The only time I’ve ever written anything before about an experience with anything Apple, I got attacked by rabid fans and supporters of Apple so quickly that I was stunned, but perhaps this one won’t be as controversial.

Our family now owns three Ipod Touch handhelds, which are essentially Iphones without phone service and can surf a wireless internet connection.

At first I wondered why anyone would want one, then each of my kids chipped in for their own in 2008, and they’ve shown me some amazing, ingenious and hilarious stuff. I see the appeal, but I never really surfed the Internet on it for more than a minute or two, until last night.

The first website I went to was a friends who was over, and he wanted to see what his his site looked like on an Iphone. It barely displayed and had no navigation. Why? Because Flash isn’t supported. Why not? Apparently I’m the last to know, but this video made me understand

This has of course spawned hacks and workarounds, but really, I was pretty surprised and disappointed – and amazed that I’d been the last one to know.

I’m not sure I’ll go to the trouble, but if you want to see Flash videos (all i wanted was a navigation menu) there are ways…

I picked a great day to drop my Blackberry in downtown Portland… One of the best phones I’ve ever had, (8703e) bounced once then landed in a 3 inch deep puddle.

It worked for about a minute, then the screen started flickering, then it made a little fizzing sound, and that’s the end. I KNOW I should have dried it out in a bag of rice for three days, or something, but c’mon, i had to try it, right?

Anyway, I’ll had a $50 insurance replacement here tomorrow, and it stinks going without a phone, but I didn’t stop and get another one because I just don’t know too much about what’s available.

I really do like my Blackberry, but there are a ton of amazing options coming out from Verizon, and at this time I have no reason to leave the. coverage is good, and the customer service is great, but i have to do some research before I drop a bundle on a new toy.

Not to mention that Google phone is probably coming soon, and if the Iphone were to start coming with a slide out keyboard, I’d probably want to check that out too. So many choices…

Most important for me in a new phone will be a Qwerty keyboard at least as large as my Blackberry, and now that our web hosting server supports Exchange, it might be nice to try a Windows mobile device again.

There are so many options right now I barely know where to start, so I figured I would do without my phone for a day while I investigate some of the options, and wait for my replacement to arrive.