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iDay

Definition: iDay: A day to be celebrated by the .5% of any urban area, like Philadelphia, who can afford the iPhone.

Yipiee.

Inspiration: iFlipFlop, Good Friday iPhone and the rest of the Philly blogosphere talking about it.

Not a Fan...

It's beautiful, and I love the interface, but I'm not spending $500 for a phone - I prefer my trust Nokia 3650 and Dell Axim x50v, thankyouverymuch. Besides, I've always thought that the long neglected Pocket PC platform, with a sexier interface, would be a more than capable competitor. Hopefully this will encourage developers, manufacturers, and carriers to get serious about the handset experience.

I'm a big fan of convergence devices, but I'll take a wait-and-see for the second generation as far as the iPhone is concerned.

the mayor on line in philly

Ah the outgoing mayor and his, err, antics. Better or worse than sending a lackey for it? Daily News slideshow

Reluctance...

Although I'm reluctant to defend Mayor Street, he IS Mayor 24-hours a day - so I suspect his indulging in time to wait in line for a trinket isn't the best use of his time, but it's certainly no worse than the orgy of coverage the "media" did in the coverage of a commercial gadget...

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