I have always been fascinated with the concept of social-networking websites. For those not familiar with the term, they are websites with the ability to add friends and build a network. The most popular of these are MySpace and Facebook. The positives of these sites are being able to communicate with people with ease and to keep in touch with people you normally would not keep in your circle. The downside to these sites are obnoxious ads and layouts like on MySpace (not to mention spam and seemingly promiscuous web-women trying to add you as friends), and unending invitations to add stupid applications on Facebook.

Enter Twitter. I had heard of Twitter months ago and created an account, but I forgot about it. A friend of mine, Phil, turned me on to it and now I really dig it. It has the best parts of Facebook, in status updates and direct messaging, without the obnoxious parts like apps and ads. Check it out at Twitter.

This is a really strange issue for the iPhone. I apologize for the images as they were taken by my iPhone and apparently, I don't have a steady hand. It appears the rubber (as far as I could tell) lining between the screen and the edge of the device had come out in the top left corner of a customer's device. It's a strange one.

Today was MacWorld. Awesome stuff, including the iPhone, AppeTV, and a new Airport Extreme with N technology. The iPhone looks sweet, but it is going to be way too expensive. Hopefully the 2nd generation will come down in price.

Yesterday my Treo 600 decided to stop working. This is especially terrible since I bought the 600 as a refurb, so it is not covered by Cingular. I have tried to get it serviced, but it seems there is nothing they can do. I bought a $20 Motorola C139 and it is a piece! What do expect for $20 though? I really love the treo, but I don't want to throw down the money for another one. There is another place here in Salt Lake that services phones, so I am going to see what they can do. If not, this place also sells refurbs, so maybe I can find something on the cheap or do a trade in. I am definitely returning the C139.

So my treo is dead.....
I have really come to rely on my phone as a calendar as well as a phone, so I felt that I needed to get something that would be comparable. I didn't want to fork out the money for another Treo, so I got the Nokia e62. It was less than half the price of the Treo and has everything the treo does minus a touch screen. It's a little wider, but thinner. So far, I like it. Navigating with the joystick instead of touch screen isn't that bad. I have 30 days to decide, so we'll see what happens.