Joining the iCult

I don't think I'm a big fan of Apple. I don't really like the way they do business, I don't like the way they overprice things, and I don't like the way they have such a closed system.

By the way, I'm writing this blog post on a 2010 15" MacBook Pro, while watching a movie on my AppleTV, with my iPhone 3G plugged into my MacBook to charge, with my iPod Shuffle sitting right next to me. Also, my iPod Video is around here somewhere, and I'm on the priority list for an iPhone 4.

So yeah, I'm a hypocrite. Or at least I am for now, since I'm actively reconsidering my smartphone situation. I'm really frustrated by my current phone situation. I have an iPhone 3G running iOS4. It's exceptionally slow, there's no jailbreak for it yet, and downgrading back down to 3.1.3 is a huge pain. I've been trying to upgrade to iPhone 4, but that's impossible due to it's Wii-like supply chain issues.

The easy alternative is to move to another phone, most likely an Android phone. Unfortunately, that's not easy to do since the only phones I'd consider (HTC Droid Incredible, Motorola Droid X, Samsung Galaxy S) are on CDMA networks and/or have the same availability issues as the iPhone.

All in all, I'll probably end up with an iPhone 4. But until it actually happens, I'm going to complain about it. A lot.

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Update at 9:15PM. I've used redsn0w to re-jailbreak my phone, and I'm much happier now. Redsn0w allows me to enable Apple's multi-tasking and home screen wallpapers in addition to the application folders, unified email inbox, and threaded emails. In fact, I haven't installed any jailbreak specific applications other than sbsettings, which is a wonderful, wonderful applications.

Come on, Apple. Give me widgets on my phone. Android does it, even though most people have no idea how to do it. It is not always 73 and sunny. It should auto update based on the GPS chip.

Anyway, I feel much better about my phone now, actually to the point where I'm no longer really antsy for the iPhone 4.