Top 5 IPhone Features and Number 1 Worst IPhone Letdown

We've all seen the iPhone commercials and we all know that "there's an app for just about anything," but what else can the iPhone do? Below I've listed the top five best most greatest-est aspects to owning an iPhone and the numero uno most disappointing facet. I'll count them down for you...

5. Push Email

Having your email sent right to you without having to be constantly connected to a PC or laptop makes life that much easier. As a former college student, I can't tell you how important it was to be in contact with my professors and other classmates about assignments, due dates, advice, projects, etc. As an anti-Facebooker-that-still-wants-to-be-connected-to-all-things-Facebook-but-hates-the-idea-that-I'm-always-connected-to-Facebook (that's right, I'm a self-diagnosed Facebook hypocrite), I love getting an email when someone posts on my wall or sends me a message or tags me in a photo. The list of reasons why people check their email is inexhaustible and the convenient mail feature on the iPhone makes access to that mail both immediate and portable.

4. Stocks

I dabble in the market, but I never would be able to if I didn't have my handy dandy iPhone stock ticker along with me at all times. Being able to check GMGMQ's $.02 increase at 9:00 am allows me to place my stop order anywhere and anytime (even if I just woke up to my alarm clock going off in a random house with a skirt on-I'm a guy-and lipstick on my forehead). For serious though, stocks require constant access and the iPhone delivers.

3. Voicemail

Unlike any previous phone I've ever had, the iPhone allows me to see who called in a convenient list and gives me simple controls to, well, control the playback of the message. If I want to play the message, I simply tap on the name or number that shows who the message is from. If I want to put it on speakerphone, I tap the speaker button on the top of the screen. If I missed what the person said, I simply drag the time-bar to the appropriate part of the message. If I want to delete the message because I don't like the person that sent it and I wouldn't be able to hear them even on speakerphone because they're always at really loud bars and clubs, I just press edit and do the deed. Delete. Thank you very much.

2. Pinball

Ok, this one is a specification of the more general apps feature, but it is currently my favorite pastime to pass time when I should be doing work. On a more realistic note, the app saying is true-there really is an app for anything. I use my WordBook dictionary app all the time. I use the WikiTap (they should have spelled it WikitAPP) app to look up crossword puzzle clues I don't know the answer to. I frequently use the Pandora app to keep my music diversified and persistent on long drives or at other people's abodes. Bottom line is apps are great and I want to snuggle up and marry all of my favorite ones.

1. Safari

Good internet, everywhere, all the time. That's probably not a sentence, but it's the truth. Number one greatest feature of the iPhone is the incredibly well designed Safari that's inherent to every iPhone created. It's internet and it's exactly the same as the one on your real computer-not mobile internet, not service provider internet, but real, unadulterated, easily accessible, just like grandma struggles to understand, intraweb that connects everyone on this planet and keeps us all up-to-date with information we need in our daily grind. Thank you Apple, you done did it again.

So what's my pet peeve, the ultimate failure, the fatal flaw of this glorious device? I'll tell you...

...I'm always on it. I stop paying attention to people talking to me when my phone vibes because I get so excited about an email. Or I cheat on crosswords by looking up the answer online when I could be patient and figure it out myself. Or I play pinball when I could be writing an SEO article for some stupid website. I'm so plugged in that I'm tuned out to the world around me and I'm sure I'm missing tons of great things out there. Is the trade-off worth it? I'm not really sure, but there's no way you're going to take this thing away from me. No way. No how. My name is Danny and I'm an iPhone addict.