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In case you ever wondered...an iPhone isn't going to survive being run over by a BMW.

Yesterday, I realized that my iPhone wasn't with me after an appointment.  I quickly drove back to the parking lot and found it, wedged under a tire.  After a short quest to find the owner of the car, the iPhone was free...and totalled.  It wasn't crushed or had cracks in the screen, but the LCD screen was destroyed.  The phone worked, I just couldn't access anything because the screen was so garbled. 

You know that iPhone extended warranty?... doesn't cover getting run over by BMW's.  So, 2 choices... new iPhone 3GS...at $400 because it is a year away till the end of my contract and discounted iPhone, or $200 for a replacement 3G.  I opted for the $200 hit. 

Yeah, so, Apple dropped the price of the iPhone 200 bucks. It is now $399 for the 8G instead of the $599 I paid 6 weeks ago. Everyone keeps asking me, “are you pissed?” I reply, “No”. Why? Well you see, I’m an Apple aficionado and used to this. It happens all the time with the newest and greatest from the geniuses at Apple in Cupertino. Apple devotees do not wait for the price to come down so they can acquire new gear with the unclean masses. We embrace the thrill of Immediately obtaining technological nirvana with others who are enlightened.

I would like to thank all of the people who cried like babies and complained so loud that Steve Jobs decided to hand out the Apple Store $100 Early Owner Credit. Here is the link if you want to read the letter. http://www.apple.com/hotnews/openiphoneletter/

I just spent $69 of it on my iPhone AppleCare Protection Plan which extends repair coverage to 2 years from the purchase date. The chances of dropping and totaling the iPhone are too great not to have this! The rest went to iWork 08, been wanting that Apple software!

It is 2 weeks since I succumbed to an iPhone purchase and have not regretted it one bit. Having a phone, the internet, text messaging and an iPod all in the palm of my hand is intoxicating. It’s sleek and I take it out often to touch the screen just because I can and I want to…I can’t help myself. Treo and Blackberry addiction is cheap thrills versus iPhone seduction. Using ones thumbs cannot compare to stroking a smooth screen to satisfy information, video or music pleasures. The future is now and I hold it in the palm of my hand.

Be careful, Mac-geekery is an expensive habit. If you haven’t touched an iPhone yet, think long and hard before you do…once you touch, you want...I warned you. If you have touched one and were able to walk out of the Apple store without one, I know your pain…you will go back…you can’t help yourself…I know.

Buy the 8GB version, hey, what is $100 more when you are spending $500…you will be glad you did. Remember, those video files are large, and you do want to have lots of music and pics with you. Go ahead…you know you want to.

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.