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iPhone First Impressions / Reviews
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The Most Amazing Device Ever!!!!
Just purchased my 8GB iPhone a couple of hours ago, and all I can say is wow!!! I purchased mine at the AT&T store in Bloomington, IL. I believe they sold out as I was number 14 in line of about 60. They only had 16 8GB models, and not many more 4GB models (not sure of the exact number), so there were definitely some disappointed people in line.
This phone is absolutely amazing. The touchscreen is very responsive, and the iPod is very impressive. Everything about the phone is extremely simple and intuitive. Granted, the keyboard is a little difficult at first, but after about an hour of playing with it, you start to get the hang of it and not make as many mistakes.
Overall, I would say that Apple has definitely knocked one out of the park with this device. Again, WOW!!!
Just purchased my 8GB iPhone a couple of hours ago, and all I can say is wow!!! I purchased mine at the AT&T store in Bloomington, IL. I believe they sold out as I was number 14 in line of about 60. They only had 16 8GB models, and not many more 4GB models (not sure of the exact number), so there were definitely some disappointed people in line.
This phone is absolutely amazing. The touchscreen is very responsive, and the iPod is very impressive. Everything about the phone is extremely simple and intuitive. Granted, the keyboard is a little difficult at first, but after about an hour of playing with it, you start to get the hang of it and not make as many mistakes.
Overall, I would say that Apple has definitely knocked one out of the park with this device. Again, WOW!!!
I didn't buy one yet, but figured I'd post my thoughts here from my experience trying it out (especially in comparison to my current phone, a Treo 650).
But just in the brief period of time I got to spend playing with one of the floor models; wow, is all I can say.
Honestly, the iPhone exceeded the hype for me. It's almost impossible to go back to using my Treo 650 now.
Also, I don't know what they are doing with Safari, but they have managed to make it get a LOT more out of EDGE than my Treo does.
I turned off WiFi on the floor model in order to test out EDGE..... loaded up cnn.com and some other fairly intensive sites. For comparison, cnn.com on my treo 650 takes a few minutes to load up, and frankly, it's almost impossible to navigate it well anyway with the Treo's web browser.
On the iPhone, the cnn.com homepage seemed to load MUCH quicker....... it seems like they are doing a good job of loading up text and displaying it, making it much easier to read while the image elements, etc. on a page load up. My Treo frankly chokes trying to handle all this.
My sole reservation I think had been that EDGE would be too slow for what the iPhone does; but whatever wizardry they're working, it paid off.
Frankly, it loaded up cnn.com quicker and was easier to navigate than any of the 3G phones I tried today at the AT&T store (Blackjack, Treo 750w and Cingular 8525).
And I did try a number of other random sites too, just to make sure it wasn't something simple like the cnn.com homepage being cached.........
Honestly, if all the iPhone was was a mobile web browser, it would be hands down worth it. It just completely blows away IE on Windows Mobile, and Palm's Blazer web browser is just a joke comparitively.
On the Windows Mobile side, even having 3G doesn't do you much good if navigating a full website in Mobile IE is practically impossible.
EDIT: I also have to say, the keyboard was a pleasant surprise. Personally I've never been a huge fan of the Treo 650 keyboard, but it gets the job done. But I was really impressed with the iPhone's virtual keyboard; seemed to do a great job of picking up what I was typing, and rarely needed corrections, etc. I don't miss the idea of a hard keyboard at all.
But just in the brief period of time I got to spend playing with one of the floor models; wow, is all I can say.
Honestly, the iPhone exceeded the hype for me. It's almost impossible to go back to using my Treo 650 now.
Also, I don't know what they are doing with Safari, but they have managed to make it get a LOT more out of EDGE than my Treo does.
I turned off WiFi on the floor model in order to test out EDGE..... loaded up cnn.com and some other fairly intensive sites. For comparison, cnn.com on my treo 650 takes a few minutes to load up, and frankly, it's almost impossible to navigate it well anyway with the Treo's web browser.
On the iPhone, the cnn.com homepage seemed to load MUCH quicker....... it seems like they are doing a good job of loading up text and displaying it, making it much easier to read while the image elements, etc. on a page load up. My Treo frankly chokes trying to handle all this.
My sole reservation I think had been that EDGE would be too slow for what the iPhone does; but whatever wizardry they're working, it paid off.
Frankly, it loaded up cnn.com quicker and was easier to navigate than any of the 3G phones I tried today at the AT&T store (Blackjack, Treo 750w and Cingular 8525).
And I did try a number of other random sites too, just to make sure it wasn't something simple like the cnn.com homepage being cached.........
Honestly, if all the iPhone was was a mobile web browser, it would be hands down worth it. It just completely blows away IE on Windows Mobile, and Palm's Blazer web browser is just a joke comparitively.
On the Windows Mobile side, even having 3G doesn't do you much good if navigating a full website in Mobile IE is practically impossible.
EDIT: I also have to say, the keyboard was a pleasant surprise. Personally I've never been a huge fan of the Treo 650 keyboard, but it gets the job done. But I was really impressed with the iPhone's virtual keyboard; seemed to do a great job of picking up what I was typing, and rarely needed corrections, etc. I don't miss the idea of a hard keyboard at all.
its great
I'm actually using my new iPhone to type this,I love the keyboard on it, everything about it is great and i only stood in line for about 2 hours
Cheers
Clay
I'm actually using my new iPhone to type this,I love the keyboard on it, everything about it is great and i only stood in line for about 2 hours
Cheers
Clay
GOt it!!!and love it
I got to my local att store around noon and waited six hours and I finally hve one in fact I'm on it right now
I love it I hope u all got one
I got to my local att store around noon and waited six hours and I finally hve one in fact I'm on it right now
I love it I hope u all got one
Question about the Discounts...
So if I'm part of a Family Plan, will the whole discount be taken away if I'm the only one with an iPhone or will the discount still be available to the other members of my family?
Thanks!
So if I'm part of a Family Plan, will the whole discount be taken away if I'm the only one with an iPhone or will the discount still be available to the other members of my family?
Thanks!
I am going to wait till about midnight eastern for my activation email, and if nothing then, ill go to bed and it better be here in the morning!!
iPhone Observations
Just discovered a couple of things about the iPhone. First, although the minimum requirements say that you need a Mac or PC with USB 2.0, you can use it with USB 1.1 although it is pretty slow to sync music with. (I have an older eMac with only USB 1.1 as I am waiting for the new iMacs to come out). Also, you cannot drag and drop individual songs from a playlist into your iPhone. It appears that you can only sync Playlists. Not a big deal, but an interesting observation.
Just discovered a couple of things about the iPhone. First, although the minimum requirements say that you need a Mac or PC with USB 2.0, you can use it with USB 1.1 although it is pretty slow to sync music with. (I have an older eMac with only USB 1.1 as I am waiting for the new iMacs to come out). Also, you cannot drag and drop individual songs from a playlist into your iPhone. It appears that you can only sync Playlists. Not a big deal, but an interesting observation.
Since I got iPhone I had safari crash once and cannot get Bluetooth to work. EDGE is pretty zippy, benchmarked at 114 kilobits per second.
I'd love to be able to get to a period easier...
I'd love to be able to get to a period easier...
initial impressions
Im typing this right now from my new 4gb iPhone. I would have gotten the 8 gb, but the at&t store was all out.
Anyway, it is a really cool toy. EDGE is slow for me, but reception is not too great at my house.
Hope everyone is having fun tonight!
Im typing this right now from my new 4gb iPhone. I would have gotten the 8 gb, but the at&t store was all out.
Anyway, it is a really cool toy. EDGE is slow for me, but reception is not too great at my house.
Hope everyone is having fun tonight!
Love it!
IT'S A AMAZING! IT'S SO GREAT! I LOVE IT! IT DOES EVERYTHING THEY SAID IT WOULD.
Mine is VERY fast by the way even on the EDGE network. WiFI is OUTSTANDING.
Looks great. Easy to use. Synched all of my contacts/calendars (after the 2nd sync not first one). Also, I have a 2007 BMW 530i and it works flawlessly with my car's integrated bluetooth/speakerphone/addressbook (even all of my addresses come up on the screen in my car)!
Totally worth it! I got the 8 GIG version - wsa 23rd in line at the AT&T store here in Dallas that I went to - waited in the RAIN and i mean RAINNNN for this thing for 3 hours. Glad it was worth it!
IT'S A AMAZING! IT'S SO GREAT! I LOVE IT! IT DOES EVERYTHING THEY SAID IT WOULD.
Mine is VERY fast by the way even on the EDGE network. WiFI is OUTSTANDING.
Looks great. Easy to use. Synched all of my contacts/calendars (after the 2nd sync not first one). Also, I have a 2007 BMW 530i and it works flawlessly with my car's integrated bluetooth/speakerphone/addressbook (even all of my addresses come up on the screen in my car)!
Totally worth it! I got the 8 GIG version - wsa 23rd in line at the AT&T store here in Dallas that I went to - waited in the RAIN and i mean RAINNNN for this thing for 3 hours. Glad it was worth it!
That's on the slower side of EDGE btw, given what some people are seeing after the EDGE upgrade today (upwards of 200-250 apparently).
But yeah, in my experience, EDGE and web browsing on Safari with the iPhone seems noticeably faster than my Treo 650 and Blazer.
I am looking for this info, too, and what kind of deposits for those of us who have damaged credit? (ID theft, yay!)
//Aaron
Custom Ringtones NOOOOOOOO! I want them NOW!
I am lost without my custom ringtones I make through MP3 Cutter. What's up with that? This is the ONLY downside I see with my phone... BTW WiFi is fast a heck!
I am lost without my custom ringtones I make through MP3 Cutter. What's up with that? This is the ONLY downside I see with my phone... BTW WiFi is fast a heck!
It just struck me why this feature may be missing for now. Perhaps this is another marketing plan by Apple and At&T to get their ring out in the wild. If you don't have an iPhone now, you'll want one soon after hearing all those new iPhones ringing!
Read all the reviews here and could not take it any longer. I broke down, called my apple store and within 10 minutes had my new 80g iPhone.
I have not even opened it yet.. just wanted to thank you all for teasing me.
I have not even opened it yet.. just wanted to thank you all for teasing me.
I could care less about custom ring tones, but you can't even pick a tone / ringtone to assign to something like voicemail / alerts / sms messages. I always liked a loud alert to sms so I could hear them at night when the phone is on the night stand.
Which way does your screen rotate? All the videos I've seen show Cover Flow and Safari going landscape when the phone is rotated counter-clockwise. Mine only goes landscape when rotating the phone clockwise. However, if I play a widescreen movie, I have to rotate the phone counter-clockwise for it to be correct. Is my accelerometer installed backwards, or is there a setting to adjust this?
I don't think we're seeing too many success stories yet because those people with working iphones are too busy playing with their iphones.
Mine is wonderful. Only problem i had when safari crashed was when i accessed the apple store but i think that was when they were still updating. Other than that it's an amazing piece of technology.
Mine is wonderful. Only problem i had when safari crashed was when i accessed the apple store but i think that was when they were still updating. Other than that it's an amazing piece of technology.