My friend Ron Hunter has put together a nice post on why the “IPhone is not my phone” on his blog. It had nothing to do with the phone…just the exclusivity of the service carrier.
I’m cheap. I’m a Cingular/AT & T customer and even I don’t want the IPhone at this point. Why? Too expensive to start with and the service plan needed to operated the phone efficiently is too rich for my budget. I see a lot of other church planters using theirs. I wonder how they can afford it! Nah, I think I will stick with my Samsung slimline phones I purchased at Christmas. I’m too addicted to my GTD+R system of task management anyway to switch again.
By the way, I’ve added some new stuff to my alternate blog “The Productive Pastor.” Feel free to drop in and tell me what you think.
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September 6, 2007 at 4:45 pm
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August 5, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Keith Fletcher
I was actually kind of relieved to hear that Ron wasn’t getting an iPhone. I’m hearing reports of security vulnerabilities and other technical issues with the web browser. I’m the one he’d call to provide the initial technical support (actually I’d just have to call in our higher-priced tech, who is also a Mac guy unimpressed with the iPhone). Now, if Ron wants to buy two, one for me and one for him, I might be able to figure out what his problem is as I upload my iTunes collection to it! Seriously, even then I would be be unable and unwilling to change carriers. Bottom line: exclusivity is a bad thing for the customer.
By the way, I like your blogs. They are well done. I’ve added you to my blogroll.