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TPF Noob!
- Joined
- Apr 28, 2008
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- Location
- Zürich, Switzerland
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Well I've had one for about 5 days now and there are some good points and some bad points
The Good
Activating it was simple and the phone was online from the moment it was in my hands - Given this was a band new contract with different number and new SIM this was incredibly quick (OK the last time I took out a new contract was in 2000 and it took 48 hours to activate - so it looks like things have moved on from that)
The interface is astounding. The way you can scroll and zoom is amazing
The screen is beautiful. It's hight res (163 ppi) and it makes reading small type fantastic.
Configuring it was simplicity itself. Within 5 minutes I had wireless and email functioning without even looking at the manual.
It has the best mobile browser I've ever seen - It's like browsing on computer.
GPS and the Maps application is really useful and fun
The not so good
The interface can sometimes bog down and can get a little laggy. By all accounts this is the new version 2 of the iPhone software and it also affects the original iPhones that have been upgraded.
Voice call quality is average - I keep an old Nokia 6310 as a spare and the call quality is far better on that, but then again I've never had another phone where the call quality was as good as on the 6310.
I'm constantly cleaning the damed thing - you only have to look at it and gets a finger print - use it and it becomes a smudgy mess.
Camera - yes it has one, 2MP and noisy as hell
Battery doesn't last long if you're always browsing, using the iPod etc, but if you treat it as purely a phone you'll get 3 days depending on usage
Virtual keyboard - OK it works and I've got better with it but I still can't blind text like I could on all my other phones and never will be able to
The Bad
You cant use it as a modem for your laptop! This is crazy because it should be perfectly possible to do this. While on a train this week I had to swap the SIM to the trusty old 6310 and use that to send a word document. Even weirder is that an application appeared on the iPhone application store to do this and then Apple pulled it. Rumour is this is something to do with AT&T not wanting this. This for me is not a deal breaker. I don't have to do this often, but the crazy thing is I have to now advise business customers, that use macs and dearly want an iPhone, not to buy one (I work for an apple dealership)
Email - yes it can send and receive email on a basic level, and apparently it works great with Google, Yahoo, and Mobile me mail accounts. But, I use a standard POP account and while it works there's no way to create alternative mailboxes on the iPhone. You know, a folder called "Mum" or "Work". You have to sync with one of these services to be able to do that. Even my old Psion revo could do this.
The downright ugly
"The Kill Switch" - Man this one's fantastic - Apple has the ability to Kill any downloaded program - even paid for in the Apple store that they suddenly take a dislike to. This has been widely documented and reported on a number of reliable tech sites and apple themselves have admitted this. From what I've read it works by the iPhone contacting apple and downloading a black list of applications. If an application you're using is on this list then bang it's gone, no explanation, just erased. I'm really
In conclusion.
If there's one word that sums up the iPhone then it's "FUN". It really is a fun toy and it's wonderful joy to use within its own limitations. However it's not a serious business tool - for that you still need either windows mobile or a blackberry. I also have the distinct impression that after the honeymoon period is over, and when everybody else has one that I'll start to think about buying something a bit more grown up. Anybody got a second hand Nokia N95? they want to sell
The Good
Activating it was simple and the phone was online from the moment it was in my hands - Given this was a band new contract with different number and new SIM this was incredibly quick (OK the last time I took out a new contract was in 2000 and it took 48 hours to activate - so it looks like things have moved on from that)
The interface is astounding. The way you can scroll and zoom is amazing
The screen is beautiful. It's hight res (163 ppi) and it makes reading small type fantastic.
Configuring it was simplicity itself. Within 5 minutes I had wireless and email functioning without even looking at the manual.
It has the best mobile browser I've ever seen - It's like browsing on computer.
GPS and the Maps application is really useful and fun
The not so good
The interface can sometimes bog down and can get a little laggy. By all accounts this is the new version 2 of the iPhone software and it also affects the original iPhones that have been upgraded.
Voice call quality is average - I keep an old Nokia 6310 as a spare and the call quality is far better on that, but then again I've never had another phone where the call quality was as good as on the 6310.
I'm constantly cleaning the damed thing - you only have to look at it and gets a finger print - use it and it becomes a smudgy mess.
Camera - yes it has one, 2MP and noisy as hell
Battery doesn't last long if you're always browsing, using the iPod etc, but if you treat it as purely a phone you'll get 3 days depending on usage
Virtual keyboard - OK it works and I've got better with it but I still can't blind text like I could on all my other phones and never will be able to
The Bad
You cant use it as a modem for your laptop! This is crazy because it should be perfectly possible to do this. While on a train this week I had to swap the SIM to the trusty old 6310 and use that to send a word document. Even weirder is that an application appeared on the iPhone application store to do this and then Apple pulled it. Rumour is this is something to do with AT&T not wanting this. This for me is not a deal breaker. I don't have to do this often, but the crazy thing is I have to now advise business customers, that use macs and dearly want an iPhone, not to buy one (I work for an apple dealership)
Email - yes it can send and receive email on a basic level, and apparently it works great with Google, Yahoo, and Mobile me mail accounts. But, I use a standard POP account and while it works there's no way to create alternative mailboxes on the iPhone. You know, a folder called "Mum" or "Work". You have to sync with one of these services to be able to do that. Even my old Psion revo could do this.
The downright ugly
"The Kill Switch" - Man this one's fantastic - Apple has the ability to Kill any downloaded program - even paid for in the Apple store that they suddenly take a dislike to. This has been widely documented and reported on a number of reliable tech sites and apple themselves have admitted this. From what I've read it works by the iPhone contacting apple and downloading a black list of applications. If an application you're using is on this list then bang it's gone, no explanation, just erased. I'm really
In conclusion.
If there's one word that sums up the iPhone then it's "FUN". It really is a fun toy and it's wonderful joy to use within its own limitations. However it's not a serious business tool - for that you still need either windows mobile or a blackberry. I also have the distinct impression that after the honeymoon period is over, and when everybody else has one that I'll start to think about buying something a bit more grown up. Anybody got a second hand Nokia N95? they want to sell
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