Travel Technology - Help me stop looking like an Apple ad

Ok, I love my MBA and I have a 3G iPhone but I'm getting a bit tired of looking like a walking, talking Apple advertisement.

I could really try and lobby my employer to get me a x300 instead of the MBA, but frankly I don't want to lose OSX and the MBA itself just gets more seductive the more you use it if you're in it's target user group (I definitely am).

I'm OK with the iPhone, but I'm not in love with it. I guess I'm just not interested enough in the add-on software that isn't quite useful without 3G or being in North America. So, I'd be willing to move away from the iPhone if for no other reason than I don't seem to be pulling out Apple's latest each time I open the bag.

Positives in the iPhone that I use:
- Push email from dot.mac (.me smacks of dotcom domain scrounging)
- syncing and integration with contacts
- useful for me texting interface
- I like the on-screen keyboard. Having moved from a SE 910i, it's awesome.
- great for answering the phone (corollary, not so great to dial out)
- iPod functionality

I used SE phones for many, many years and had all the chargers and headsets I could ever need, but they went and changed a couple of things and it was all suddenly useless.

Of course, I don't need to get rid of anything, I could just try to disguise my tech. How can I make the iPhone look like a Nokia?

All advice appreciated, especially if it manages to get my flight from PEK - SYD to start boarding. Yes, this is a "Stuck in lounge" post :p

How can I make the iPhone look like a Nokia?
Put a cover in on it.

Looks less like an iPhone and its gets extra protection, winner all round.

Wow someone that likes the product but not into the appeal. Good there is a first for everything.

Most mac users are hit samck int he face with reality with this image of Safari...

http://www.favbrowser.com/girls-as-browsers-pics-v2/

Put a cover in on it.

Looks less like an iPhone and its gets extra protection, winner all round.


I have the Switcheasy Capsule Rebel (http://switcheasy.com/products/Rebel/Rebel.php) in red/black.

This sounds quite lame, IMO. I don't give a F... what people think and just use the best tool for the job.

How can I make the iPhone look like a Nokia?

how about if it looks like a zune?

http://hideapod.com/

:)

A brown Zune.

Skin it.
Skinizi (http://www.skinizi.com/en/contact-us.html)

Located in France.


We Love Macs (http://www.welovemacs.com/apibpotask.html)

West Coast USA


There's another in the UK that I can't find at the moment. They allow you to upload your own design and they'll make the skin for you.

The bearded guy at my house has an iPhone and found a black rubber casing for it. If you are one of those folks who are not aware of the iPhone and its size, it's not obvious just from looking at it.

I don't want to lose OSX and the MBA itself just gets more seductive...Sorry. If you're going to describe your computer as seductive, then there's really nothing we can do to help.

:)

Next time take the blue pill. :)

There's nothing wrong with loving their products (I love them too) as long as it hasn't turned you into a zealot.

-David

The flight was called immediately after making this post. I'm back home now for the first time in over two months. :)

This sounds quite lame, IMO. I don't give a F... what people think and just use the best tool for the job.

Yes it is lame. Most of my co-workers are over it when I pull out the MBA, as am I. There's still that little bit of WOW factor that happens when I get it out for the first time at a new client. For me, the MBA is the best tool for my job.

Next time take the blue pill. :)

There's nothing wrong with loving their products (I love them too) as long as it hasn't turned you into a zealot.

-David

I don't think I'm a zealot, although it might look that way on the surface. If my company had simply offered a x300 instead of the T61 around a year ago, I wouldn't have been motivated to get the MBA for myself. My company leaves phone choices up to the individual. I chose the iPhone for simplicity of syncing and being able to eliminate one device (iPod) and one extra charger from my travel bag.

Maybe I'm missing something, but if it works......

I have lots of Apple products and whilst I'm fully aware I'm paying for a large marketing budget, high profile storefronts and shiny designs, I generally find their user interface, interoperability and stability excellent.

The anti-Apple culture is a strong one and has risen as Apple's market share and brand has risen, particularly amongst real technogeeks who in my experience don't like the perceived price, company culture or the locked down lack of configurability of their products.

Are you that self-conscious?!

Buy some apple stock. It hit bottom and is now on its way back up. This way, you will be proud to display the brand and help your investment. It works for me! Stock will be over 150 in six months. Some very cools stuff is coming out at MacWorld that will generate a ton of revenue.

This sounds quite lame, IMO. I don't give a F... what people think and just use the best tool for the job.

Maybe a little.... that's what forums are for though. Most of the stuff is lame but if it's important to you, it's worth the time. If its not, don't reply.

Reformat the MBA with XP?