My Phone Rules
I mentioned the other day the impressive power that my Sprint Mogul (aka HTC 6800) puts at my fingertips anytime, anywhere.
This weekend provided a great example: my wife and I enjoyed a short getaway to Kansas City where we stayed at a nice hotel, did some shopping, and ate some great Indian food (don’t open this link if Firefox, it will crash your browser). But whilst walking through Banana Republic, I received an IM via Octrotalk that a server move was underway and that I needed to check in some code.
So I stood right in the middle of Banana Republic, connected to my network via VPN, remoted to my computer, and did a Subversion check-in. I then connected to the server via SSH, updated, and then IMed that everything was ready to go.
Obligatory jab: I couldn’t have done that with an iPhone.
Reality check: the demographic that needs to be able to VPN, SSH, and RDC from a mobile device is tiny. Apple would be foolish to care.
Honest truth: I sorta want an iPhone 3G. Or a Macbook Air. I just want to feel hip and informed, because that’s what owning an Apple does.
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