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		<title>Smart Phone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>matt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iphone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smart Phones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve finally taken the plunge.  I have purchased an iPhone. 
I have to say, I love the thing.  I had exchange rocking with this thing within 3 minutes of getting it home on the wifi network.   I had a Sprint service for many many years and they were pretty good to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve finally taken the plunge.  I have purchased an <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/">iPhone</a>. </p>
<p>I have to say, I love the thing.  I had exchange rocking with this thing within 3 minutes of getting it home on the wifi network.   I had a <a href="http://sprint.com/">Sprint</a> service for many many years and they were pretty good to me for the most part.  But the fact that they didn&#8217;t have the iPhone and the fact that Apple released as SDK for the thing put me over the top.</p>
<p>Some benefits that I have found to the phone have been numerous.  The biggest one for me and my current job is the tie in with Exchange 2007.  I swear I get my mail faster on the iPhone than I do with my Entourage checking constantly.    Calendaring tied in.  My contacts I can sync from exchange though I choose to sync from my local contact list.</p>
<p>I surprisingly don&#8217;t use the iPod part of it as much as I thought I would.  I guess I still look at it as more of a phone than anything else.  I still have my 4GB 1st generation Nano that I can use for going for a walk and jamming out to the tunes.  I guess I still prefer its smaller form fact for holding in my hand as I walk.    </p>
<p>The App store is pretty amazing.  Cro-mag rally is kick ass.  But the SSH client TouchTerm has been a nice addition to the arsenal.  Now whenever I am on call I am a few finger clicks away from being securely on the network and fixing the issue at hand.  </p>
<p>One thing that I wasn&#8217;t quite sure on when Jobs said it was that this would be a player in the mobile gaming market.  Seeing as I am addicted to <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=289808579&#038;mt=8">LED Football</a> and <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284602850&#038;mt=8">Texas Hold &#8216;em</a>, he&#8217;s absolutely right!</p>
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