I just got the new iPhone.

I had previously purchased the v1 iPhone when it came out, but I returned it after a week. Not due to its shitty keyboard, but due to:

1) the lack of asynchronous email. (Fixed in v2.)

2) the lack of Exchange integration. (Fixed in v2.)

3) the lack of "autotext" macros. I have hundreds of these on my Blackberry.

4) to "delete" an email took more than 10 milliseconds. I get several hundred emails a day; the Blackberry simply requires "click delete key" to have a message _instantly_ disappear and then show the next message. The stupid animation on the iPhone was incredibly annoying.

But the reasons I'm now trying the new iPhone are:

1) it has a browser which works. (Damn you Blackberry for going this long without a real browser.)

2) it has a nice third party developer platform, and a simple way to find and buy new applications. (The first app I downloaded was iBeer.)

3) it is 3G

4) my Blackberry broke yesterday :)

Also, I think the new iPhone might save my life. Given that it's email will still suck compared to the Blackberry, I probably won't Drive While Texting anymore.

Now I have to go find a yoga class to teach me how to slow down my life so I don't need to email from my phone anymore. (I currently plan not to email from my iPhone that much, given how crappy the keyboard is vs the Blackberry.) Or, maybe all the iPhone applications will be enough to amuse me when I have some minutes to spare and would otherwise be doing email.

We'll see. Stay tuna.¶2:38 PM