in the sweater, but the guy with the bag. But I wasn’t Asian. Nor did I wear a sexy t-shirt/button-down ensemble.
This is the saddest day of my adult life. In preparation for the iPhone 3G (”The same, only with 3G”), I’ve given up my iPhone to a relative in far off Poland. I swapped out my SIM card, placed it into a Nokia N95 8GB, and now have the SIM-less iPhone in my pocket, close to my genitals, letting rest there until the hour of the hand-off occurs.
I’m sad. I’m confused. I miss email that works – the N95 has been churning away at my CrunchGear email for an hour now for no good reason. I miss a good browser. I miss the little dancing icons. I miss, I miss, I miss…
Goodbye, first generation iPhone. I love you.
you do know who the guy is in the photo, right?
paul tsongas?
Get a life..please. Thats number one reason I don’t want an iPhone. The fanatics who love it. Way toooo wannabe for me.
Wannabe what?
Pretty lame that a person lets other peoples’ actions determine the course of his or her life.
hehe – didn’t think you’d guess it
http://www.iphonebuzz.com/our-own-vincent-nguyen-media-whore-291027.php
I know who it is, Wayne. Vincent is like a sister to me.
I feel you. Mine was stolen earlier this year and you would have thought my best friend was just kidnapped…painful days without it!
Wait, so THAT’S the saddest day of your adult life?
From the other side of the coin, the person receiving it (I thank a future benefactor for passing their baby on to me, perhaps you..) it will be a joyous day. Your relative will (perhaps) be able to play youtube videos anywhere. Trust me, people to are too poor to buy their own gadgets and rely on their close friends to pass them on are about to enter the happiest weeks of their lives. We are all asking our iPhone-toting friends “What are you gonna do with it, now that you are getting a new one?” Our ideal answer: “Giving it to you, old friend. It is the only way I know to repay you for the great tech support over the years. And, of course, the times you picked me up from [insert party name here] because I was to drunk to form complete thoughts and you are a geek and spent the night updating your Linux installations to the latest kernel.”
Woah, that dream wasn’t half bad…
Awww man, you’re gonna make me cry! I never even got a 1st gen iPhone! I’ve been toughing it out for the sweet, sweet day when steve announced iPhone 2. And now it’s here.
I’m in the same boat as you, John. Gave up my iPhone last week in anticipation of the iPhone 3G, using a Nokia E90 in the meantime.
Hang in there, pal. We’ve got less than a month to go.
*stares longingly out the window*
John,
If you didn’t get your email working, enter the settings manually. The email wizard tends to leave out details.
If you have any other questions, feel free to contact me.
I’m sorry man, I’ve been Iphone-less forever. I decided to finaly get the iphone 3G when it comes out in july. I love the rubbery backing, but the 3G is useless here since they don’t even offer it where I live.
By the way, all I could think of was the cher song, “This is a song for the lonely! Can you hear me tooonight!”
i miss a clipboard. so much.