As can be witnessed, moms of the digital age are weighed down by inventions of necessity: cell phones, ipods, portable DVD and video game players and Palm Pilots. This plethora of gadgetry can often make day to day tasks more encumbered, more frustrating and even less organized. Enter the “mommy Savior,” the iPhone.
The iPhone's release in June of 2007, was international news and reported on by everyone from local news to Reuters to England's BBC. Though moms would have known all about the iPhone for months, what they could not have known is how addictive, how sensual and how utterly indispensable this piece of gadgetry would be to them.
Apart from being visually stimulating with its streamlined body, sensually smooth exterior and virtually scratchproof glass, the iPhone's all-new, breakthrough, touch-screen technology is intuitive and makes this multi-gadget not only fun, but easy to use. The most appealing aspect of the iPhone however, is the ability to eliminate every single other gadget and sundry accessory from a mom’s life.
• Gone will be the over-sized calendar on the wall. The iPhone’s calendar syncs up perfectly with PC calendars and other web-based calendars and allows for scheduling changes on the go.
• Gone are the dozens of purse clogging notes. The iPhone’s notebook and reminder alarms effortlessly handle everything from grocery lists to telephone conferences.
• Gone are the entertainment widgets. Now, the Wiggles can share disc space with Lenny Kravitz and any music housed on one's PC or Mac can travel freely. Movies like Finding Nemo compress seamlessly with an easily downladable and free software called Handbrake, putting crystal clear movies in the palm of one's hand and making mind-numbing waiting room stints much more bearable.
• Google Maps finds the quickest route from music class to baseball practice.
• Instant Internet access through the Safari web browser over either WiFi or AT&T's edge network allows for the checking of bank balances and movie times, taking all guess work out of the "where," "when," and "how" of one's day.
• Weather information is always available, making the decision between a picnic in the park and a day at the movies an easy one.
• New web apps and upgrades have added depth with the ability to create icons as bookmarks to favorite or frequented websites, rent a movie on iTunes and watch it instantly, take pics and upload directly to Flickr, blog on the go with Facebook and more.
• For those who live and breathe texting, the iPhone’s SMS client sports colored "talk bubbles," making reading easier and, though the touch-screen tech of the keyboard takes some getting used to, once mastered, is both intuitive and faster to use than traditional cell-phone keyboards, according to reviews from sources such as engadget.com.
• Email is sent and received through the iPhone's Mail application as easily as on any PC or Mac and syncs with these other devices just as easily.
•And finally, for a camera phone, the iPhone’s pictures turn out not only decent, but printable and the ability to sync pictures from computer to phone and use it as a digital picture frame is more than any mom could ask for.
So, remember life before the iPhone and cling tightly to the new Savior, the neutralizer of boredom, organizer of data and all around sexy gadget. Behold moms, the iPhone cometh!
For more tech specs and information on the iPhone, please visit the official iPhone site.