bitful

Two months on, I am still as much in love with my iPhone 3G as the very first day. Sometime I catch myself sticking my hand in my pocket just to stroke its smooth, curved edges.

What I found out yesterday is that it also makes me love my friends more. Let me explain.

I used to occasionally sign emails and text messages with 'Lx' - L for Luca and x for kiss. By the way, why do we still sometimes sign emails and text messages, when the name of the sender is forever embedded in the message itself? I guess it is because they remind us of the days of yore, when letters could be separated from their envelopes (which in turn might not show the name of the sender). Just think of contemporary communication media that are not associated with lost practices - wouldn't it be absurd to sign your IMs or tweets?

The iPhone has an innovative text recognition pattern that auto-corrects words that contain letters positioned near those you wanted to type on the tiny on-screen keyboard. And every time I type 'Lx' it auto-corrects it to 'Of'. True, I can override it with one touch of an x next to the suggestion, but often I forget and send messages like 'OK cool will do. Of' - or 'Speak later. Of' - Of what?

So now if I want to sign a message I will end with 'Lxx', as there is no word that can be typed by jabbing your fingers blindly in that pattern. There you go, an extra kiss.

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