My First Experience with a Dead iPhone 3G

The other day I was unfortunate to have my very first dead battery on the iPhone. It was unfortunate because I was about an hour away from home, and I was in a Barnes and Noble with my girlfriend and her friends waiting for the release of “Breaking Dawn” …quite reminiscent of my iPhone 3G camping. I had been using the iPhone all day for music in the car, and with 3 young teenage girls so, listening to the predominantly Metal music was out of the question. Needless to say, there was lots of track changing. Also, I had seemed to have left WiFi on, so it was trying to connect to 10 hotspots for most of the night.

So here was the scene: I was standing in line that the Starbucks getting me some coffee for the night (I had just got off of work, I was falling asleep) listening to The Faint (Fasciination comes out in 2 days!) and then…there was silence. It was a scary night after that. I now bring my charger in my car wherever I go.

No Music Challenge [Day 6]

This morning, I was awoken to the sweet sounds of The Blow’s “Parenthesis” (my ringtone for when my girlfriend calls). I got dressed, and then we were off to Orlando International Airport. Just as I was getting ready, I showed Ashley how to set up her own station on my account.

Since I was the one driving, I was in charge of the music, so the entire way, Pandora was on the dial in the car. After getting into Orlando, I switched on 3G since, according to AT&T it is there. I enjoyed the “Blazing the F*ck Fast” speeds fo the 3G (sorry, iPhone 3G camping joke) while I could. I left 3G on all the way home, and was happy to see that the 3G network is actually really close to near where I live, so I guess we’ll be getting it here sooner that I would have expected.

Over the transition from 3G back to EDGE, it felt almost seemless, exept for the buffer times between the tracks. Naturally, my signal dropped out eventually and it wouldn’t play the song without cutting in and out.

I’m surprised that this week is just about over. Have any of you taken up the challenge? Share your feelings in the comments.

No Music Challenge [Day 5]

On the fifth day of my No Music Challenge, I cleaned the house. I wasn’t going anywhere today, whatsoever, so, I cleaned (god, I sound like my mother). Now, I use the vacuum pictured above. As you may, or may not, know Dysons are known to not loose their sucking power over time, this is true due to the EXTREMELY powerful motor inside. It truely sucks (yaay for puns!). Such suckage makes this vacuum 10 times louder than the traditional vacuum. Listening to my iPhone helps a lot. So, since I was in my house, I decided to listen to my Neighborhood on Last.fm (yaay WiFi!). Afterward, I went back to the Pandora app on my MacBook since I needed to clean my room for my girlfriend’s guests who are coming from Ohio and Illinois soon.