S*T*U*F*F* Reloaded

It makes me laugh that people still look at the feature list on the iPhone and say that its just not as chock-full of goodies as some other Nokia or Sony Ericsson device… if you have tried one, you’ll realise that this completely misses the point - its the interface and the way it reacts to its owner that makes it so amazing. For me, this kind of comparison is like looking at the 1-page menu on the door of the Fat Duck (Heston Blumenthal’s restaurant) and saying that it just doesn’t come close to Little Chef - I mean, they have a 10 page menu!!!

I don’t have one - a couple of good friends back in Ireland have them (my envious streak was growling like a hungover puma) and I enjoyed having a brief twiddle over coffees and wine (as it were). What struck me is just how much thought has gone into what people actually need when using a phone - for example, you do a search for a restaurant, and it comes back with a map and all the contact details, where one tap on the screen will add this whole thing into your contacts, another will call them, another can email them… etc. etc. Its just an awesome interface.

If only Orange would start offering them… It won’t surprise me if the next generation of iPhones get announced at MacWorld 2008 and I’ll be tempted to jump ship to O2 yet again.

I just had a flash of Kenya in my mind, and re-read the post above wondering just what kind of a world do we live in? iPhone? No, but some bread would be nice.

Its insane, and I have no answers.