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I’m a convert to the iPhone having acquired one from eBay 6 months ago.   It’s the aesthetics of the device that won me over – good design is just so compelling and “must have”.   So I – along with the rest of the global fraternity of iPhone followers – now await with enthusiasm the distribution of the new 3G version, as discussed in this CNET  report.  Yum.

It is ironic, perhaps, that it is  the ‘happening right now’ sites that can lead to some of my most serious lost in time experiences when online.  Mysterious gaps can appear in my day if I drop in on Twittervision and watch the world fly back and forth to reveal the latest ‘what I had for breakfast’ type comments from people in faraway places.   And time seems to stand still as I await the  latest contribution to the modern day version of ‘photos from my holiday’ – as shared by the cyber-fuelled tourists of Flickrvision.

It definitely isn’t the content that holds my attention – it is the fascination of seeing the power of a web-enabled and connected world demonstrated in real time by these sites.

It is a little ironic, maybe, that it’s the “what’s happening right now’ services of the web are the ones that