Welcome to the 21st Century

Welcome to the 21st Century

At 11:51 AM this morning, Skynet went active at the Birch Ridge Inn....oops...wrong mime...

Last week, I spent the day asking Mary the following question...Black or White? Our assistant, Mickalyn, new exactly what the question meant, but Mary was briefly puzzled. You see it was pre-order day for the new iPhone 4S, better known in alternate universe of Apple Inc customers as the iPhone for Steve. I pulled the trigger in the afternoon and pre-ordered 1 black and 1 white; both from ATT.

I have been tracking the shipments all week. With the crush of orders for the new iPhone, I was never quite sure if they would make it thru the backlog. ATT said they would, but you never know. Nervous anxiety, combined with a less than crisp ATT Order Status, kept me checking ATT's order status web site all week. Fedex shipment numbers were finally released early Thursday morning, resulting in a whole new level of anxiety as I saw that the shipment was split in two (2 iPhones, 2 shipments sort of makes sense). I watched the iPhones travel across the country through slightly different routes in Fedex's network before arriving in Vermont early this morning. With my black turtleneck and blue jeans as the chosen attire for the day, I scanned the web early this morning and confirmed that the iPhones would be delivered today on schedule. At 11:51, they arrived at the inn.

First impressions: fantastic! Initializing the phones could not have been easier. A quick connection to our respective computers, and all the information we needed was automatically transferred. Mary was making phone calls, reading email, and taking pictures in less than an hour.

The personal assistant on the phone, Siri, is simple and efficient to use. Making phone calls, calendar entries, searching the web, checking the weather, are all as Apple has advertised. And the parlor tricks that can be done with Siri are worth the price of admission. I guarantee we will see a comedian on TV in the next week or so, having a conversation with Siri... Skynet indeed!

Anyways; at least for today, Mary and I are on the cutting edge of new consumer technology. Thank you Steve.

There are still some nice colors in the mountains around Killington. We at the Birch Ridge Inn look forward to greeting you when you visit.