Ask G4 network Über-nerd Chris Hardwick, whom I profiled for his stint this week at Minneapolis' Acme Comedy Co., what his favorite gadget is, and he barely pauses.
"The iPhone is still the most amazing piece of consumer technology that we've ever had," said Hardwick (pictured with his iPhone). "And people who hate Apple will say, 'No, it's not — Apple sucks.' But it really doesn't. You can't deny the fact that almost every time Apple goes into an area, they change the way things are done."
He cited Pixar, laptops, MP3 players, phones.
"They changed the way things are done. And now every phone that comes out, it always gets the title, 'Is this the iPhone killer?'"
Hardwick said the iPhone is the device he dreamed of having as a kid. It does everything. But he's just as unequivocal about disliking AT&T as the official iPhone carrier. In fact, while I was interviewing him by phone, the call was dropped just a few minutes in.
When he called back, he said, "I changed the signature at the bottom of the e-mails that I send out from my iPhone to: "Sent from my iPhone (despite AT&T)."
And, yes, this post was just an excuse to use that great photo of Hardwick with his iPhone. ;-)
