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Ugly Notes

macjackpro said:
I agree. That notes app is fugly. But guess what. It looks a lot like Leopards notes feature in Mail.app. Did all the designers at apple recently quit or something?
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I think that is a very deliberate design decision apple has made regarding notes, and other similar ephemeral note taking systems (since you cannot save it to a file or anything). It remids users that this is basically only for jotting down a thing or two, but not intended for saving that information for long periods of time. The playful font, and icons reinforce its limitations, IMO.
 
You are correct

nydoofus said:
I don't usually take Microsoft's numbers too seriously since they like to engage in channel dumping (basically flooding the retail channels with tons of items). They did a similar thing with the Xbox 360 right before Xmas. They dumped lots of 360's into the distribution channel in order to meet their goal of 10 million sold. Since those are all counted as "sold" they can make their PR numbers. However, since now the retailers have all the 360's they'll need for months, their numbers have hardly moved since then. I am pretty sure they did a similar thing with the Zune.
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Unlike Nintendo, Microsoft reports the units shipped to retailers as sold. (Nintendo reports units purchased by consumers. I believe Apple does the same for the ipods, but i may be wrong about that). So its very likely that the Zune numbers are also units sold to retailers, rather than to end consumers.
 
Glad to hear...

It's not sold out. Apple doing a good job of predicting demand. Hopefully it won't sell out and Apple will be able to match the demand with production.

Sold out = unhappy customers and no $$$
In Stock = happy customers and $$$

:)
 
addicted44 said:
I think that is a very deliberate design decision apple has made regarding notes, and other similar ephemeral note taking systems (since you cannot save it to a file or anything). It remids users that this is basically only for jotting down a thing or two, but not intended for saving that information for long periods of time. The playful font, and icons reinforce its limitations, IMO.
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well said. its a notes app . get over people it rofl
 
Notes

The notes app is pretty enough for my taste. My son likes the way it animates towards the trash when you do not want to save. Also there is animation as the new page "flips" to a new sheet.

However, like others have commented, it would be nice to sync those notes with the mac and not have to email the note.

On the bluetooth feature, I cannot get this thing to communicate with my mac. After I get it to connect with the bluetooth prefs, the bluetooth icon on the iPhone will not switch to blue as in connected...:(
 
Its completely sold out in michigan...

I need some advice, I have an order in with the apple store , placed at 6:03 yesterday.. they say 2- 4 weeks.

I called att and they said with direct fullfillment I could get it in 3-5 business days, so:

Should I cancel my apple order and go with direct fullillment, or is that an over optimistic delivery estimate.

please help I need to make a decision today.
 
Go Phone mode is essentially contract free?

just activated my phone in the go phone mode as i happen to have fraud alert on my credit reports. which suits me fine as i use less than 200 voice minutes a month. now, even though i agreed for att to debit my credit card automatically for $50 plus taxes each month, am i, or am i not in a 2 year contract?????
 
Use email for taking notes... save as draft

Until there's an online office app fully supported on iPhone, or even regardless of such... I'd say your best bet for word processing, etc. would be to use an email draft.... it's probably as good as textedit. Wish I had an iPhone to test out on :(

I know lots of people who use gmail as their online text editor of choice... keep journals, write memos, even various reports, etc... it's great for basic word processing, so Mail.app should be even better on iPhone.
 
I have been using it non-stop since last night around 8:00 and am very impressed, the UI is outstanding and the apps work so smooth. I just got back from the San Jose Oakridge store to pick up a car charger and they are now sold out of the 8GB models and just have a few more of the 4GB left. I also overheard they will have more supply in tomorrow (sunday??)
I am surpirsed most stores have them for sale and hope they do sell out sometime this weekend so their stock dosn't take a beating on monday.
 
Scratch Happens

I scratched my iPhone without even trying. :eek:

I keep my phone in my pocket. with bills and coins. it's either that or with the keys and knife.

oi vay.
 
Macrumors said:
John Gruber posted his first impressions of the device:

• I haven’t found a single element of the iPhone UI that doesn’t feel super-snappy.
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Gruber hasn't put it through its paces then. By far the weakest link in this regard is Safari. Having multiple pages processing at the same time -- and indeed javascript heavy websites -- can really bog down the phone. So much so that input changes, including orientation changes (which is also part of the UI), lag behind when they were actually committed.

When I'm using Meebo.com and have a song playing, the sign in process seems to, for whatever reason, stop the iPod randomly. Safari doesn't always feel "super-snappy."
 
To spite what some people are saying, the iPhone is essentially sold out for some parts of the country. We have one AT&T store and it sold out quickly- apparently they got 40 units but some people think it was less, or some of them were sold to friends and family instead of customers.

So while it is great that the Apple stores still have stock, these stores aren't everywhere. Lots of people don't have one. I can understand overstocking the Apple stores and under-stocking the surrounding AT&T stores. It makes some sense to centralize the inventory in a particular geographic area.

However, in areas where there are no Apple stores, they should have adequately stocked the AT&T stores since that is the only source.

Of course there is store.apple.com, with a 2-4 week wait that could be longer (or presumably shorter, nobody knows.)

Or you can pay $900 for on e-bay.

Anyway, it is just a phone, not like it is food or medicine. But it is a nice phone, and it would be nice if I could go out and buy one right now, but I can't. The worst part is the AT&T stores have no idea when they'll be getting more in. If I was in charge of the AT&T retail locations I'd be pissed- the iPhone was a great way to get more customers in your door, but that only works if you have the product. It seems messed up for the Apple stores to have plenty of stock right now and AT&T to have "no idea" when they're getting more in.

Oh well, enjoy your phones! :)
 
Lixivial said:
Gruber hasn't put it through its paces then. By far the weakest link in this regard is Safari. Having multiple pages processing at the same time -- and indeed javascript heavy websites -- can really bog down the phone.
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This isn't a desktop computer... :)
 
They had them in stock at the Novi Apple Store this afternoon.

michelle21 said:
Its completely sold out in michigan...

I need some advice, I have an order in with the apple store , placed at 6:03 yesterday.. they say 2- 4 weeks.

I called att and they said with direct fullfillment I could get it in 3-5 business days, so:

Should I cancel my apple order and go with direct fullillment, or is that an over optimistic delivery estimate.

please help I need to make a decision today.
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foniks2020 said:
Until there's an online office app fully supported on iPhone, or even regardless of such... I'd say your best bet for word processing, etc. would be to use an email draft.... it's probably as good as textedit. Wish I had an iPhone to test out on :(

I know lots of people who use gmail as their online text editor of choice... keep journals, write memos, even various reports, etc... it's great for basic word processing, so Mail.app should be even better on iPhone.
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Good suggestion foniks2020. Your solution works, but I wish it was more elegant. There is no save button when composing mail, you have to cancel instead of send. Then a pop up will ask if you want to save or delete.
 
iPhone Review

No idea how long this has been about, but it's quite a good review of the iPhone (from NYTimes). The site is in German (we're working on making it english in the future), but oh well, clearly we too are gagging for an iPhone :)
http://tinyurl.com/3ca7oz

For those too lazy to go the apple site - here's the iPhone Tips compilation:
http://tinyurl.com/3csfhv
 
carltabet said:
The screen is resistant enough to rest in one's pocket with keys and coins but who would want to do that?
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For Europe, subtract the coins. Very few people over here (except for some southern and south-eastern European countries) carry coins in their pockets.
 
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