Check it out, what happens when your an Windows user, and dislike Apple. \u00c2\u00a0Sometimes you are forced to re-evaluate your opinions. \u00c2\u00a0Here’s the story, of a “geekmom” who hated Apple, and yet due to job responsibilites was forced to use an iPhone 4. \u00c2\u00a0(Cue dramatic music)<\/p>\n
See how she was forced to re-evaluate her opinion.<\/p>\n
I resisted. \u00c2\u00a0I begged and pleaded and even drafted up an agreement for them to pay a portion of my personal bill. \u00c2\u00a0I owned and loved my Droid and carrying an iPhone, even one as admittedly nifty as the fourth gen miracle recently hyped up, seemed so hypocritical. \u00c2\u00a0I hated Apple. \u00c2\u00a0They were pretentious and controlling and responsible for the technological\u00c2\u00a0travesty\u00c2\u00a0of the iMac.<\/p>\n
But sitting on my desk Thursday morning was the over-packaged, shiny new iPhone 4, prepped and ready with everything I needed to wallow in self-pity. \u00c2\u00a0I admit that the computer nerd who lives in my head was alternately screaming and fainting with joy at the prospects of exploring every nook and cranny of a brand new, highly coveted, piece of technology. \u00c2\u00a0The shop-aholic in there was giddy at all the hours of app shopping in a store that all other app providers dream of holding claim to. \u00c2\u00a0But the better part of my brain was weeping at the irony. \u00c2\u00a0I held it, and noticed how surprisingly light-weight it was. \u00c2\u00a0Especially in comparison to my Droid. \u00c2\u00a0Now in defense of my still-beloved pink-encased baby of a data phone, I do own the original Droid. \u00c2\u00a0The Droid 2, Droid Incredible, and Droid X came out long after my love affair with the all-seeing robot eye began.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Read the full story at The Saga of a Geek Who (Once) Hated Apple<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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