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I used to loathe my phone; it could make a call, send a text and take pictures – and nothing more. Finally in March I joined the rest of the functioning world and got my very own iPhone 3GS. So how has my mobile life changed since the iPhone entered the scene? Besides the fact that my text message count now reaches the moon and back (thank goodness for unlimited texting), I use my phone entirely differently.

Having my trusty iPhone has opened up a whole new world of mobile possibilities. I share pics and videos with my friends, I upload pics to Twitter and Facebook with the mere touch of a finger and I have iTunes and Pandora with me at all times. I’m much more involved socially, even when I’m alone. Case in point: last week I went shopping. Normally I wouldn’t go shopping by myself (I need help deciding what looks best). Luckily, I wasn’t truly alone; my iPhone was with me, and therefore everyone in my contacts list. I sent pictures to friends as I shopped, asking them which outfits they liked, which shoes went with it, what purse was the cutest etc. I even tweeted a video while I was there. I can only imagine how much easier picking an outfit would’ve been with the iPhone 4 – video calling with FaceTime would have been even faster! It was so simple, and I picked my outfit in record time.

My iPhone lets me live in the moment. I used to have to wait until I was back at my laptop to share something – like my cute new outfit – on Twitter or Facebook. Now Echofon and Tweetdeck, Foursquare and Gowalla let me share anything, anytime, anywhere.  My newest obsession is Shazam – I can download any song that I hear, even if I don’t know what song it is. This phone is seriously smarter than I am, and it connects me instantly. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go respond to the tweet notification I just got from my iPhone.