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E-mail kept us updated on changes.
As limited as the iPhone’s e-mail writing functionality may be,
it’s a nice way to check and read messages on the go. Weekly
mail-based updates from Babycenter and Pampers kept us
informed about the baby’s current level of development, with
e-mailed links that instantly opened in the Safari web browser.
Messages from friends and family often were read on the
iPhone, too. Web page links to e-mail addresses and phone
numbers automatically opened the correct iPhone applications.
nearest
milkshake
X
hospital
X
And Maps helped plan the hospital drive.
Christina’s biggest fear was that we’d get lost on the way to the hospital to
give birth, but that fear evaporated when we found that iPhone’s live access
to Google Maps worked better than our cars’ integrated GPS systems. Not
only does Maps have current, up-to-date addresses and phone numbers that
the GPS systems lack, but its ability to pull up maps outside of the United
States, including Canada, means that we know that we can get instant
directions back home - or to the hospital - even if we’ve crossed the border
with friends for dinner. Simple address bookmarking helps a lot, too.
What’s next? Everything.
We’re not done using the iPhone yet - our baby’s due
in late June or early July. Will we use Stopwatch to time
contractions? Play music in the delivery room? Calculate the
likely cost of a college education? We can only take guesses
at this point, but in any case, you can be sure we’ll have our
iPhones (or their sequels) on hand as it’s happening.
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