18hrs and a Bag of Cheese Doritos

by Parks Blackwell on 06/28/2010 at 8:28 am in Commentary

It’s interesting, really. I’ve been an Apple fan (girl) for a few years now and honestly I’ve never even thought about camping out for a release. Don’t get me wrong, I come from a family of line standers. There are the Chick-Fil-A openings where the first 100 folks see free chicken for a year, or the 99 Cent Only store, where my mom was able to brave the elements and then purchase a WORKING 27” television for, that’s right $0.99! But by far this is one of the more nerdy things that I’ve come up with. So when I decided that I needed a new iPhone and was busy ahem working, when the pre-orders crashed, people weren’t surprised. We were surprised that I was able to convince Mr. Ryan Ammon (of Range Online Media) to do the line stand with me.

All I have to say, is … it was worth it.

FaceTime is pretty amazing, yes you have to be on an active WiFi connection, but do it once and suddenly you don’t mind restrictions. I keep hearing complaints regarding service interruption based on the way you hold the phone (which to me is sort of like saying “it hurts when I do this”… Well? DON’T DO THAT!). Sheesh people. Steve Jobs is smart and controls many things, but he cannot control the way you hold your phone, caveman.

The clear screen is a huge improvement over the previous models. It reminds me of the day I first saw HD TV. Some of you kids don’t remember analog sets, but what an improvement it was. There are many cool features, but I’ve yet to discover them all. You know, I have to make up for the work time I missed while standing in line in the Texas heat with a bunch of high school kids who were out for the summer.

Thanks to all the friends who brought Doritos and sat with us and kept us company.

It was a great experience.

Now, if I could only figure out how to turn this thing on …