Technolust
I saw (and touched!) an iPhone tonight at the Auckland Web Meetup, and I am utterly sold. The form is actually a bit smaller than I expected, and the screen...mmm, the screen [shivers].
It's actually kinda lucky that they're not available down under yet from any local network cause I'd be in like Flynn...the forced wait will hopefully mean that we get a 3G version when they finally arrive (2008 sometime), plus having seen it in action now I can't help but think that this is totally going to spur some innovation from the big handset makers...I mean it has to, seriously. The thing makes the incumbents all look like a bunch of dullards.
Incidentally, tonight was my first AWM and I am really impressed. John and Karl do an excellent job of organizing the whole show (including Pizza and Epic Beers) and tonight's meetup (sponsored by Shift) showcased some very cool stuff covering Maps/Gadgets, Amazon S3, Popfly, Events promotion, TV Socnets, and even some local flash game developers making a metric buttload from advertising...sweet. I'm already looking forward to the next one.
Awesome, glad it was so cool. Sounds like you were overcome with geeker joy.
My money is still on the iRock ;)