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iPhone Jones: The 5 Reasons Every Parent Needs One

Posted by Stefania Pomponi Butler (CityMama)

Steve Jobs gave the world a sneak-peak of the new and much-anticipated iPhone today during the keynote address of this year's MacWorld conference in San Francisco. Mixed reviews aside, I want. I don't even care what it does. It's thin and it's shiny and it must be mine.

An iPhone would make my life as a parent so much easier. You don't believe me? Here are five reasons why (as my toddler would say) I neeeeed it.

      1. It has a 320 x 480 touch screen, built-in wi-fi, Bluetooth compatibility, and a full-touch keyboard. Now while I am waiting to pick up my daughter in school or sitting in the car with a toddler passed out in her carseat, I can (steal wireless and) check email or post to my blog without going blind. Also, when I go to the park, I'll have something to do cuz ain't nothing more boring than having to watch my kids go down the curly slide for the thousandth time look like all the dads.
      2. It has a 2 megapixel camera and the high end model boasts 8GBs of storage. That's plenty of space to store my grainy pictures of soccer dads losing their shit, nannies behaving badly, or cheerleaders acting like strippers...and photos of my kids, of course.
      3. There's no crap specialized mobile phone OS; this baby runs on Mac OS X. Have you tried browsing with the phone you have now? I'm all for anything that removes stress and frustration from my life. And (bonus!) an exclusive partnership with Cingular means I can trade in my shitty Razr (hopefully?) and keep my number.
      4. iTunes integration. Music anytime, anywhere without having to carry an extra gadget. The iPhone will even display album artwork of songs being played. Kids acting up in a restaurant? Chill out to Laurie Berkner or listen to an audio book.
      5. It's a video iPod, too, and you know what that means: "Dick in a Box" anytime, anywhere.* 

      * Okay, that last one might not make my parenting life easier, but I wouldn't mind being in the middle of a tasty JT-Andy Samberg sandwich...even if they are chanelling Color Me Badd. Hey, if mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.


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      Posted Jan 10 2007, 12:02 AM
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      Cry it out: Adventures of a stay-at-home dad » Choking hazards — and a roundup said:

      PingBack from http://mikeadamick.com/blog7/2007/01/10/choking-hazards-and-a-roundup/

      January 10, 2007 4:34 AM
       

      Kaz said:

      I would add that the fact that it knows whether you have turned it to be portrait or landscape and appropriately adjusts (among other things) photos, and allows you to easily zoom and pan via a "pinching" motion is also a plus for people with kids.

      You know how we like to show off pictures of our kids.

      I might also suggest that the visual voice mail is useful to people with kids...

      January 10, 2007 8:37 AM
       

      Karen Murphy said:

      Damn you, Apple!  Now I have to have one of these too.  My Razr suddenly looks so...gauche.  Add it to the list.

      January 10, 2007 9:22 AM
       

      Whit Honea said:

      Luckily I need a new phone, and I was shopping for an ipod.  Good timing Apple.

      January 10, 2007 11:38 AM
       

      BadKitty said:

      'kay, yes, MUST have it, but the cingular thing is hard -- so many people HATE the cingular. Also, buying the first generation v. waiting two months for second generation with like 10 more gigs for like ten bucks more. What to do? Well, we have six months to obsess. Again yes, you're right, we all MUST have it.

      January 10, 2007 11:19 PM
       

      nicheplayer said:

      Thank you very much for posting this.  My wife forwarded it to me, which I see as a step in the right direction.

      January 11, 2007 10:15 AM
       

      QSMama said:

      You mean...you mean...I'm not the only one who's watched "Dick in a Box" twenty times, and still go limp with laughter?

      <i> Step one: you make a hole in the box...</i>

      All my friends were rolling their virtual eyes at me when I sent the link. See, I was right!

      Also: The iPhone is without doubt a must-have. I'm already working on The Wonderful Husband to change his corporate provider to Cingular from Verizon just so that we can get iPhones. Seriously, the phone so far exceeds my expectations for what Apple could do. It's stunning.

      Want to see just how stunning? Go to Google Images and search "Apple iPhone." Look at the prototypes people created during the rumors phase. They're all basically iPods with a qwerty keyboard that either folds or slides out. The real thing is light years ahead of people's imaginations.

      And as long as we're talking about hot guys and sandwiches, you can serve me up some Steve Jobs any day.

      - QSMama

      January 11, 2007 4:00 PM
       

      CreativeTypeDad1 said:

      I need one to live. I don't know how I ever got this far in life without it.

      Man, that Steve Jobs is good...

      January 12, 2007 1:59 AM
       

      iPhone Go » iPhone countdown: 107 days until launch, lots of love in my heart said:

      PingBack from http://iphonego.org/?p=140

      February 21, 2007 4:44 AM
       

      Strollerderby said:

      April 26, 2007 7:21 PM
       

      Strollerderby said:

      Although I don't own a Bluetooth handsfree headset, I want one. Who wouldn't want to look like a Borg

      May 7, 2007 12:06 AM
       

      Strollerderby said:

      The upside to being one half of a nerd couple is that we always know what to get one another for gift-giving

      May 12, 2007 4:51 PM

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