Tom,
It's just plain cool. I had a Palm Treo 650 before. We use SMS more than
anything else... it's how we talk to our techs and installers, it's how
we get alerts, it's how I talk to my family (wife and kids), etc. so
that part was very critical for me... and the Treo was the only phone
before that made it very easy to send and receive messages... one button
and you were into the most recent list of SMS talkers, one click on
their name and you had the full conversation since it began. The iPhone
is the same way. I send and receive about 1500-2000 text messages per
month on my phone, so that was #1 priority.
The next issue was having a web browser that was actually usable... by
usable I mean something that you would WANT to use to check news, alert
systems, etc. while sitting at lunch, etc. It works very, very well for
that.
It has a built in camera that is better than the Treo, but not awesome.
It's a camera built in to a phone, what do you expect? I think it's
rated at 2MP. No current GPS support.
Battery life so far is very impressive (considering WiFi is left on all
the time). I am getting about 2 full days of use per charge.
The keyboard is a little strange to get used to, but then it's pretty
good. It does auto correction on the mis-typed words, and seems to work
pretty well.
It's also a full-blown iPod... same connector (so everything iPod works)
and a very nice, easy to use interface.
The idea, as Steve Jobs mentioned, is that I now have 1 device that has
everything I need all in one. Is it a laptop replacement? No. Is it a
techie's dream phone for hacking, SSH, etc... probably not. But it's
small and thin enough that it fits in my front pocket on my Levi's, and
keeps me 100% connected to my network and the Net.
Travis
Microserv
Tom DeReggi wrote:
I'm interested in more feedback.
Cool for you as the CEO? or cool as a future phone for your techs?
I was considering getting one, for the awesome screen, but was
concerned about its missing features.
Am I correct that it will not support GPS or Camera?
You can listen to your music
Do you really want to be doing that, wasting your battery life?
How is the battery life?
And not hearing the phone ring, because of it?
Or does the ringer overide the music, to enable hearing it?
Can you load an SSH client on it, like Putty?
We know the full screen is clearly a winner.
But how is the keypad?
I really like the large keys on the slideout keyboards, on alternative
palmtop WindowCe style phones.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
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Hi,
About a week ago I decided to buy an iPhone off ebay (brand new) to
play with... I wasn't planning on keeping it as my phone, but wanted
to play to see what all the hype was about. We don't have AT&T
service in our area, so once the phone arrived I had to "hack" it to
use Edge Wireless (a subsidiary of AT&T/Cingular in our area, but not
with iPhone support). After several hours, I got everything
working... and I have to say I am keeping the phone!
This is the coolest phone I have ever seen. The web browser is
actually usable. You can listen to your music, look at pictures,
check your email, etc. all on a beautiful touch screen. Everything is
so easy to use and very responsive. It really is quite the phone
compared with everything else I have looked at. Apple has done a
great job for a first generation phone.
Just wanted to share my $.02 worth. :)
Travis
Microserv
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