Apple iPhone
Curious about what people who use the Apple iPhone have to say ? Well, You’ve come to the right place.
The Apple iPhone is a piece of digital art. Smooth, beautiful and colorful, feels good just to hold it in your hands close to your chest. No wonder it’s become “Gadget of the year” here. People all around the web keep raving about it non-stop.
The new iPhone by Apple is a mobile phone, a multi-media player and a web browser.
The iPhone was launched on June 29th 2007 and by September 9th (74 days later) 1 million units were sold. Current price is $399. Apparently, a new iPhone model will be released by March 2008. By Feb 2008, Apple will release an iPhone SDK open to third-party applications.
Here are some cool iPhone videos:
What TheyThought
Here’s the official spec sheet by Apple, and this is a walk-through over the iPhone’s major functions.
Many major features are missing:
- 3G for fast browsing. Edge is too slow for our times.
- GPS
- No MMS which means there is no option for sending a picture to a non-iPhone/non-Wifi phone
- Medium quality camera for stills
- No video capture
- Web browser has does not support Flash
Minor features are missing as well:
- Bluetooth restricted to headset
- no file browser
- web browser is slow and buggy
- no customized ringtones
- no voice/speed dialing
Size should also be considered. The pictures and the videos actually make the iPhone appear smaller than what it is in reality.
Smashing and crash-testing the iPhone has become somewhat of a hobby for a few:
Scratch, crash, blend, hammer, drown, and many more. Oy !
The Apple / AT&T pack deserves special attention as many out there had a lot of angry things to say about that. Many people hate the Apple / AT&T pack that forced iPhone buyers to sign up with the latter. AT&T is quite happy with that pack, and so is Apple.
See some references to these posts, below.
Recently, Apple restricted sales of the iPhone trying to fight back hackers. So now you can only get up-to 2 units and only pay by Credit Card. See here.
Further resources
iPhone affection:
I love my iPhone… 1, 2, 3, 4
I love my iPhone but hate AT&T: 1, 2, 3, 4
I love my iPhone, hate AT&T but Napster is a good add: here.
I hate my iPhone… 1, 2, 3
I say hate but I mean love ! 1
“issues”
- Vista 64 bit and Sync problems
- Heating up quickly
- Firmware updated kills non-Apple apps, and some prefer to downgrade from 1.1.1 to the older hacked image which offers much more
CNET customer reviews here.
About.com iPhone review.
PC Magazine review here and another one here.
What WeThought - Our Bottom Line
The iPhone is stunning - no argument here. But don’t let your head spin. Judging by what so many people say, this product is still not yet ripe for the buying and needs more time to get bugs fixed and essential features put in. Mid 2008 will probably the best time to grab it.
