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July 30, 2008
I am on day 3 of iPhone ownership and have a few thoughts thusfar.
The Good
- Loving the app installs, awesome and seamless
- Design of the UI is beautiful as always, I could stare at those cute little icons forever
- GPS integration is amazing, got lost in Soho last night and found my way out
The Bad
- My hands are cold all the time and I fear that the touchscreen might not be a fan of my bloodless body
- Keyboard and typing are virtually useless
- Camera is awful - the controls are totally misplaced and quality sucks
- Volume controls when watching a video sideways are the wrong way round - duh
- Battery life is total shite - seriously, I can drain the battery in less than an hour by doing very little
- Touchscreen - OH man, I said it before - I HATE DIRTY SCREENS. I can’t deal with this grease, I am constantly wiping it. OCD relief group, please HELP!
Great Apps
- Twinkle - totally rocks! Love the integrated GPS
- Tap Tap - awesome game
- Stitcher - great news radio, can’t wait for the native app
- Wordpress - haven’t actually blogged from it since I can’t type, but looks good!
Conclusion
I haven’t yet made a call from it since I prefer to use my Blackberry. It seems that basically my usage of the iPhone at this point will be strictly as a device rather than a phone or email replacement. The touchscreen tests me beyond my realm of patience to actually switch over.
Yet another Apple product that I can add to my arsenal of gadgetry that I can’t actually utilise for business…hm.
Horaayy..there are 4 comment(s) for me so far ;)
Battery tip: Turn off “Ask to join networks” in WiFi Settings. It makes a huge difference. Also, turn all push/fetch settings to manual. This will force the iphone to only run the network radios when you ask it to. I’m not sure what the GPS settings look like because I have the 2G iphone, but if those can also be set to manual, I would recommend it.
“Volume controls when watching a video sideways are the wrong way round - duh”
This really bugged me, too… until I turned the ‘phone through 180º. Much better now.
The keyboard takes a little getting used to, too, but really is quite usable.
You realize you can watch videos with the iphone rotated the other way right? Then the volume controls would be how you want them.
The camera is actually not that bad. It’s only bad if you email pictures (which slims the pictures down). If you connect your iPhone to a computer an get the original resolution images, they are much better)
Don’t worry about wiping the screen. It’s glass and it can handle it. It won’t scratch.
This is precisely why I won’t buy Apple products. All flash and marketing. If I want to get something done, I use something else. Of course, I’ve just opened myself to attack by the Cult of Steve Jobs.