Another iPhone User

It’s funny and timely that I just read this blog post of Matt Asay on CNET. I saw the link through Daring Fireball. Quoting from the entry…

I walked into my local AT&T Wireless store on Saturday fully expecting and prepared to get a Blackberry 8820. My Blackberry 8800 died while I was in London last week, and both Visa and American Express tried to protect me from fraud by disallowing my attempts to order a new phone over the web. Hence, my face-to-face visit with AT&T.

Unfortunately for Research in Motion, maker of the Blackberry, the in-store price for the 8820 was the same as the iPhone. I deliberated for all of three seconds and walked out with the iPhone.

Why is it funny and timely? Well my dad also took a leap of faith and ordered an iPhone for himself. Why a leap of faith? Well among all of us in the family, he’s the only one not using a Mac. The iPhone might just be the hook to get him to convert.

He’s been using the Sony Ericsson P990 as his primary phone but has grown tired of it. Honestly, most people I know who own a P990 aren’t really happy with it. My dad was contemplating on getting an iPhone and took the plunge the other day.

It’s arriving today and with luck my dad should be happily using his iPhone by tom.