Possible new owner with a few questions

Wife wants to go with AT&T due to all of her relatives on this carrier so we can get the mobile to mobile calling. So I have been looking at the iPhone for the two of us and have a few questions.

1. Is there any other program, besides iTunes to sync the phone, add music etc.? The reason I ask is in my experience iTunes, for a windows machine, has been as bad as the old Real Player as far as stability, slow as molasses in January etc.. Perhaps it has improved if so let me know but still very leary of this program.

2. Also, using Vista Ultimate 64, is this still an issue with getting the phone recognized or has this been solved by Apple.

3. Any common complaints or issues to watch out for? Screens coming loose, scratches easily anything like that.

All in all the phone looks as if it will do what I want just curious as to some real world answers to the above. Thanks!

 

Thanks INSomnia.

I will see if I can download and use iTunes with Vista 64 and give it a try. Perhaps Apple has improved it.

 

Great googly moogly.

I will probably never own a MAC due to Apples policy of monolithic hardware support. Mac's are fine computers they just don't do what I want, all me to customize the hardware in a configuration I desire.

 

I game and I overclock. I enjoy pushing the hardware to it's absolute maximum as much as I enjoy a good FPS (First Person Shooter). Currently running at 3.5 Ghz on an old, 65nm, Core2Quad. I've had it as high as 4Ghz but it wasn't stable.

I enjoy building a computer from the ground up. I enjoy finding the right parts to work together for maximum performance versus price. As I said Macs are fine computers they just don't allow me to do what I want with them.

Anyway, back on topic are there any other issues I should be aware of with the build of the iPhone. I now know about the messaging and email issues which is not a problem for me.

 

Thanks thom. Will download it and give it a try. That's the kind of information I was looking for.

 

Picked up the iPhone and overall it's not bad. Does most of what I want but may jailbreak it as it doesn't do everything I want.

On the down side iTunes is as crappy as I rememeber. I had my first computer lockup since Vista64 SP1. Hmm what changed. Oh that's right I put iTunes on the computer! Computer completely locked up. Anyway, just ranting a little.

 

QX6700, has to run water to hit 3,5Ghz, 175Watts. TBH a Q6600 would have been better but water cooling was fun to do. Anyway, try overclock.net for a good cheap Q6600. Since the new intel chips are out I would bet money the for sale section there has a ton of systems up cheap.