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Not long ago, I extolled the virtues of the BlackBerry over the iPhone. I realised this may have been a bit hasty when I started playing with my friend’s iPhone back in May of last year.

My phone contract was due up, so, although I found it difficult at first, I was drawn inexorably into the desirable, hopeless-to-resist, financial black hole that is Apple’s product line-up. Although my initial decision was probably based more on the “shiny factor”, rather than any serious investigation into its capabilities, I’m happy to report that after 9 months I know I made the right decision in going for the iPhone.

The fact is, notwithstanding it’s aesthetic appeal, the iPhone has won all manner of smartphone awards since its launch in June 07, and the latest incarnation which I have, the 3GS, merely adds to the misery of the competition.

Its appeal seems to affect ones’ thought processes, given that I went out and bought a MacBook Pro not long after, just to give it something to plug into: some company, maybe.

As I said to my Mac-stalwart friend, it seems that everything Apple produce just “works”, and I suppose that’s the best thing about their stuff. But they also seem to offer that something extra, which makes you wonder, when you fall under the spell, how you resisted it for so long.