by Lee Gibbons, CEO
Scott Bourne, President of Podango Productions and host of the popular Apple Phone Show on Podango, got some fun press, which isn’t new, just interesting because of the story I had heard but hadn’t seen printed about him throwing his Treo into the SF Bay. This article by Julio Ojeda-Zapata of Pioneer Press appeared on Twin-Cities.com. Here is the excerpt:

“It’s your iPod,” says Bryan Brignac, of Minneapolis. “It’s your computer. It’s your map. It’s your datebook. It’s your life in the palm of your hand.”

It’s a device some hope will make their lives easier. Scott Bourne got so disgusted with his misbehaving cell phone - a Palm Treo - recently that, on an impulse, he skimmed it across the San Francisco Bay. “I wanted to see if it would skip like a rock,” he said. “It went three times before sinking.”

Bourne is hoping an iPhone will eliminate those headaches. “The reason I’m so excited about the iPhone is my hope and expectation that Apple will perform as it does with other” hardware, such as iPods and Macintosh computers famed for their elegance and ease of use, said the former St. Paulite, now a San Francisco tech executive and host of the new “Apple Phone Show” podcast.

Knowing Scott as I do, this story made me laugh. He isn’t a guy given to fits of rage. He probably acted on impulse, but I guarantee he got much more glee out of seeing the Treo skim across the water than he from seeing it go for around US$100.00 on eBay.

I would go throw my Treo 600 into the Great Salt Lake, but I don’t want to lose it from my small museum of cell phones that chronicles my cell phone use since 1992. I am in line for the new iPhone. It will mean switching carriers (I have been with Sprint for seven of my fifteen years of cell phone use.). It may also mean that I change my mind about my Treo and the Great Salt Lake, too.

by Lee Gibbons, CEO

Having just returned home from Macworld 2007, I have to tell you, I had a blast, learned a ton, and came home with serious gadget envy! What a great show! I met some wonderful new friends, had great meetings with some amazingly loyal and fun old friends, and sat through another jaw-dropping Steve Jobs keynote. The iPhone rocks! I want one so badly I cry every time my phone rings. It is really going to change the way we think about phones, and I think it is just the beginning of this paradigmatic shift.

I, of course, didn’t get my hands on “the phone, ” but David Pogue did. He is a great journalist and does a super job of describing the phone in his NYT blog post.

Check it out! You will want one, too. Keep your Kleenex handy!