Apple Made Me Buy Microsoft.
I want an iPhone. I really do. Or rather, I did.
Oh, I'm still of the opinion that the iPhone is a solid piece of phone hardware, with a pretty good system behind it (No matter what the people at the Free Software Foundation think. Hint: Apple plans to make money off it, so they don't like it). But lately, even commuting back into the city, I don't miss my recently deceased 30GB iPod that much. Sure, it's nice for when I don't feel like reading, but since I walk to work from Penn Station, well, I just don't miss it.
Don't get me wrong, I still want to buy one. But, I have a job. I could, theoretically, get in line at 7:30AM at a store in NYC, but that involves getting on a 6AM train. There are still 2 hour lines at the 5th Ave. Apple Store and the others don't open until 9AM, so I can't both buy and iPhone and make it to work on time. And no, I don't think this is some crazy conspiracy theory that Apple is holding back on units. You can only manufacture anything so quickly, and judging by the demand, it wouldn't matter how many of the phone Apple has - there'd still be people complaining about a lack of availability.
So, screw it. I'm giving up an iPhone (for now), my wife is skipping buying a GPS unit for her car (for now) and I'm taking our money and buying an XBox 360 & Rock Band.