I know everyone is probably ready for the iPhone fervor to slowdown, in fact someone close to me is so sick of hearing it, that bringing it up often causes a fight. That’s right, my fiancee may be the biggest advocate for the “no more apple iphone talk” movement. That’s why today, I snuck off to the Apple store to get my hands on the shiny iPhone and see it in all it’s splendor. Oh and to pick up a must have neoprene case for my new MacBook Pro (those cases stink!).

First off, the thing has a good weight. I picked it up, tethered to the display and all, and it felt like a sturdy piece of machinery. Upon touching the screen to unlock it I expected it to feel flimsy, like the screen of my current cellphone. Now I had read that it was a glass screen, but somehow I still had that premonition. The iPhone is solid. Built like a brick, tough as a brick.

The first thing I tried out was Safari, I had to go check out eleven3.com. It was snappy and my first go around in typing didn’t go so well. But I have to admit, I was shaking a bit with excitement. Yes, I just said that. Upon switching to landscape mode I was able to type with my thumbs just fine. It is a little weird, but I think you could fly on it once you got used to it. Can’t wait for the youtube vids of that.

The next thing I clicked was YouTube. I clicked on a five minute video and it took a bit of time to load over the wifi. I played it a little bit and then took off to google maps and looked up my house. It was snappy and the pinch to zoom in and out thing was so so cool.

Like I said, this was a sneak trip, so I knew I had to be quick. I quickly checked out the ipod aspect and then headed over to pick up my neoprene case and was out the door.

When I was playing with the iPhone, with all the other people around me doing the same thing, I noticed this: the iPhone got people really really excited. Why? Because everything about it is so accessible. Yes, it lacks a ton of features that other phones may have. But with all of the features it has, none of them feel obscure and difficult to understand. Everything on the iPhone is there for the taking, take it or leave it.

Personally, I could probably get away with never owning one, I don’t even have internet on my phone. But picking up that gadget for the first time and feeling like it delivered on all the hype, made my allegiance to Apple grow even stronger. They put out great products, period. I will be getting one when I return from Alaska in late July.

Oh and I caved and told Danielle what I had done. Nothing happened!

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