After waking up early, getting in line at 7:30am, making the local news, the front page of the Seattle Times online for a few hours, (thanks for all the emails and text messages), and even getting picked up by the AP. I’m now a proud owner of an iPhone. Apparently you can now just go down to the store and buy one here in Seattle but whatever.

Now, after spending 24 hours with it I’m still glad I waited. It’s incredible. It’s sort of creepy how good it is. I feel like it’s a phone from the future, on some sci-fi tv show, and somehow I reached through the TV and grabbed it. Yes, the keyboard is a little tricky, especially when you have to type in passwords, and the camera isn’t great in low light or with motion but at this point people are just reaching to find things that are wrong with it. So far my biggest surprise has been the better phone quality. I upgraded from a Razor (on the same network) and the quality of my calls has significantly better. I talked with my Grandfather today and he couldn’t have been happier.

Sure, the nerd-o-meter for getting the thing so early is off the charts but to be honest, it was totally worth it. I realize $500/$600 is a lot for a phone but if you can afford it, there’s nothing even close.