As you can see from the picture above, I pulled the trigger on an iPhone. Yes I’m a sucker for sexy gadgets, but I also had a few practical reasons for picking up the handset.

The obvious one (given who I am and what I cover) is video playback. A decent chunk of my downtime these days is spent in flight - I intend to use TiVoToGo and Apple’s movie rentals. Starting tomorrow. The less obvious reason is visual voicemail. I took a look at GrandCentral (thanks, Eric!), but I use just one phone number for personal, work, and blog calls. I need to be more efficient in prioritizing and listening to voicemail… plus, having a heads up as to when I might need a pen handy.

Three software updates in 8 months also makes me feel good, that this will be an evolving platform. Compared to the last phone I spent my own money on (Blackjack)… which hasn’t seen that promised WM6 build. (I’m not the only one still waiting.)