I switched from Windows to Mac about 6 years ago, and I’ve been in love with Apple ever since. I’m not saying I want to have Steve Jobs’ children or anything, but I love Apple’s approach, attitude, and innovation. So it was inevitable that I would break down and purchase an iPhone. And WOW – it was worth it.

After going through the activation process using iTunes (which was painless by the way), I resisted the urge to pull the iPhone from the cradle and start playing. I let it sync my iCal, Address Book, everything in iPhoto and everything in iTunes. In total that was about 6 Gig of information, photos, and music. After that I snatched the iPhone eagerly from the cradle and started exploring. The first thing I noticed is that I have 4 e-mail accounts sync’d over and had to do NO configuration. The iPhone simply pulled the settings from Mail on my MacBook Pro.

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably seen countless demos online and read all about the features and user interface. So I won’t bore you with all the things you already know. But I will tell you this – all the hype is justified. The iPhone’s user interface is as good as it gets when it comes to modern devices. I’m not saying it’s perfect – nothing is – but it’s darn close. Apple really paid a lot of attention to detail, and the small tweaks and nuances that make the iPhone more fun and more efficient absolutely shine.

I will mention that it did take me a bit to get used to the keyboard. I can still type faster on my old Treo 750, but I’m sure I’ll catch up. However, the few minutes longer that it takes me to type an e-mail or text message is well worth all the other advantages the iPhone has to offer. The only other complaint that I hear from iPhone owners is that the EDGE network is very slow. There’s definitely some truth to that, but I think it’s because we’re all spoiled. Wi-Fi is everywhere. We’re simply used to that kind of speed when it comes to connectivity. I have my iPhone connected to my local wireless network and it works brilliantly. It definitely slows down if I jump onto the EDGE network, but if I’m sitting in an airport or casually checking my e-mail while sitting at lunch then I don’t really care. E-mail is not always an emergency! And those kinds of places have Wi-Fi anyway. If there is an emergency then I like to use this handy feature called “voice”. You should try it – it works.

So there you go – I’m $600 lighter in the pocketbook, but I’m soooo walking around with a grin on my face right now.