The inevitable "I've got an iPhone and you're gonna hear about it!" post

So, last week, I got an iPhone...  Not a new 4G one - I'm not that awesome - but an old 3G version...

I like it...  I've only had it a week, but I'm already liking it a lot!

I'm not going to start reviewing the features, I'm not going to take a load of photos of it, and I'm certainly not going do any kind of tests on it...  After all, an iPhone 3G is fairly "old-hat" now - I'm sure everyone reading this knows what they look like, what the main features are, and that, should they wish, there are a billion comprehensive reviews, from all angles and perspectives, available on the internet already...

What I am going to do, is ask this question...  What is it that makes an iPhone better than, say a Blackberry, or an Android phone?

The answer?  Well, nothing, actually...  I know plenty of people who prefer those alternative Smartphones, and would much rather have one over an iPhone...  But equally, I know I'm not the only person who would choose the iPhone over those others...

Discussions on the internet always seem to get rather heated, on this topic...  Particularly, I've noticed, between the two rival "camps" of iPhone users, and Android users...  I'm never sure why they feel the need to get so intense about it - it's only a choice of phone, for goodness' sake!

Personally, I am a big fan of Apple products...  I'm typing this post on my MacBook Pro, I listen to music on my iPod Classic, and, now, I do all kinds of mobile telecommunicational activities on my iPhone 3G...  The reason is, that I find Apple products work, for me...  I'm quite ready to admit that they won't work for everyone - but, for me, they're great...

I think that's the whole crux of this ridiculous issue, actually...  The idea of personal preference plays an enormous part in the choosing of these gadgets, and it all comes down to what kind of person you are...

On some level, I suspect that the designers at Apple are actually very similar to me...  I think we must think the same, have the same ways of working, and so on...  Which, I think, is why the products they design make so much sense to me...  Apple's operating systems just "click" with my way of thinking, and always seem incredibly intuitive...  The devices always work in the way I expect them to - everything about them (well, almost - nobody's perfect!) is designed in a way which makes me think "yeah, that's how I would've had it done!"  And, as such, I feel very much at home using iPhones, iPods, Macs, and so on...  It's almost as if they were designed just for me...

Now, not everyone's like me...  I know many people who don't like the way Apple's products operate, and who find Windows, or Android, or the Blackberry operating system, much easier to work with...  Those systems seem to make more sense to them, and they work much better with them...

I'm not sure whether there are any correlations to be discovered here...  Is it true, for instance, that most "creative" types prefer working with Apple Macs, while businesses tend to lean towards PCs?  I've no idea...  And I can't be bothered to do enough research to find out...!

All I do know, is, that if somebody has a particular affinity for products which are designed in a certain way, and which work in a certain way, they're not "stupid" - they're not being "narrow-minded" or "a fanboy"...  They just have a different approach to using technology from you...  And, what's great, is that, in the modern technological market-place, there really is something for everyone...!

So, whether the iPhone's design really strikes a chord with you, or whether you find it clumsy, unintuitive, and you much prefer to use a Blackberry, that's fine!  Just remember that not everyone will have the experiences using those devices...

OK?  Good!  :)