Yes, folks, I have!

I’ve touched an iPhone. As Kate, Alex and I walked past the aluminum clad Annapolis Apple store, we were beckoned in with the salespeople’s call of “we have them…you know you want to play with them…there are three right here.” The thing is gorgeous. I’m glad Apple went with real glass and brushed aluminum instead of polycarbonate and chrome like an iPod. The screen wiped clean with extreme ease and looked gorgeous doing just about everything on it. Some notes:

• rotation detection was a bit sluggish during loading of data
• there is no apparent way to select text to delete faster than letter by letter
• the keypad is relatively usable but not as precise as Nokia’s predictive
• Kate confirms the slide to unlock feature is super cool
• $500 is a helluva lot for a locked, data-plan requiring, first revision phone, Apple or not

Otherwise, this weekend was a whole lot of fun. I’m driving a box brown Ford Re-tardus all over the Eastern and near Western Shore, it seems, as Klaus is in the shop for his beer bottle injury. Alex had a pretty good time being lazy yesterday and learned how to shop like a fiend from the masters of H&M today. Many films were watched, all out of my collection but we probably fell short of getting him up to speed with pop culture. It makes a good case for a return visit, though.

Oh, and we didn’t fall off of the Bay Bridge, much to Kate’s surprise. 😛

Vacation: five days