A few weeks ago I attended Ed Dale’s Coming Home 3 seminar in San Diego. It was “Awesome” of course!

One of the major points Ed made was to be able to work with a mobile device when you aren’t in front of your computer. More specifically, get a iPhone and an iPad!

So of course, as soon as I got home I bought an iPhone. (The iPad will have to wait a bit, one toy at a time.)

Can I say I LOVE my iPhone!

Mostly.

What I love about it is that I can use down time (waiting for a haircut, waiting for my appointment to show up, during commercials…) to stay connected to Facebook, Twitter, urgent email, and skimming my Google Reader account.

I also love the camera and photo apps. I can take pics at an event, edit them and upload them to my social media sites or my blog in just a few seconds. Powerful stuff.

I love that it can connect to local Wi-Fi and cruise at top speed with the click of a button (assuming no password is needed).

I love the myriad of apps that are available to do just about anything you want.

What I don’t love is, in a word, AT&T.

Sorry guys, you suck.

Despite the kajillions of dollars you’re spending on TV commercials to claim you have the best coverage and the fastest speeds, that’s just bull. Before I bought the iPhone, I was aware of the complaints of other iPhone users about AT&T and they were right. So my advise is to stop talking about how great you are, admit that you suck and fix the problem.

Did I make a mistake by not waiting for the new iPhone 4?

No. I’m not into paying to be a beta tester for new products and software. That just doesn’t float my boat. I’d rather wait for kinks to be worked out by the ‘smart’ guys and not have to pull my hair out trying to figure out why it won’t do what it’s supposed to do.

Now, I have to admit that I said I would never get a smart phone, because I didn’t want my email to follow me around when I wasn’t at my desk (’cause I’m at the desk way too much), but I found a good workaround for me. I use my Gmail account, which is not my main email. I still have the advantage of being able to use email without doing double duty on the 500 or so incoming messages I get everyday.

One last rant, I HATE iTunes. It’s just plain stupid. It’s cumbersome and restrictive. Mr. Jobs, please take a lesson from Google’s Picasa. If iTunes could figure out my music the way Picasa figures out my photos, you’d be “all that, and a bag of chips”.

But, I still LOVE my iPhone.

A number of years ago I heard this saying: “I once felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man with no feet.”

It grabbed me.

How often we complain because of ‘how bad we have it’. The reality is, most of us don’t really have much to complain about.

Earlier this week, a friend of mine sent me this video. Take a look.

What the heck do I have to complain about now?

How about you?