iPhone Mania
Armed with a bottle of water and a James Patterson novel, I was parked outside of the Lakeland, Florida AT&T store at 11:30 pm Thursday night determined to snag the long awaited iPhone when the doors opened at 8:00 am.
Several cars cruised the area, but no one stopped for about two hours. Then, within an hour several more cars came and one man brought a chair up to the store and sat under a light. I decided it was time for me to do the same.
I read and visited with others in the line. It was all very civilized. The only real problem was lack of rest room facilities. During the next six hours, our numbers grew, and I am unsure how many people were gathered by the time the store opened. I was blessed to buy the first unit from that store and had none of the problems reported by some news media. My phone worked fine from the start. I think Apple's iTunes system, which is needed to activate and synch the phone, didn't become overloaded until more buyers in time zones west of here entered the fray.
Knowing I was planning to have my phone Friday, I registered for an iPhone workshop at an Orlando Apple store. It was a mad house! People were lined up in both directions and security guards worked with Apple employees to do business in an orderly fashion. Needless to say, since the workshop was held in the open area of the store which was crowded with people, I got almost nothing out of the training. I did take some interesting pictures of the lines. See link below.
The iPhone is basically simple to use and I absolutely love it. It is ideal for brain injured folks. All the stuff I need to know is now in my phone. Now all I must do is remember to keep the phone with me 24/7.
And my day was like this...
07:49 Actually slept all night even after my day nap yesterday.
15:40 http://twitpic.com/3rpk - apple store at mall
16:41 Went to iPhone training at 2:00 and also got Leopard book and genealogy software for Mac.
17:42 Got cat food and now wending my way home. Will stay off the crowded freeways I'm a city person now!
20:27 Too tired for dinner, both of us. My body is OK but my brain is fried.
Several cars cruised the area, but no one stopped for about two hours. Then, within an hour several more cars came and one man brought a chair up to the store and sat under a light. I decided it was time for me to do the same.
I read and visited with others in the line. It was all very civilized. The only real problem was lack of rest room facilities. During the next six hours, our numbers grew, and I am unsure how many people were gathered by the time the store opened. I was blessed to buy the first unit from that store and had none of the problems reported by some news media. My phone worked fine from the start. I think Apple's iTunes system, which is needed to activate and synch the phone, didn't become overloaded until more buyers in time zones west of here entered the fray.
Knowing I was planning to have my phone Friday, I registered for an iPhone workshop at an Orlando Apple store. It was a mad house! People were lined up in both directions and security guards worked with Apple employees to do business in an orderly fashion. Needless to say, since the workshop was held in the open area of the store which was crowded with people, I got almost nothing out of the training. I did take some interesting pictures of the lines. See link below.
The iPhone is basically simple to use and I absolutely love it. It is ideal for brain injured folks. All the stuff I need to know is now in my phone. Now all I must do is remember to keep the phone with me 24/7.
And my day was like this...
07:49 Actually slept all night even after my day nap yesterday.
15:40 http://twitpic.com/3rpk - apple store at mall
16:41 Went to iPhone training at 2:00 and also got Leopard book and genealogy software for Mac.
17:42 Got cat food and now wending my way home. Will stay off the crowded freeways I'm a city person now!
20:27 Too tired for dinner, both of us. My body is OK but my brain is fried.
© 2006 by Iona Hoeppner
| 9:45 PM
1 Comments:
Hello,
The fact is currently the medical establishment does not understand much about the brain. We, as a society, know very well how to cover up the problem with medications and insuring that the individual will not recover. To me the idea is bogus!
I have recovered from a Severe Traumatic Brain Injury and I know how to replicate the results with 100% effectiveness. No two brain injuries are the same but it is also true that no two fractures of a bone are the same either but we know how to heal a broken bone and I know how to recover (from first hand experience) from brain injuries. Ironically enough I’ve never broken a bone!
My name is Jerry and I was recently reprimanded at my job. I worked for a non profit organization in founded to help people with brain injuries, when they got word that I was telling people that it was very possible to recover from brain injuries I was approached by two corporate managers about how it was impossible to recover from brain injuries and they politely asked me to not speak of these “Lies”.
I complied until one of the corporate managers told me that it was the Brain Injury Association of this state that filed a formal complaint with the director of the company when they heard that I was saying I knew how to help people actually recover. At that point I became OUTRAGED! I understood that the hospitals might not endorse the “No Brainer Recover Method” but I was under the impression that the Brain Injury Association of any state would be in support of promoting the recovery of Neural Trauma.
I have worked with some of the top minds in the field and we all agree that we should still get some more knowledge and backing in order to allow “No Brainer Productions” to get to the place in must be to reach the people that need the educations. It will take at least $15,000 to get this ship off the ground so I would like to know HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A PART OF HISTORY? We are ready to invest the money on the 22 of July.
Any suggestion, referrals, ideas, or DONATIONS will be GREATLY appreciated!
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