Bad Apple

Not really but it certainly is not helping me be "good". Of course I'm talking about Apple's new Application Store which allows you to download games and other applications directly to your iPhone or, if you don't have one, to your iPod Touch via WiFi and, for ease, you can also elect to do it with "1 click" so basically it's as easy as it could be to purchase through the store (similar to iTunes). The problem is there's too much good stuff on offer - and while lots of it is free, or costing only a nominal fee, all those little bits add up. Seems like every day I get another invoice copy from Apple and while I love being able to do this, it may be time to deactivate "1 click" so it's not as easy to buy (on impulse). The other problem is that each app eats up a little more of the Touch's memory and while 16GB seems a lot, by the time you've loaded music, videos, photos and PIM data, and a dozen applications, it goes pretty quickly. And yes, Cro-Mag (racing game), Trism (block strategy) and Sudoku are timewasters but the Touch interface makes them very fun to play.