I think every iPhone is like a snowflake. No two iPhone’s are the the same. No one in history has ever said, ooh, let me see what is on your Razr. Your mobile device is now exciting again and I get more people asking me what’s on my iPhone than anything. Okay, maybe I get asked about battery life, but people have just come to accept that it doesn’t last forever.. or a day. It has been four weeks now since I got it, and I still love it.

So this is what is on my iPhone. I am not a download whore, I don’t download every application that I can, be it free or $0.99. I download only what I need and what I will use. The benefit of this is that I don’t have a lot of the restarting issues that some people have, or a week of hell like one of my friends just went through. He does have six pages of applications, and on his replacement the crashing kept on happening, so it is definitely related to an application. I will try applications, but if I don’t like them enough, I remove them.

One tip I have learned to keep my iPhone healthy is to always install applications via iTunes. Downloading the app from the iPhone is handy, but I prefer to go through iTunes. Sometimes the apps don’t get moved from your iPhone back to iTunes, so if you do have to restore you will have to download it again. You can download it for free, but it will save you that step.

I have talked about some of my favorite applications in more detail in a previous post.

Of course if you want a new iPod or Macbook, buy one or three. I am definitely an Apple advocate (if there was any doubt) so this is definitely not an entry to say don’t buy these products. But it is an entry to say, know when to buy one! History has shown that iPods and Mac laptops get "refreshed" at certain times of year. September is normally when iPods get more memory or a new design. iMacs have been refreshed in September too. I think I bought my last two in this month, different years of course. January is also a time when laptops get a faster chip or more impressive specs.

The rumour mill is abuzz that Apple Macbook and iPods are going to be scarce over the coming month(s). Normally this means one thing…new models are on the horizon. Plus, numerous sites are now bringing up rumours about new design changes, take a look at a new rumoured iPod Nano.

So if you are not in a rush to get a new laptop or iPod, wait a bit. See what happens in September as you could be buying something that could be replaced with of course, something newer, better, faster from Apple. And even sometimes a product that is cheaper.

And what fun is buying an Apple product if it isn’t the newest product out there?

So here I sit… On the stationary bike typing this post. I am on my Touch, the fill-in until I get my new Canadian iPhone through Rogers.

Rogers has agreed finally to carry the iPhone after a year of watching Americans and some of Europe get theirs. And even though I had friends unlock them, I endured the wait, and here I am just over a month away from getting my own!

Currently I have a blackberry and many of my friends do too. I do love my blackberry for a few features…

1. Pinning. I think pinning is just catching on. Most people who own the devices don’t know what it is. Well basically it is sending a message to another blackberry directly skipping your email server. It is fast and you can see it has been delivered.I use this a lot to message my boyfriend and other close friends.  Tip: did you know you can add your pin to a
message by typing: mypin[space] 

2. Another useful feature is the Blackberry messenger. Another RIM creation. It is like instant messengers like MSN. You can see when the message is delivered AND read. You can also send pictures which is really handy if you want to have someone give an opinion ok that pair of shoes that you are looking to buy.

Hopefully on the iPhone there will be an iChat client soon. We’ll have to wait for that one but I’m sure it isn’t far behind.

Some downfalls to the Blackberry…

It is ugly. Sure when I got my red curve everyone ooohed and awwed. But put it next to an iPhone and it looks like an old ford pinto.

Another downfall is software. I know there is software for Blackberry but it is a hassle to install and I really have no desire, than to check email and my Facebook. Even Facebook is getting mundane.

So the bottom line is, I am dropping my Blackberry Curve for an iPhone as soon as I can get my hands on one! I’m hoping that Rogers will have some sort of pre-order system in place as I don’t want to have to search the city for one, but we’ll see. Also the rate plans haven’t been announced yet. I’m a sucker, I’ll pay, but I’m hoping the data is at least unlimited.

This new blog (Typepad) was created only because I saw the new nifty iPhone application ready to launch when the new iPhone’s are available…I just hope that I have an iPhone to use it on relatively close to the launch date.