[OT] iPhone anyone?

[michael at mdizz.com]

I will get one anyways but I'm going to wait until greater coverage for a 
phone signal.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chipp Walters" <chipp at chipp.com>
To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 1:15 PM
Subject: [OT] iPhone anyone?


> OK, fess up. Which ones of you (Stephen?) waited in line yesterday to get
> their hands on iPhone? How was/is it?
>
> I didn't get one yet..I think I'll wait for V2 when they kick up the speed
> to 3G.
>
> Cool things:
>
>   - Plays Music and Video
>   - State-of-the-Art interface
>   - Real and Full WebBrowser
>   - Did I mention it's Gorgeous?
>   - Plenty large data-wise
>
> Not so Cool things:
>
>   - Slow Internet access compared to 3G
>   - No way to jot down a note or sketch a diagram (like PocketPC phones
>   can do) and no handwriting recognition or stylus use. Even Newton had 
> this.
>   A finger has long been known to have limited pointing resolution.
>   - No chat client
>   - No removable battery
>   - No video camera
>   - Developers can't write apps (outside webapps) for it
>   - No removable media for quick uploading/downloading of data. In fact
>   you really can't put your own files in or out other than through iTunes, 
> and
>   those are limited to audio and video files (unless you put files in a
>   separate, non-accessible partition)
>   - No MMS (Picture Messaging)
>   - No over the air downloads for music or video
>   - No stereo bluetooth (Why? If there ever was a device which demanded
>   stereo bluetooth, it's this one. Even my lame Verizon phone has stereo
>   bluetooth)
>
> I understand gadget-crazy having bought the very first Mac available, and
> first Newton available. I also had a PocketPC phone for a number of years,
> and while not an iPhone I liked the following features of it:
>
> Favorite feature:
>
>   - Hooked up to my notebook computer via Bluetooth to give me instant
>   3G access to the Internet
>
> Other features I liked:
>
>   - Email (just ok)
>   - Writing and sketching via the stylus
>   - Handwriting recognition is astounding
>   - Had some pretty cool programs, including many of the standard ones
>   (Word, Excel, etc..)
>   - I actually liked reading books with this thing with many different
>   book reader apps. Is there a book reader for iPhone? I know about 
> Audible,
>   but I mean a text viewer with autoscroll. Even if there was, I suppose
>   there's no easy way to put a book file on the iPhone.
>
> Features I didn't like:
>
>   - Hated the touchscreen phone dialing and/or data entry when not using
>   a stylus
>   - Microsoft is so lame at interface design. They actually tried to
>   create a 'mini PC' interface for PocketPC. Geez.
>   - Never used the Music player as I was always worried about killing my
>   battery. Hmmm, wonder if that's a concern for iPhone users as well?
>   - Hated the browser. Inet Explorer for PocketPC REALLY SUCKS
>
>
> Just some of my own opinions. As I said, I'll take a wait and see on this
> one now.
>
> -Chipp
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