my new toy...

so you know i recently got an i phone? well you know then that the real reason was that it was cheaper than the old phone i had with telstra, who i am THRILLED to be gone from!

soooo the i phone - it's so cute i'm seriously considering giving it a name! no seriously, do you have one? do you understand just how important this little thing has become to me in less than 10 days?

so when i first got it, i was excited by the fact that i could get emails whilst not at home (yep, i'm a simple girl - we always knew this), that when i get around to it i can synchronise my outlook calendar with it (haven't gotten to that yet) and that i could check the weather (there's a dedicated button for this) any old time and get a 7 day forecast for Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne....

so of course it wasn't until i visited with one of my best friends who also recently got one (and this surprises me coz she hardly ever turns hers on, let alone answers it...) was showing me all the applications she got! so turns out by becoming a member of itunes, you can get all this other stuff, some free, some not, so of course a few days ago when i had nothing better to do i spent literally HOURS trawling through all the free stuff that one can get, so if this doesn't interest you, i'd stop reading now, coz i am gonna list every application i have on my i phone for your entertainment (only the ones that aren't standard):
 - internet banking for CBA and WBC (very cool)
 - ASX (gotta love this - as I have a tendency to want to check the WBC share price every 2 minutes)
 - Transit Sydney (this is amazing and gives me up to date train information)
 - linkedin
 - skype (apparently i can use skype on this thing - mental note to try that out...)
 - ps mobile (photoshop for mobiles - love it - just need to take some photos to photo shop!)
 - rugby live (NRL stuff)
 - footy live (AFL stuff)
 - Blues (loved this until Sunday when I was seriously not a happer Blues fan)
 - MLB live (major league baseball for those of you who don't know...and i'm a yankees fan!)
 - movies one tap (this is way cool)
 - XE currency exchange (always need to know how the rupee is doing right?)
 - Aus postcodes (this is good, very useful!)
 - free wi-fi (if I actually knew what this was and how to use it properly I could actually be dangerous)
 - ebay (doesn't everyone have this?)
 - silver service cabs (in case i'm ever so drunk i can't remember their number or find it in my contacts)
 - wallpaper (and just because i can and it's free, i seem to feel the need to change my wallpaper about every 2 to 3 days...)

so the stuff i don't need is youtube - seriously i NEVER watch it - but turns out you can't (well I can't) delete the standard applications...

soooo i really do love my new toy - and my 'excuse' for getting it was that 'i run a business so need to have access to my emails etc whilst on the run' - what complete and utter crap that is - i just like it coz i can do lots of stuff on it, anytime i want, anywhere i want...

so if you don't already have one and you have the shits with your current provider and are almost out of contract, then i highly recommend one as your next purchase....