So that plus I pay out around £1k per contract, you'd have thought they'd want to keep me but I guess I'm of no real interest to them.

Have a good Christmas

Hope you manage to get a week or two of calm. This is the first Christmas that I am actually looking forward to. Not the day itself or the gifts, but just for the week or two of no thinking/worrying/stressing…theoretically anyway! I still think I'll be on tenterhooks until Christmas Eve until I know it's safe to relax

£35 a month isn't a problem to me. I already pay that plus £5 a month friends/family and insurance (which I'm going to cancel as this E65 isn't work £7 a month insurance!). I used to pay £50 a month and didn't think much to it. I think it was the £400 monthly bills in Austria that were a concern! Still, none of that impressed Vodaphone enough to keep me… ack I'll stop complaining now else I'll just keep on!

I think both Dave and I are going to switch to iPhones when we can. As I mentioned, I don't have an iPod of any flavour, so £100 is less than the cost of an iPod, and there's more to it. The contract is of no difference. Yes, you're now probably wondering why didn't I just get one in July. I am too…!

We're off to my parent's on Friday for a week, so besides critical problems, I'm on holiday finally. In theory I'm planning to be on holiday the following week too, to give us time to get other things sorted out and to just chill out a bit but I may have to work (however it'll be charged for at a 50% increase if I do!). So just counting down the days until Friday

The iPhone handset payment of £99 wasn't really the hard thing for me, it was the £35 a month contract I had to get my head around. I had paid £130 for my Windows Mobile phone a couple of years before but the £15 a month tariff I was on got me very comfy. But, since having the iPhone I just can't understand why I waited so long. It's worth every penny of the monthly contract now.

As you say, the unlimited internet access is very handy. It's so great when you're out and about and you hear the new mail notification in your pocket! The introduction of the App Store aswell just makes the iPhone the gift that keeps on giving. I've never had a gadget that has totally curbed my gadget lust before – it feels very weird, but my bank balance certainly enjoys it

Sounds like the Christmas break can't come quick enough for you, to give you a rest from all the work. Are you spending Christmas at home or heading to your Mum and Dad's this year?

I've not actually had a go of the iPhone but it sounds and looks nice. I think I'd make use of most the other features, plus, from what I've seen, it comes with unlimited internet access which would be useful when I'm out and about.

But yes, it's still pretty expensive, however as I don't own an up-to-date digital music player (with the exception of my phone!), I could probably justify a bit of additional cost for the music playing side of it.

It's still expensive and I'm still not convinced about a phone without some hard keys for typing but when my contract is up next year I'll definately consider getting one.