I was almost certain that I’d make it back to the US for the holidays before being inundated with people wanting to show me their wonderful new iPhones.  Unfortunately, at least one of the $600 cell phones made it’s way to the Riviera Maya, and was forced upon me 2 nights ago.

Is it wrong that I almost laughed when it crashed within 2 minutes of being demo’ed to me?

I guess not.  I’m used to Apple products crashing… My iPod Nano locks up every five or so times that I turn it on.  Playing audio files for an hour a few times a week must be extremely difficult for … an audio device.  I would imagine that a combined phone/mp3/camera/video player/photo gallery/email client/instant messenger/game system must be a little more challenging to pull off.

In all honesty, it’s probably the heat and humidity of the tropical environment here that causes these types of problems.  However, it’s fun to rip on people for spending more than $150 on a glorified cell phone.