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iPhone First Impressions / Reviews
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Anybody near Woodfield Mall?
I was at the apple store at woodfield mall in IL and a kid walked out with an iphone when they were closing at 9 o'clock at night. So anybody who lives near there may want to check them out, they may have a few left.
I was at the apple store at woodfield mall in IL and a kid walked out with an iphone when they were closing at 9 o'clock at night. So anybody who lives near there may want to check them out, they may have a few left.
after a small learning curve with the keyboard its a overall great device. So easy to use. I'm posting on it now.
This is taken in natural light without any house lights on so it's not that great...
Well not that bad. You gave the camera a situation where even a high dollar DSLR would struggle. Dark interior and the lens pointed at a window with sun streaming in.
It actually handles purple fringing/chromatic abbreviation pretty well. You normally see it happening by the window frame (top right) against the bright sunlight.
my impressions
Now I understand why Steve Jobs was so excited. This thing works better than I could have imagined. The movies look fantastic, the interface is FAST, FAST, FAST, the Safari browser is fast and works great, email is wonderful, typing is much easier than I would have thought, Google maps is really fun, and the calendar is very useful. YouTube is fun, but I've never used it much. If anything, the user interface is UNDERhyped.The touch interface is so natural and fast. If I don't know how to do something, I guess and it always seems to work. I really can't say enough nice things about it.
On the other hand, Cingular/ATT does feel like I took a step backward from T-Mobile. My reception used to be as good as my landline. Now it usually sounds like I'm on a cell phone. Nothing horrible, but not as good as T-Mobile.
Now I understand why Steve Jobs was so excited. This thing works better than I could have imagined. The movies look fantastic, the interface is FAST, FAST, FAST, the Safari browser is fast and works great, email is wonderful, typing is much easier than I would have thought, Google maps is really fun, and the calendar is very useful. YouTube is fun, but I've never used it much. If anything, the user interface is UNDERhyped.The touch interface is so natural and fast. If I don't know how to do something, I guess and it always seems to work. I really can't say enough nice things about it.
On the other hand, Cingular/ATT does feel like I took a step backward from T-Mobile. My reception used to be as good as my landline. Now it usually sounds like I'm on a cell phone. Nothing horrible, but not as good as T-Mobile.
MAN!... reading all of these posts makes me really want to go back to AT&T from T-Mobile. (AT&T really made us mad a few years back so we blew them off and are never going back.) If T-Mobile ever gets on-board, I'm gettin one in a second.
ok i have run meebo on iphone. it loads, but there is no way to enter the text. when you click on the send text field, you can type into it, but hitting 'return' just inserts a cr. and there is no 'send' button to click on, so the best you can do is get to the point where you've entered text into the im window.
hopefully the meebo guys will fix that asap.
I'm in the same situation. I spend most of my time in an area with good ATT coverage, and the rest of the time in an area without.
I want to keep my primary number since that is where I use the phone most often. But can I ACTIVATE the phone from anywhere or do I need to actually BE in the home area?
I recall years ago accessing my iPod from the terminal on Mac OS X when it wasn't in disk mode. In other words, IIRC, the iPod mounted in a non-standard place in the file system and was visible with "ls -la" in the terminal. I was going to try to verify this with my iPod, but I can't remember where it mounted and I can't seem to find anything about it on the google. Does anyone remember anything about this? And more importantly can you find the iPhone mounted anywhere while you're synching with iTunes? That would be an amazing find (3d party Apps anyone?
To follow-up on my own question, I played with my old iPod synching with disk mode turned off and here's some leads that iPhone owners might try. These instructions involve working with the Mac you use to synch with your iPhone for those comfortable with terminal.
1) launch Terminal.app
2) run the following terminal command:
ls -la /dev > ~/Desktop/unmounted.txt
3) Make a lot of changes to your synching playlists or add a feature fil or something like that to give yourself some time while the iPhone is synching
4) Then plug in the iPhone and let it sync
5) while its syncing run the following terminal command:
lf -a
This should list all of the mounted drives on your computer no matter where they're mounted.
6) you can then run:
ls -la /dev > ~/Desktop/mounted.txt
The difference between this file and the previous unmounted file will show the name/id of the iPhone disk and its disk partitions (you can use FileMerge if you have developer tools installed or just eyeball it).
Unless Apple's is getting very tricky, these commands should tell us a lot about how to manually mount the iPhone for an unofficial Disk Mode and a peak into the filesystem.
Again, Apple could be doing some tricky stuff and none of this would work, but my hunch is they're not (if I had an iPhone i'd just be reporting to you what the outcome of this experiment is).
Anyway, with the mount command (check man mount in the terminal) once can look up the differences between the two Even without this last step of using mount, I'd be curious to find out what any of you can learn.
Happy hunting.
iPhone Problems Already!!
I just got the iphone last night, activated it this morning and was so excited to see it in action....then when I tried receiving calls, watching videos, listening to music, or changing ringtones a loud clicking noise occurs and drowns out the audio. I can barely hear anybody when I'm talking on it, and I've done everything I can possibly think of to fix it..but nothing works.
This sucks...Is anyone else having the same issue? This clicking noise is extremely loud (especially since I have my volume up all the way so I can try to hear people when they call)
I just got the iphone last night, activated it this morning and was so excited to see it in action....then when I tried receiving calls, watching videos, listening to music, or changing ringtones a loud clicking noise occurs and drowns out the audio. I can barely hear anybody when I'm talking on it, and I've done everything I can possibly think of to fix it..but nothing works.
This sucks...Is anyone else having the same issue? This clicking noise is extremely loud (especially since I have my volume up all the way so I can try to hear people when they call)
I wont be able to get one until my contract with Tmoblie expires but maybe (hopefully) by then tmoblie will carry iphones.
but maybe (hopefully) by then tmoblie will carry iphones.
I'm in the same position as you. First I live in Canada and I really want an iPhone but I can't get one. + have you read the rumor that Apple is announcing the UK iPhone monday? That means we're gonna have to wait even longer for the Canadian Release!!!
Just to clarify, the rumors were about making the announcement of who will be carrying the phone in the UK. Not actually releasing it on Monday.
have i missed a massive announcement? i had no idea we had joined another continent. because the last time i checked england was in europe.
I wont be able to get one until my contract with Tmoblie expires
Not unless you've got a 5 year contract with T-Mobile. AT&T's exclusive deal with Apple is rumored to be for 5 years.
It is all your guys/gals faults!
I have a vindictive mean streak, and all the posts here this morning made me take a visit to our local apple store. Dang you all. They had plenty of iPhones in stock (Sat. morning) and now I'm $600 poorer. Oh, yeah, activation is very fast if you are not transferring from an existing number (under 3 minutes). Meanwhile I'm too busy playing with this thing to have a long post.
Insanely great, is the correct phrase, I believe.
I have a vindictive mean streak, and all the posts here this morning made me take a visit to our local apple store. Dang you all. They had plenty of iPhones in stock (Sat. morning) and now I'm $600 poorer. Oh, yeah, activation is very fast if you are not transferring from an existing number (under 3 minutes). Meanwhile I'm too busy playing with this thing to have a long post.
Insanely great, is the correct phrase, I believe.
Yeah, we've just been dragged further North towards the Arctic and setting up on our own. That's why the weather has suddenly got so bad.
It is all part of Gordon Brown's manifesto for 'change'. He did announce it yesterday but it was kind of overshadowed by the bomb scare.
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i love threads like this. "i was sick of hearing about the iphone so i had to see it in person, now im 600+ dollars poorer."
they really should put up a sign "warning-if you touch this device... Youll have to buy it
I have a vindictive mean streak, and all the posts here this morning made me take a visit to our local apple store. Dang you all. They had plenty of iPhones in stock (Sat. morning) and now I'm $600 poorer. Oh, yeah, activation is very fast if you are not transferring from an existing number (under 3 minutes). Meanwhile I'm too busy playing with this thing to have a long post.
Insanely great, is the correct phrase, I believe.
i love threads like this. "i was sick of hearing about the iphone so i had to see it in person, now im 600+ dollars poorer."
they really should put up a sign "warning-if you touch this device... Youll have to buy it
Instant Messaging
I wasn't familiar with meebo, but how about aim express (http://www.aim.com/). Can someone with an AIM account see if that's working (or was this answered already)?
I wasn't familiar with meebo, but how about aim express (http://www.aim.com/). Can someone with an AIM account see if that's working (or was this answered already)?
is anybody else still having activation issues??? I guess its just cause i've been a customer since they were belsouth back in the late 90's that they take so long to help me
iPhone Experience in norfolk/va beach, va
Typing this from my new JesusPhone.
I purchased an 8GB model at the Apple Store in Norfolk.
My Gripes:
Wish that the camera did video
You can't send broadcast SMS messages - only allowed to send texts to one recipient and then must repeat sending that message if want to send to others.
No Chat client right now
Not having Flash capability and Java is somewhat of a big deal. For example, I prefer Google's Gmail Mobile Java client - it works much better than the iPhone's built-in mail program.
Why did Apple not notice the detail of the recessed headphone jack which prevents headphones with fat connectors from connecting without an adapter? Given that Steve Jobs is a stickler for details, the fact that an adapter is needed to use headphones that aren't the Apple variety is a huge oversight.
My Praise:
The experience is utterly amazing and shatters the conception of a truly integrated mobile computing experience.
I LOVE this device and just hope Apple will issue software updates to rectify my gripes - seems simple enough. Everything pretty much just works. Syncing is amazing! You would think a company would have figured out that a seamless syncing experience is priority, but Apple is the first to get it right.
For all of those doomsayers about the EDGE network - it actually works pretty well. When you have a strong signal - which has been pretty consistent as I drive around the region - Google Maps is very responsive on EDGE. I've been able to check out satellite images, look for businesses, etc.
Websites also load at a respectable speed - not lightning fast - but it works. Honestly, when I'm not at a wireless hotspot, my mobile needs happen to be either looking for a business, getting directions, or reading the NYTimes or other text-biased website. Not generally needing to do Youtube. I'm also able to use the Trip Planner feature on the NYC Subway website which works great on EDGE. I have to say that it works great.
When I'm at a hotspot, WiFi is tremendously smooth and fast.
I love this device! (Coming from one who said I wasn't gonna get one until the V2.0.)
Activation took 45 minutes. I got the message like many that said additional time was needed to activate. However, I only had to wait 45 minutes and I was up and running.
I can see a whole ecosystem of peripherals popping up for this thing - GPS module via dock connector, extra battery, video out via a new dock, remote control features, etc. Great!
Typing this from my new JesusPhone.
I purchased an 8GB model at the Apple Store in Norfolk.
My Gripes:
Wish that the camera did video
You can't send broadcast SMS messages - only allowed to send texts to one recipient and then must repeat sending that message if want to send to others.
No Chat client right now
Not having Flash capability and Java is somewhat of a big deal. For example, I prefer Google's Gmail Mobile Java client - it works much better than the iPhone's built-in mail program.
Why did Apple not notice the detail of the recessed headphone jack which prevents headphones with fat connectors from connecting without an adapter? Given that Steve Jobs is a stickler for details, the fact that an adapter is needed to use headphones that aren't the Apple variety is a huge oversight.
My Praise:
The experience is utterly amazing and shatters the conception of a truly integrated mobile computing experience.
I LOVE this device and just hope Apple will issue software updates to rectify my gripes - seems simple enough. Everything pretty much just works. Syncing is amazing! You would think a company would have figured out that a seamless syncing experience is priority, but Apple is the first to get it right.
For all of those doomsayers about the EDGE network - it actually works pretty well. When you have a strong signal - which has been pretty consistent as I drive around the region - Google Maps is very responsive on EDGE. I've been able to check out satellite images, look for businesses, etc.
Websites also load at a respectable speed - not lightning fast - but it works. Honestly, when I'm not at a wireless hotspot, my mobile needs happen to be either looking for a business, getting directions, or reading the NYTimes or other text-biased website. Not generally needing to do Youtube. I'm also able to use the Trip Planner feature on the NYC Subway website which works great on EDGE. I have to say that it works great.
When I'm at a hotspot, WiFi is tremendously smooth and fast.
I love this device! (Coming from one who said I wasn't gonna get one until the V2.0.)
Activation took 45 minutes. I got the message like many that said additional time was needed to activate. However, I only had to wait 45 minutes and I was up and running.
I can see a whole ecosystem of peripherals popping up for this thing - GPS module via dock connector, extra battery, video out via a new dock, remote control features, etc. Great!
15 hours later.
Does everything I expected it would. Only better. smoother...
I am with love with this thing.
Does everything I expected it would. Only better. smoother...
I am with love with this thing.