My friend was commenting about the contest, started 8th of June, giving away 30 iphones in 30 days. I was telling him, “It’s vaporware”. I know it’s has no place there, but I just adore saying it. I hear more silly arguments over vaporware comments, I just have to be part of it. Don’t get me started with “eminent domain”.  I love it.

At any rate, Iphones won’t help me with my problems. AT&T isn’t helping any, either.

However, I did sort of experiment with my phone last week, on purpose, to prep for getting the Palm Pre. I just assumed I would be getting the Palm Pre, so I wanted to make sure by really maxing out my phone.  After *despising* my HTC Touch Pro, I finally took the time (aka a day’s worth of functional productivity for my actual job) to tweak it and trick it out a bit with some .CAB files and registry edits. You have to, to get any real life out of the battery.

So, am I going to get a Pre?  Noooo way….. dig this:

On my HTC Touch Po at a conference last week (Sustainable Brands 2009), for about an hour and a half:

1 ) I had a facebook ap open (searching the speakers, etc)
2 ) a GPS enabled google maps app w/latitude looking at others in attendance
3 ) a “Word” doc for writing full sentences that aren’t 140 characters
4 ) a twitter app for twittering the conference (hashtag #sb09)
5 ) my opera browser with two tabs open (twitter search, random searching)
6 ) my text messages chatting with others
7 ) my Picture Mail
8 ) I had stereo bluetooth music playing (in one ear… I know I know – But I *was* at a conference taking notes.  I didn’t want to be rude)
9 ) while taking pictures of the event
10) while checking my email
11) *AND* using a calculator to do math on the concept of “slow money” and “nurture (vs venture) capitalism”..

That is 11 applications – all at once, with a full sized qwerty keyboard. Switching back and forth, while cutting and pasting.

The battery barely drained in an hour and a half, but I do have a spare to swap out just in case…..
That’s just insane. I am interested in what the Pre does, but for now I think I am fine with the Pro.

Like… whoah.

some of the conference pics:
carboard computer kiosk / internet cafe (cool carboard chairs and all)

or how about $450 for 10 hours of wireless at the hotel I was at?