iPhone post-poned

Original iPod and iPhone at the Apple Store - NYC, US
Originally uploaded by clarky clark

Sorry I haven't posted anything for ages but my iBook G4 has broken and I've not really felt like blogging from my work computer.

Those of you who have looked at my flick page my flickr.com page will probably be aware that I went to New York in December 2007.

While I was there I took the opportunity to buy a iPhone (version 1.1.2) from the fabulous Fifth Avenue Apple Store as my little brother had assured me that his mate could unlock them.

I decided to get one, despite the fact that it didn't have 3G capability or a decent phone, because I really did want to have the first proper version to go alongside my my beloved original 5gb iPod which a friend bought for me in New York in Janaury 2002. However I didn't want to get tied into the O2 contract as it was really quite poor and it was at least £80 in the States.

Looking like the cat that got the cream, I brought it back and handed it over to my little brother's friend in Manchester, England, who unlocked it and told me to bring my sim card round to his house so he could add the Turbo Sim.

To cut a very long story short the Turbo Sim didn't work properly and he still hasn't got round to getting me a replacement, four months on. Also in the meantime the O2 contract is now a lot better and the 8gb phone's price has been slashed by £100.

So as I write I've got all the functionality of an iPod touch but no phone. I carry it round so I can use its mp3 player, internet browser and organiser and still use my Nokia to make calls!

The cream round my chops has definitely been replaced by egg on my face and I've been soundly beaten by the Gods at Apple for trying to go against them!

If anyone knows which Turbo Sim I need to get from eBay and how I then attach it to my Orange network sim card to get the phone to work on an iPhone v1.1.2 please let me know as I'm sick of carrying two phones!

My broken iBook? That's another story...