Got our iPhone

Yahoo, I finally got my iPhone yesterday. It was a few weeks wait and negotiating with Globe. Being a Platinum member since 2001 helped clinch the phone.

Almost businessman or professional has seen those TVCs on the cable networks. Probably, read all the news and heard the hype built around the new multimedia smartphone with a sleek multi-touch screen and a minimal hardware interface, bundled with Wi-Fi connectivity and all other tools of business connectivity.

It also functions as camera phone and portable media player, just like an iPod.

The iPhone was first announced on January 9, 2007 and was initially introduced in the United States on June 29, 2007. According to news reports, it sold around 270,000 units within 30 hours. That year, it was also named Time magazine's Invention of the Year.

Last July 2008, iPhone 3G was introduced and a few weeks ago, hundreds of Filipinos has their first touch of the iPhone 3G unit.

For the next few days, Chief and I will discover how technology will work for us,