As the last EchoDitto holdout, I now finally find myself the proud owner of Apple's new tiny PC.

Yes, that's right, I call it a PC. Let's face it, it's a computer, not a phone. (How did Macs stop being PCs anyway? They're still personal computers. Perhaps Apple vanity prevents us from comparing their products to anything existing. After all, when was the last time you heard someone refer to an iPod as an MP3 player? Its usually the other way around. But I digress.)

The iPhone is still a pretty nifty device -- even when you don't consider the enormous and sophisticated 'underground' software movement. The browser is great, the email works fine, although lacks some obvious features. Junk mail or cut & paste, anyone?
And the iPod features -- well, I have an iPod Nano for that.

But what really got me to switch over to AT&T was the geolocation. I've been on the GPS bandwagon for awhile now, having recently purchased a TomTom GO, and the idea of having geolocation and directions in my pocket is almost too much to bear.

But the real story isn't the famed cell-tower geolocation, its the the WiFi geolocation. While (ahem) exploring some of the 3rd party options out there for the iPhone, I found myself temporarily without cell service. Much to my surprise, geolocation was still working marvelously.

Later that day, I disabled my WiFi to save some battery (it didn't--the iPhone turns off the WiFi when 'sleeping' anyway) and I tried geolocation again. It was much, much inferior. (Go ahead, try it!)

Turn the WiFi on, and -- bam! -- back within 100 feet.

Now, I don't know about you, but I'm floored. How did Apple find a way to find me within 100 feet using WiFi alone? Granted, I'm in the DC area, so your mileage may vary, but either my Comcast IP address pinpoints me as 20 feet in front of my door or Apple is something awesome.

But we all knew that.