I guess this will do.  This is my personal announcement that this Monday, as in 5 days, I will be getting an iPhone.  After a trip to the local Rogers store here is what I’ve come up with:

 32 GB White iPhone

Currently I’m paying $30 for my current phone; a prepaid Keybo (aka enV2 on Verizon in the US) on Telus which includes a few minutes, text messaging, and ‘wireless web’ (WAP), so for jut $25 more per month I’ll actually get something that I will use and love.  Going back to that, I love the Keybo—the simplistic nature of it, the relatively low cost, and the lack of contract: but it isn’t a Smartphone, which is what I now realize is what I need.  I do have some revisions to my previous recommendation of the Keybo: This phone is great for a phone, but not as a smartphone. 

I’ve grown tired of the less-than-fluid interface and usability of the Keybo and although the iPhone is significantly more expensive and it’s like comparing a $25 pair Wal-Mart jeans with a $150 Abercrombie & Fitch pair—with the Wal-Mart pair not fitting just right so the pockets don’t really feel comfortable..  But I digress.

Suffice to say that I’m excited about iPhone.  I’ve been in anxious preparation for a few days now, but have been ready for this for my whole life.  It’s true love. 

However, the whole iPhone experience isn’t new to me, I’ve had an iPod touch for more than a year now and have continued to upgrade it at the not-free-cost of $9.95 twice (for the 2.0 and 3.0) and so have been able to discover great apps like Tweetie, Tap Tap, Jelly Car, Crayon Physics, Touch Physics, Last.fm, CalcRPN, RSSPlayer, and Evernote.  But on an iPhone with a persistent data connection, location aware-ness, and a camera will make some apps so much better, such as:

• Tweetie will be (4.0924 x 10^129) times better because it will give me Twitter when I’m board, not just when I’m home.
• Evernote is enhanced with both the data and camera in the sense that I will be able to make notes AND make picture notes everywhere | Last.fm is music—and I have music stored on the iPod-so if I have data everywhere then it could potentially replace my need to carry music entirely (for a small fee, that is)
• RSSPlayer—the built-in podcast client doesn’t allow podcasts over 10MB to be downloaded—however because I’m paying $30/mo for data, I’m gonna use it for what I want-and RSSPlayer allows you to download podcasts of any file size to your iPhone anywhere—and you can get them much before Apple has refreshed their podcast feeds.

One final reason that the iPhone is awesome: it gives me the reason to subscribe to (and pay for) Geoff Smith’s Ringtone Feeder.

I’m sorry for the length of this post, but I’m just so excited! :^)