UPDATE: 3G Lies!

It's just not true. That old WSJ reporter lied about the 3G iPhone!

I wish someone would just get their act together already and the Apple wasn't scared of competition...

IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING AND REALLY, are any of the look-alike phones really going to be successful?

Come on folks, I need to know if I should save up for the new phone!

iPhone Expecting

So, I bought the iPhone like about two months after it came out and now they tell me there's going to be a better one coming out in 60 days.

I knew this was part of the deal when I purchased the phone. But I didn't think it would happen so soon.

This most credible rumor out there yet to date about the super-fast 3G network ready iPhone is tempting to me. I'd love an internet that not only looks like the one on my MacBook but one that also moves as fast my DSL and this is what I'm told 3G will do.

So, since I don't know how much it will cost, if upgrades will be offered (doubtful), or anything, I guess I'll just start saving, and pick the best candidate/friend to will my first generation iPhone to.

Eddie Radshaw: Connector, Early Adopter or Just Average Joe?

I've often wondered as I sit through lectures on networks and marketing where I fit on the Diffusion of Innovations continuum. This is one of those common sense marketing concepts wherein there are the innovators who find the products, the early adopters who start to make it popular, the early majority who bring it to the masses, the late majority, and then the laggards. Laggards are people like my dear sister who discovered texting in 2008.

But when I bought the iPhone in late September 2007, just three months after it came out, where does that put me on the continuum? I've always thought of myself as pretty savvy and definitely willing to put money down on something because I have a hunch or just really like it. And, since the most desirable group of marketers to target is the early adopters I like to think of myself as one of them.

This reminds me of how I felt after I read The Tipping Point. I really wanted to be a Salesperson. But I'm actually kind of bad at it. And I thought maybe I was a Connector, but then I don't keep in touch with people I meet on airplanes and I've had too many one night stands. Lately, I've noticed I search online for discount codes before completing online purchases (most recently, I used CouponCabin to get free shipping at JCrew, which saved me $12 on a hot pair of swim trunks that was only available online.) All this might make me a Maven, if only I could commit to this frugal lifestyle.

Someone should create an online quiz to help me confirm my suspicions. (My searches yielded nothing.)

(See the poll to vote on what phase of consumer is currently buying the iPhone)

iPhone, iPhone on the Wall

Finally, someone out there GETS me.

Gizmodo shone light on a brilliant new case for the iPhone.

As I myself am both obsessively vain and concerned about my iPhone's protection, this may be just the thing I've been waiting for, but too bad iLounge is sold out!

See, I've been using the little silver Apple logo on the back of my iPhone as a mirror since I got the phone. It's the perfect size to quickly check for seeds in mt teeth, look at a potential new zit, or even fix my coif.

Here's a rough attempt at illustrating the multi-functional iPhone:

(I have to say it is VERY hard to take a picture of your reflection!)

But with this new case, I might be able to have a full picture and perhaps not looks so bizarre as I try to get the right angle of my shiny forehead, etc.

But a small price to pay for vanity, if I do say so myself.