The byePhone challenge – Day 2
This morning when I rolled over in bed I realised it wasn’t as sunny as it normally is. I peered out through the blinds and saw an extremely overcast sky. “Gee I hope it isn’t going to rain, I’d planned on riding to work today” I sleepily mumbled to Mat. By habit I went to grab my iPhone from the beside table so I could check the weather forecast, only to realise it wasn’t there. “Damn, it’s day 2 of the byePhone challenge” I announced frustrated. Mat merely giggled. And thus my day began.
Since I felt like yesterday wasn’t too bad I decided I was going to challenge myself today. After discovering the weather was going to be fine (via the Bureau of Meteorology website on the PC), I confirmed with Mat that I would ride my bike in. Normally this means that my iPhone would go in the front pocket of my backpack, earphones hanging out so I could listen to music while I rode. Today, I would have my iPod so I wasn’t completely without music. The only problem was that as I was riding in I realised I’d made a stupid choice for a playlist which had some non-favourable songs included. Typically one came on just as I was riding on the downhill/fast bit of the ride to work and I didn’t really want to stop the momentum just to change song (since the button on my iPhone headphones doesn’t work with my iPod). I frowned and kept riding, putting up with it.
The rest of the day passed in much of a blur. Towards the afternoon though it was time to go on a bit of a break (since I’d eaten my lunch working at the desk) and decided I would treat myself to a hot chocolate at San Churros. Catch was that I had to have it dining in. This is where the iPhone really shone – when you’re alone at a cafe/restaurant. Ordinarily I would spend the time reading through my rss feeds, catching up on facebook, or tweeting. With only the nokia I wasn’t confident in how it would go.
I was shocked by how fast the internet speed on the nokia was (still using optus 3g) but that was due to the fact that most of the websites have been adapted for mobiles (and therefore highly text based with absolute minimal graphics). While it felt faster than the iPhone, it was just downright ugly. I connected to facebook and even twitter, but gave up. Web browsing just wasn’t as fun with the nokia.
The rest of the day was quite uneventful. Before Mat left for poker tonight he advised me that the battery on the iPhone has also only dropped just a small amount. Normally after 1.5 days I need to charge it up! Definitely shows just how little Mat is using the phone, but I’m hoping that he will start using it more when he’s had time at home to actually play with it.
**Favourite moment of the day**
Getting 3 text messages from Mat tonight, the last one being “I can’t text message from this thing”. My, how technology befuddles him. Stark contrast from last night when he was so proud of making a phone call.
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