A day in the life of an iPhone owner
A day in the life of an iPhone owner (henceforth referred to as The Shiny, or just Shiny). Note: All times are exact, except when they’re not.
05:10:00 shiny gently reminds me that the radio alarm has been on for 10 minutes and asks if I would like to arise from my slumber.
05:10:15 finally work out what the beeping is. Ask shiny to kindly sod off. Use flash looking UI to turn off the early alarms, turn on the late alarms, pray I’ve not set my main alarm.
05:15:00 Main alarm goes off.
05:15:10 Main alarm turned off. Shiny checked for email.
07:10:00 Shiny points out that I really should get up.
07:10:05 Thank shiny, deal with 2 early morning text messages. Swear at world for inflicting another morning on me.
07:55:00 Shiny emits blaring alarm to warn me I need to be out of the house. Unhook shiny from laptop, apply headphones, start playing music.
07:09:45 Train arrives, get seat, sort early morning emails out, write some blog entries in the notepad (net connection not stable enough to blog on journey in) while listening to music. Watch some videos, pity the blackberry users.
09:11:00 Pull into Liverpool Street station, stop videos and restart music, place shiny back in pocket.
09:15:00 Arrive at desk, turn music down a notch, put shiny on desk so texts and emails can be dealt with.
12:00:00 Cease music playback, remove headphones, have lunch.
13:00:00 Return from lunch, reapply headphones, restart music, deal with emails received during lunch on Shiny.
14:00:00 Enter pointless meeting. Many managers with crackberrys looking uninterested and checking their email. Remove one earphone, get out shiny, surf web. Pity the crackberry users.
14:08:00 Pointless meeting over, reapply second headphones, select a new set of music to listen to since I have shiny in my hand.
14:10:00 Back at desk, shiny on desk again to deal with comms. Plug shiny in to USB port to let it recharge.
17:23:15 Leave desk, put shiny in pocket, turn up music, leave for train.
17:32:50 Get on train, connect to wi-fi network, frolic through the bloggosphere.
17:50:00 Train pulls out. Shiny automatically changes to use EDGE, start composing this blog entry while organising a night out.
18:16:10 Catch up with now, realise I haven’t covered an entire day, splice in last night in the hope you don’t notice.
18:48:00 Pull into Colchester (late, grr), get off train, turn music to 11, attempt to call friend. Music fades out automagically.
18:48:06 Hang up on friends voicemail, music fades back in.
18:55:00 Get home. Noodle about for a bit while continuing to listen to tunes.
19:23:54 Call friend while doing ironing using hands free headphones.
20:07:28 Remove headphones (music playback stops), and put shiny on table for easy access should I get email or text. Watch TV
21:30:00 Set early alarm on shiny, plug into laptop to sync and charge. Go to sleep.
Notice how I can now spend almost the entire day wired for sound, safe in the knowledge that no matter how loud the music is I’m not going to miss a call or a text (the music fades and an alert is played when one comes in). I no longer need to carry my laptop with me and I don’t need to engage with idiots for most of the day. When I do have to deal with them I can show them up and play at the same time. It’s my perfect little digital universe in a handy pocket size. Get one, then we can interact 
Aha! You still have to do the ironing.
Yeah - sucks to be me
SO jealous if your iPhone! Couldn’t afford one right now though.
Well, it’s christmas soon, and provided you use it a lot then the £35 contract isn’t so bad. I’ve actually gone for the £55 contract as I was using my mobile so much it was costing about that anyway. I’ve got slightly less texts, but I’ve got way more free hours (yes, hours) which should also help reduce my home phone bill (turns out calling mobiles a lot can cost you over £100/month
) so I’m actually saving money 
Contentious geek-speak I know, but:
I remain unconvinced on this whole iPhone thing.
In some ways it seems such a comprimise between a 3G phone (sized such that you can put it in your pocket when you go out at weekends), a decent PDA (that you can sync to Outlook using RPC) and a top notch music player - also, is the audio/battery life as good as the latest generation “standard” iPod??
But why your dislike of the blackberry, the UI is so much less irritating, the keyboard a comparative joy to type with, the web browser fit for purpose (and thankfuly inside the firewall so it can actualy be used as a work anywhere device….)
Oh and it’s free to own/use etc due to the joys of company generousity!
The iPhone isn’t a descent PDA (lacks a todo app). It’s calendar and alarm functions are reasonable though. What it is is an fantastic iPod with a phone attached to it. Battery life is the same as most other iPods I’ve had (which is good given the size of the screen).
Des, I think the term ‘work anywhere’ sums up my problem with crackberries. You’re constantly tied into the corporate collective, working even when you’re not at work. OK, so I have to pay for it, but I get to goof of at work even more than before, and even in meetings. I know what I’d prefer.