Ain't technologocy grand???

Congrats Beags!!!
 
Will you now be heading on over to load all those iKraps iApps? 

Beagle
haha!  Actually I do have a couple of the free ikraps on it!!!
 
isn't Sampletank 3 supposed to be available sometime soon, tho? 

Yes, we can barely wait until the end of this decade.

UbiquitousBubba
I've already installed the iBeagle warning app. I think it's defective.

Which juan? the iBeagle or the warning app?

How many VSTs can you load on that thang Beagle?

jbow
I went from a Blackberry Pearl to an I-Phone... man, what a difference. Why did I wait so long? I used the BB so long that the trackball surround came loose, I got a replacement and it broke too. I used clear tape across and around the sides to hold the surround for the trackball in place, then used a utility knife to cut around the trackball and trim it in. It worked... but the I-Phone is WAY better. It just works! I play checkers on it most every night, it whipped my arse for a long time now I can beat it on most levels.
My biggest gripe is when someone includes me in a group text message... I mean really...
 
J
 

I used my old BlackBerry Bold until the trackball was gummed up, the screen was caved in and one corner of the keyboard sank every time you pressed a key. It had tape all over the place keeping it together. Oh and by the end the battery only lasted about 4 hours. But I loved that phone. I remember how awesome it was when it was new. Say what you like about BlackBerrys, the keyboards on those things are beautiful. As much as I love my iPhone, I still hate typing on a touchscreen after all these years. I find it horribly frustrating. Autocomplete is always doing dumb things (like changing words I've typed correctly into something else) and I'm frequently hitting the space bar instead of a letter on the bottom row. I could type at breakneck speed on my BlackBerry without making a single mistake. I didn't even need autocomplete. But I guess you can't have the best of both worlds. I tried, with one of those touchscreen BlackBerries that has the pull-out keyboard, but that was a pain in the ass in itself. Oh well, maybe I'll get good at touchscreen typing within the next 10 years or so.

I've got some friends with iPhones but, now that they've seen my Galaxy Note 3, they're thinking about switching (and one already has).  

Beagle
two of my friends got galaxy 3's the same time I got the iphone.  those are nice, but I like the interaction between my iphone, my wife's iphone and my ipad.

*Pfft...*  If I wanted all of my devices to interact, I'd get them a room! 
 
Personally, with large hands and fingers, I love the huge screen and stylus pen.  Sure has made my life a lot easier.

That's another thing I like about my phone.  It may have a 5.7" 1080p screen, but it's got a thin surrounding and is very slim so it fits in my shirt (or pants) pockets easily.  My DroidX2 was much thicker with a significantly smaller screen.  Oh yeah, and the battery lasts FAR longer on this phone! 

*Pfft...* If I wanted all of my devices to interact, I'd get them a room!

 
My buisness absolutely depends on communication.  4 or 5 years ago my company finally started offering reimbursment for employees buying their own phones and using them for company and personnal use.  I had blueberries and androids for years up until I finally switched to the dark side and bought into the iPhone.  Six months later, I bought an iPad; my company reimbursed for both and pays the monthly plan for my service.  Yes....I feel fortunate.  Downside is we have to answer the phone.     But...we basically had to anyway, if expected to keep our jobs. 
 
As Reese has pointed out, now my phone, my pad, and my laptop all seamlessly sinc together at all time.  When I am on show site, I can leave the laptop in the room and carry an iPad and do virtually anything I need to do.  I have even started saving pdf drawings of the projects we work on and can call them up instantly on the iPad and seemlessly zoom in to view details.
 
Many in my building have fought switching to Apple for years, but one by one, I see them converting here where I work.  All of our managers and Project Mangers have gone iPhone.  Why, they just work....they easily connect to what ever network or work envirornment I walk or travel into.  There is no going back for me.
 
On the personnal side of the iPhone and iPad.....I don't mind companies who continue to make music apps that work with either.  They sure are more advanced than the Tom Schultz Rockman I bought 20 years ago, I use them in the same way and at a fraction of the cost.  It will never replace my DAW.  It's a tool to be used as I would a Line 6 Pod, or a Rockman, a Tuner, a pocket camera, etc.  And....its with me all the time.
 
Rain.....I haven't made the leap to a Mac yet......no company reimbursment for that. 

craigb
Um, you guys do realize that the Samsungs will also sync with other devices easily if that's desired, right? 

I don't think the samsung would do facetime or texting from my ipad as if it were my phone.

To me the iPhone is just the right size. Any bigger and it would be too big. I've tried some of those larger smartphones and while it's nice having so much screen estate, I find it a pain to reach up to the top corners with my thumb, especially when you're using it one handed. And I have hands like spades.

I agree sharke.  but I do have a reason to have a larger screen - mainly for live music sets.  I put my music on my ipad for playing live!  but I'd rather my phone be small like my iphone is!