Whenever I buy a new gadget I find myself being absolutely besotted with it for a few weeks, then it’s not long before something else shiny and useful catches my eye along with the promise to myself that “I won’t buy anything else after this!”. However, I think there’s one thing that may have finally curbed my gadget enthusiasm or at least put a stop to the endless “I want”. That is the iPhone 3G.

Usually this time of year I’d be thinking of buying a me-to-me Christmas gift. It’s not like I don’t buy myself what I want the rest of the year because I can afford to (mostly!), but at Christmas being self-indulgent is a lot of fun if it involves entertainment. But, I’ve looked around and can honestly say that I have everything I want or need at this time. A bit earlier in the year I mentioned the possibility of buying an AppleTV, but since BBC iPlayer doesn’t look like it’s heading that way anytime soon I have put the idea on the back burner for now. If an iPlayer/AppleTV agreement does come along then that will be the deal maker for me.

I’m 3 months into my iPhone ownership and the novelty hasn’t even begun to wear off. I think what makes the iPhone the most satisfying gadget I’ve ever owned is the constant new apps coming to the iTunes app store with great frequency. There is always something new and exciting to install which has me playing with the iPhone for an hour or two each day – that’s aside from it being a wonderful all-in-one communication tool which is definitely it’s main purpose for me. 

So, for the first Christmas in many a year I’m going to be writing out a very short list for Santa which will mostly be requests for iTunes gift vouchers and other non-gadget related things. I never thought I’d say that. Judging from some of the responses to my tweet about this a few days ago on Twitter it seems that I’m not the only one who feels completely content since getting the iPhone. How about you other iPhone users?

N.B. whether all this “being content” will last by the time Macworld 2009 arrives remains to be seen!! ;)