My Mobile Devices Link Me to the World

[From G.S. Kennedy, III] I carry two mobile devices, a Sony-Ericsson cell phone and my 16 GB iPod Touch. The phone was included w/ the AT&T family plan we recently upgraded to, and is a cheap model with a camera of little use and a lot of features that I won't use because I'm to cheap to pay extra for them and they are to hard to use because the interface is a PITA to use. I sometimes dial numbers from memory than scroll through the address book, which has no search feature AFAICT. I don't make a lot of calls, and I don't get a lot of calls, either.

The iPod Touch, on the other hand, is a joy to use. The $20 upgrade allows me to check important things like the weather conditions and forecast, Google maps,3 of my 4 e-mail accounts, stocks, and use the notepad. But I don't use the notepad - for that I keep a small stack of index cards in a binder clip and a pen in my pocket. I've used the Touch to send e-mails to request meetings at school, to let my wife know I followed up on an action item, or to let friends know I can't walk in the morning. I have also synced an iPhoto album of shots to show off the children and the Touch to anyone who is interested. And of course the Touch is my portable entertainment center. I use the iPod with some decent earphones, and play games in the Safari browser. I can use Tooble to download YouTube videos into my iTunes and transfer those to my Touch. TV shows have also been transfered to the Touch for the children, which may be handy on our next road trip. Audiobooks may also find their way onto the device. Living in the city often allows me to take advantage of open Wi Fi networks in the neighborhood. I really would have liked an iPhone, but having separate devices hasn't been a burden. And I got the 16GB of storage to start with :-)

My phone is a blunt instrument, my Touch is a dremel tool.