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21 days is how long I was able to control myself from not buying the iPhone. Actually, that is amazing for me. I've tried since June 29 to convince myself why I shouldn't have the first iPhone, but I needed a dose of hi-tech Mac geekery. I couldn't help myself, those damn iPhone ads are everywhere...seducing me with its sexiness...I'm weak, I broke, I had to give in, I needed it...

I just want to let you know that the iPhone is absolutely the most incredible piece of technology that you can hold in the palm of your hand. It does it all, phone, email, internet, video, music, calendar. Oh, the screen is big and bright so I can see it without my reading glasses...worth the price of admission.

I’m green, very green. Not in the environmental sense, but in the jealous and envious sense. As a Mac Addict and Techno-Nerd I must have everything Mac as soon as it comes out. The iPhone hype has me in a quandary. I wanted it to be released BUT I wasn’t going to get one. Why? My contract is with Verizon Wireless and I do not want to switch to ATT. Oh, and $500 for a phone is crazy. At the present time, there is no deal for a lower price with a 2 year contract, which you have to commit to if you want the iPhone. I have been reading the forums all week and when the complaints about extremely low audio and battery life issues were rampant, I was plagued with wicked thoughts…BUT…I STILL WANTED ONE!

The word is that Apple has an exclusive deal with ATT until 2012, which is way too long to suffer from techno-envy. I’ve heard that the deal is only with this version of iPhone, if another model is released, it would not apply. I don’t know if that is true or wishful thinking. Anyway, I’m committed to wait until ATT and Apple get the kinks out of the iPhone.

With that said, I couldn’t help myself and checked out an iPhone up close and personal at the Apple Store in Roosevelt Field. OK, I know I shouldn’t have, but I just had to touch and feel one for myself. That $500 price tag is the only thing that kept me from whipping out the Am Ex card and taking one home. Sigh…