how often do you use your iPhone for Internet at home even though you have a desktop?

[snook911]

Just wondering how many people like me sit in bed at night a cruise the Internet for hours even though I could be using the computer. Its 11:30pm right now and I have been using my iPhone since about 8:30pm. Thats just about every night 3 to 4 hours of iPhone before bed. What do you guys think is that normal iPhone usage?

[brooker]

ha ha... i'm with you. i read a few blogs (like this one) to wind down, and the iPhone is less bright/intrusive to my wife, than a laptop. Also, sometimes i need to walk around the house holding my baby, and iPhone works great for monitoring email or checking web pages at those times. i also use it to check traffic on the free way as i leave my house, so i can plan a good route.

so yeah, i have a mac pro and a powerbook in the house, but often just use my iPhone for convenience.

[kellen]

Its a great bed browser. Use to bring the macbook, but a couple times I fell asleep with it and was worried about it falling off the bed. Now if its not tv or a book, I usually do a little browsing in bed.

Another place I find myself using it is in the bathroom. Easy to take in, use and conceal on the way out. Embarrassed to admit it, but hey, I know I am not the only one.

[emotion]

I use it all the time around the house instead of my macbook.


I wonder how many N95 owners would say they use their phone for browsing instead of their Dell laptops? (all N95 owners have PCs right? :) )

[nlivo]

all the time. I like to just browse some websites whilst sitting infront of the TV. Sometimes if I'm watching a movie and it gets pretty boring, pull out the old touch and browse some websites. I love it.

[gjosho]

Thinking about returning mine cos I can't use it in the bath (Hee! Hee!) but then I would be naked without it. Hands up everyone who has missed a meal or two because of it? Or not answered the landline? Or ignored the doorbell?

[cwedl]

I use mine all the time, I have to say since I got my iPhone, I have used my mac about 70% less, no need to check my mail on the mac, no need toi buy songs on the mac, I can web browse, etc etc

[redgaz26]

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all the time. My son started playing games on my mac but now it doesnt bother me as I chill out on the couch with my phone.

[Gonzlobo]

Never. Why fuss with the touch keyboard when there's a perfectly good laptop (with flash & real apps) in my backpack?

[memesmith]

I hardly ever use my Mac Mini now. Pretty much everything I do online works only phone. So unless I need to see the occasional flash movie, the computer stays off. It just seems to take an age to start up compared to the always ready iPhone.

[plumbingandtech]

Constantly.

It is fanastic for when you are on the couch and then remember a site you where going to check out earlier in the day, don't even have to get up.

[psycoswimmer]

Well, I have an iPod Touch, but I do the same thing. When I'm able to be at the desktop, I am, but if I'm watching TV or anything I'm using my iPod. :)

[suimpreza16]

a lot. I am sitting by my mac desktop right now but I prefer to kick back on the couch with my iPhone. I also use it a lot right before bed too.

[BigPrince]

My iPhone is my alarm clock and its the first thing I grab to read the online paper.

[Martin C]

Occasionally, to look up a movie time, or check the weather and e-mail. For extensive web browsing I use my Mac so that I can have many tabs open at the same time in Safari.

[atarin]

All the time! I'm a little lazy. :o I spend most of my precious little time at home in the kitchen, and I have to go upstairs to use my iMac, so if I just want to check email or surf a little, then I just use the iPhone. It's easier.

[mattpreston11]

i love the convinence of the web browser

i use it all the time i can name 10 places where i use it regulary and its brillaint.

at home i do a bit if im just back for a few minutes before i shoot off again or if im with someone and just check my mail quickly.

i do find myself staying up till silly hours in bed on youtube though. it quickly goes past 2/3am before i know it.

[vinylkiller]

Yeah ttly get you on this,I ly in bed watching my sky and surfing the web on my iPhone its great I purposely leave my wireless on over night

[GFLPraxis]

Thinking about returning mine cos I can't use it in the bath (Hee! Hee!) but then I would be naked without it. Hands up everyone who has missed a meal or two because of it? Or not answered the landline? Or ignored the doorbell?

You know, someone needs to make a device like the iPhone that is completely waterproof. I'd love to take one in a hot tub or shallow scuba diving.:D

[Ronnoco]

Using my PowerBook about 50% less since I got the iPhone...If I want to ass a long post to a forum or type a REALLY long email or navigate to a "flash-based" site, I will opt for the mac book but otherwise it's the iPhone...:D:apple:

One more thing...I LOVE having the iPhone when I am shopping with my S/O and standing around while she is trying on all sorts of clothes and asking me if the particular apparel "makes her bum look big"...I just look up from the iPhone and reply "no dear, you look ravishing...truly!" Then it's back to the web on the iPhone...LOL

[Eddiestein]

Constantly.

I also like to use it in bed. And sometimes I'll go lay down on the couch with my dog and use it.

[mistertomlinson]

I LOVE using mine in the bathroom; some people grab a newspaper... a magazine. I grab my iPhone :) (YAY. First post)

[ert3]

its between my 17 inch windowws vista laptop and this 15inch old as crap PowerBook g4 to use a personal computer around the house.

I often use my iphone instead because it is almost always on and it starts up the fastest of the 3. Infact the only computer that gets any where neer as much use as my iphone is my PS3.

[ajl917]

Well because the room of my primary TV dosent have a cpu, I lay around and use my phone with WiFi. Also, occasionally I check stocks, weather, email, and installer, and when I wake up, I check my sports scores and news.

[Jade Cambell]

Well, since there is zero AT&T reception at my house, I never use the iPhone's internet in my house.

I slept a couple nights at a friends house in a seattle a few weeks ago, and I remember laying in bed late at night, and the weird feeling of looking at my phone and seeing 5 bars AT&T + EDGE. For me, it's always something that i've associated with being out of the house.

[Pilaco]

I use it when I don't want to move the laptop around the house.... :)

[plumbingandtech]

You don't have a wireless router?

[dukebound85]

Never. Why fuss with the touch keyboard when there's a perfectly good laptop (with flash & real apps) in my backpack?

exactly

[itsaka]

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I agree with the majority here. I will spend quite a bit of time on the phone searching things on wikipedia and reading blogs. I can't justify running upstairs to my room to check out a website or in need to search something. And... Totally guilty of using it everytime I sit on the john. Haha! Youtube and the restroom, doesn't get any more luxurious.

[M!K]

Just wondering how many people like me sit in bed at night a cruise the Internet for hours even though I could be using the computer. Its 11:30pm right now and I have been using my iPhone since about 8:30pm. Thats just about every night 3 to 4 hours of iPhone before bed. What do you guys think is that normal iPhone usage?

u lucky! u have an iPhone! I'm in Canada so i don't:( but i have an iPod touch and sometimes i do that... but what i do everynight is surfing the Internet in my bed with my MacBook Pro. With the backlit keyboard i love it! I can surf for hours! + it's my first computer that i can ''bring in my bed'' because all computer i had before were over heating and i couldn't let them in my bed. Or any other place in fact :D
Anyway, i completely understand u!:)

[mrgreen4242]

You know, someone needs to make a device like the iPhone that is completely waterproof. I'd love to take one in a hot tub or shallow scuba diving.:D

http://www.otterbox.com/products/ipod_cases/ipod-touch-case-level3/

[SUPERSTEVE9219]

Thinking about returning mine cos I can't use it in the bath (Hee! Hee!) but then I would be naked without it. Hands up everyone who has missed a meal or two because of it? Or not answered the landline? Or ignored the doorbell?


Humm I think you could use it in the bathtub, all you need to do is cover it with a ziplock, your fingers still work through thin surfaces like cloth, should work on that thin plastic.

[nickspohn]

I have 2 laptops and i use my iPhone in my house only if im that bored :p

[tonywob]

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[lilnyc]

I would except for the lack of copy and paste and Flash. So unless I am surfing this website or watching movies from iTunes, I prefer to use my OQO 2 to surf the web over my iPhone.

[jessica.]

I use it often and this morning while nursing a hangover that was less than anticipated it saved my ass because I could not move for a good couple of hours. :)

[noel4r]

I use my desktop half as much as I did pre-iPhone. Its always in my pocket so if I get the urge to look something up I just pull it out and surf

[bluedoggiant]

I use it all the time around the house instead of my macbook.


I wonder how many N95 owners would say they use their phone for browsing instead of their Dell laptops? (all N95 owners have PCs right? :) )

wrong, there are people on these forums with n95's

[emotion]

wrong, there are people on these forums with n95's

There's a smiley there for a reason. :)