Comments on: iGot an iPhone, Initial Impressions and Reflections, Part 3 http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/ More of everything iPhone and iPad Thu, 24 May 2012 15:45:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marianna Maldomado http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-669068 Marianna Maldomado Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:32:40 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-669068 <p>Can I just say what a relief to seek out somebody who truly knows what theyre talking about on the internet. You definitely know the best way to carry an issue to mild and make it important. More individuals need to learn this and perceive this side of the story. I cant believe youre not more well-liked because you positively have the gift.</p> Can I just say what a relief to seek out somebody who truly knows what theyre talking about on the internet. You definitely know the best way to carry an issue to mild and make it important. More individuals need to learn this and perceive this side of the story. I cant believe youre not more well-liked because you positively have the gift.

]]> By: game http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-656629 game Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:27:14 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-656629 <p>I have to say that for the past few of hours i have been hooked by the amazing articles on this site. Keep up the good work.</p> I have to say that for the past few of hours i have been hooked by the amazing articles on this site. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Charline Aplin http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-644303 Charline Aplin Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:49:51 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-644303 <p>Are the new models out yet?? My son told me all the employees where he works were going to be given one of their own because they totally outdid themselves in production last year. I told him he could give it to his mother, but he said, "I don't think so." How's that for gratitude from the child I gave birth too? LOL</p> Are the new models out yet?? My son told me all the employees where he works were going to be given one of their own because they totally outdid themselves in production last year. I told him he could give it to his mother, but he said, "I don't think so." How's that for gratitude from the child I gave birth too? LOL

]]> By: Um Yeah http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-8341 Um Yeah Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:05:53 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-8341 <p>iphone is in trouble when Nvidia finds the right buyer for the Tegra APX. I'm debating on whether to wait or not since end of 08 is when its projected to come out. Blows the iphone out of the water.</p> <p>http://www.nvidia.com/object/apx_2500.html</p> iphone is in trouble when Nvidia finds the right buyer for the Tegra APX. I'm debating on whether to wait or not since end of 08 is when its projected to come out. Blows the iphone out of the water.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/apx_2500.html

]]> By: FacePwner aka Steve Jobs http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-719 FacePwner aka Steve Jobs Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:39:48 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-719 <p>PJAY ...... dont be ignorant .... u can pull the Sim card out of the iPhone and place it in another phone. And for the iphone being a ipod its not. Put like 3gs of songs on ur iphone and ur good.</p> PJAY ...... dont be ignorant .... u can pull the Sim card out of the iPhone and place it in another phone. And for the iphone being a ipod its not. Put like 3gs of songs on ur iphone and ur good.

]]> By: Grohem B http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-446 Grohem B Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:57:45 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-446 <p>What about scratches? Please don't drop your iPhone to test it. If you do, you will get spanked by this young lady: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwkpNdS5PGo</p> What about scratches? Please don't drop your iPhone to test it. If you do, you will get spanked by this young lady: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwkpNdS5PGo

]]> By: Justin http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Justin Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:44:21 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-442 <p>I just want new ringtones and be able to choose different tones for text and voicemail.</p> I just want new ringtones and be able to choose different tones for text and voicemail.

]]> By: iPhone Vs. Palm Treo: You Can’t Fight A Corpse « Mike Cane’s Blog http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-438 iPhone Vs. Palm Treo: You Can’t Fight A Corpse « Mike Cane’s Blog Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:23:26 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-438 <p>[...] Vs. Palm Treo: You Can’t Fight A Corpse iGot an iPhone, Initial Impressions and Reflections, Part 3 PalmOS is so pathetically out of this league, to compare it with iPhone/OSX is like holding a [...]</p> [...] Vs. Palm Treo: You Can’t Fight A Corpse iGot an iPhone, Initial Impressions and Reflections, Part 3 PalmOS is so pathetically out of this league, to compare it with iPhone/OSX is like holding a [...]

]]> By: Alex http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-434 Alex Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:56:12 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-434 <p>EXTRA EXTRA! For all of you guys who want to use their favorite headphones with the Iphone, good news there is a audio jack adapter available at BELKIN.com!</p> EXTRA EXTRA! For all of you guys who want to use their favorite headphones with the Iphone, good news there is a audio jack adapter available at BELKIN.com!

]]> By: Lonny http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Lonny Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:31:01 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-433 <p>I like the fact that you are a smartphone expert. I have been holding out to replace my TREO 600 for something substatially better (had the TREO600 for almost 4 years). I was glad for the pre-announcement and the TREO held out for 6 more months (Jan-June). I love the iphone and want to be as optomistic as you, but I just returned from a visit to the Apple store to answer a list of 18 questions stemming from my first week with the iphone. Unfortunately there were 16 No's, 1 yes and 1 kind of. I hope you are right with the 3rd party apps and something up Apple's sleeve, because I am giving up many features I had on the Treo. Here is a highlight of my biggest concerns: - No cut/copy/paste - had this almost 20 years ago on my MAC - Where is OSX on this primative front? - No search - of notes and other desired content (word, excel, pdf, etc. - wasn't Google in on the iphone?) - No grouping of notes - Folders are used elsewhere, why not for notes. No backup of notes on my computer. - Contact info - no grouping by category or company. Missing key fields like job title (business use) - ebooks - would like to read on the airplane, but no way to save an ebook to the iphone. - read email in landscape mode. - fast locating of contacts. Scrolling is great, but I have over 150 contacts starting with "M" alone. liked the Treo's first initial/last name that got me to the contact I wanted (out of over 2000) in 3-4 letters.</p> <p>There are more, but these are some of the more substantial issues.</p> <p>Would love to have a conversation with you and plan to follow your continued findings. Fortunately the shortcomings identified should be solved by improved software not require purchase of iphone generation 2.</p> <p>Great info from you and hope you can help in finding a way to overcome some of these shortcomings.</p> I like the fact that you are a smartphone expert. I have been holding out to replace my TREO 600 for something substatially better (had the TREO600 for almost 4 years). I was glad for the pre-announcement and the TREO held out for 6 more months (Jan-June). I love the iphone and want to be as optomistic as you, but I just returned from a visit to the Apple store to answer a list of 18 questions stemming from my first week with the iphone. Unfortunately there were 16 No's, 1 yes and 1 kind of. I hope you are right with the 3rd party apps and something up Apple's sleeve, because I am giving up many features I had on the Treo. Here is a highlight of my biggest concerns: - No cut/copy/paste - had this almost 20 years ago on my MAC - Where is OSX on this primative front? - No search - of notes and other desired content (word, excel, pdf, etc. - wasn't Google in on the iphone?) - No grouping of notes - Folders are used elsewhere, why not for notes. No backup of notes on my computer. - Contact info - no grouping by category or company. Missing key fields like job title (business use) - ebooks - would like to read on the airplane, but no way to save an ebook to the iphone. - read email in landscape mode. - fast locating of contacts. Scrolling is great, but I have over 150 contacts starting with "M" alone. liked the Treo's first initial/last name that got me to the contact I wanted (out of over 2000) in 3-4 letters.

There are more, but these are some of the more substantial issues.

Would love to have a conversation with you and plan to follow your continued findings. Fortunately the shortcomings identified should be solved by improved software not require purchase of iphone generation 2.

Great info from you and hope you can help in finding a way to overcome some of these shortcomings.

]]> By: Mike http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-422 Mike Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:48:14 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-422 <p>Look, it's all very nice and all, but it's still phone - check out the phone HTC just launched - or even the really slick interface and functions that you can download onto your existing phone from Yoober. When the hype dies down and the glitz wears off... is the thing anywhere as useful as what's already out there? Probably not</p> Look, it's all very nice and all, but it's still phone - check out the phone HTC just launched - or even the really slick interface and functions that you can download onto your existing phone from Yoober. When the hype dies down and the glitz wears off... is the thing anywhere as useful as what's already out there? Probably not

]]> By: Rob Eberhardt http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Rob Eberhardt Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:16:26 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-417 <p>I'm curious whether anyone knows the maximum resolution that photos are downsampled to when they are synced into the iPhone.</p> <p>I wanted to put a subway map into my phone; I tried pulling in a large jpeg (1600x1200, which I read was the resolution of the camera) and I can't zoom all the way in - the image is scaled very poorly.</p> <p>I haven't been able to find this information anywhere yet...</p> I'm curious whether anyone knows the maximum resolution that photos are downsampled to when they are synced into the iPhone.

I wanted to put a subway map into my phone; I tried pulling in a large jpeg (1600x1200, which I read was the resolution of the camera) and I can't zoom all the way in - the image is scaled very poorly.

I haven't been able to find this information anywhere yet...

]]> By: Gekko http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Gekko Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:11:54 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-413 <p>Nice Job Kent!!!!! Pop over to PIC soon!</p> Nice Job Kent!!!!! Pop over to PIC soon!

]]> By: NicksF http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-410 NicksF Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:54:41 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-410 <p>"Every Treo user should do themselves a favor by donating their smartphone to a third world country, where it belongs. OTPC = One Treo Per Child."</p> <p>This is lame and offensive to the poor people in developing country. You, sir, should be ashamed of yourself. Developing countries are not a place where you dump your old stuff and possibly your trash too. It's also offensive to the OLPC project. On the contrary of the frivolous iPhone, aims to really help those folks. A little respect, please.</p> "Every Treo user should do themselves a favor by donating their smartphone to a third world country, where it belongs. OTPC = One Treo Per Child."

This is lame and offensive to the poor people in developing country. You, sir, should be ashamed of yourself. Developing countries are not a place where you dump your old stuff and possibly your trash too. It's also offensive to the OLPC project. On the contrary of the frivolous iPhone, aims to really help those folks. A little respect, please.

]]> By: Bernie http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Bernie Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:37:48 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-405 <p>The device is great - BUT - it has two fatal flaws that will force me to go back to my blackberry if they are not fixed soon.</p> <p>1) I am shocked that Apple of all companies neglected to add the basic contact search ability that exists in Address Book on OSX. I have nearly 2,000 contacts. In order to place a call ... I can select the first letter of first or last name - If I have a hundred entries that begin with that letter - I have to scroll. For email this is not the case - it works properly ie. I type a partial or complete name and it finds it. It even works properly for SMS. </p> <p>2) Select, Copy and Paste! This is a very basic feature that every blackberry has and completely missing from iPhone. So if I type a note with a phone number - there is no way for me to call that number without re-typing it!! Or ... if I get a phone number texted to me - I cannot simply select and copy and then paste into the phone to call - I need to retype it!!!! This one misssing feature renders the device nearly useless in comparison to a BlackBerry</p> The device is great - BUT - it has two fatal flaws that will force me to go back to my blackberry if they are not fixed soon.

1) I am shocked that Apple of all companies neglected to add the basic contact search ability that exists in Address Book on OSX. I have nearly 2,000 contacts. In order to place a call ... I can select the first letter of first or last name - If I have a hundred entries that begin with that letter - I have to scroll. For email this is not the case - it works properly ie. I type a partial or complete name and it finds it. It even works properly for SMS.

2) Select, Copy and Paste! This is a very basic feature that every blackberry has and completely missing from iPhone. So if I type a note with a phone number - there is no way for me to call that number without re-typing it!! Or ... if I get a phone number texted to me - I cannot simply select and copy and then paste into the phone to call - I need to retype it!!!! This one misssing feature renders the device nearly useless in comparison to a BlackBerry

]]> By: Pjay http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Pjay Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:50:12 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-401 <p>I am wondering what the 350,000-plus users who have bought iPhones will do for cellphone service once their iPhones' batteries go dead? You're supposed to send the phone to Apple for a battery replacement. Are all of the users really going to go without a cellphone for 10 days or so while waiting for their iPhone to come back with a new battery? Did the buyers think this aspect of the iPhone through? I sure wouldn't want to go without a cell for 10 days.</p> <p>And how can Apple claim that the iPhone is its "best iPod ever" when the iPhone has one-tenth the memory capacity (8 GB to 80 GB) of the top-of-the-line iPod? For users like me, who have been waiting to get an iPod till the iPhone came out, to find out that the iPhone's iPod has such little storage capacity for almost twice as much money is very disappointing. </p> <p>I don't expect anyone at this site to have any answers. I'm just thinking out loud.</p> I am wondering what the 350,000-plus users who have bought iPhones will do for cellphone service once their iPhones' batteries go dead? You're supposed to send the phone to Apple for a battery replacement. Are all of the users really going to go without a cellphone for 10 days or so while waiting for their iPhone to come back with a new battery? Did the buyers think this aspect of the iPhone through? I sure wouldn't want to go without a cell for 10 days.

And how can Apple claim that the iPhone is its "best iPod ever" when the iPhone has one-tenth the memory capacity (8 GB to 80 GB) of the top-of-the-line iPod? For users like me, who have been waiting to get an iPod till the iPhone came out, to find out that the iPhone's iPod has such little storage capacity for almost twice as much money is very disappointing.

I don't expect anyone at this site to have any answers. I'm just thinking out loud.

]]> By: Lance http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Lance Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:41:35 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-392 <p>I totally agree with you about the audio jack and blue tooth headphones don't solve the problems for those people who have auxillary inputs into their car stereos for devices like ipods but can't be used plugging directly into the iPhone now due to the way the jack is designed.</p> <p>I was able to get around this by using the iPhone base. There is a line out on the iPhone base which allows the standard auxillary or headphone plugs to be used. However, who wants to carry around the base with them wherever they go.</p> I totally agree with you about the audio jack and blue tooth headphones don't solve the problems for those people who have auxillary inputs into their car stereos for devices like ipods but can't be used plugging directly into the iPhone now due to the way the jack is designed.

I was able to get around this by using the iPhone base. There is a line out on the iPhone base which allows the standard auxillary or headphone plugs to be used. However, who wants to carry around the base with them wherever they go.

]]> By: smith http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-391 smith Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:12:50 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-391 <p>i love iphone</p> i love iphone

]]> By: zeke http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-389 zeke Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:16:41 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-389 <p>I found this website to win a free iphone. </p> <p>Just enter your email address and click No to the offers.</p> <p>Watch a video of the cool features.</p> <p>It's pretty easy and you never know.</p> <p>http://iphone.win-it.info</p> I found this website to win a free iphone.

Just enter your email address and click No to the offers.

Watch a video of the cool features.

It's pretty easy and you never know.

http://iphone.win-it.info

]]> By: Steven Gradidge http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Steven Gradidge Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:59:18 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-386 <p>this is another question i have, WHY HAS APPLE AND WHY IS APPLE GIVING THE IPHONE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO CERTAIN SERVICE PROVIDERS?</p> <p>isn't there aim to sell as many iphones as poss? restricting the access will not allow this surely?! am i being silly or what :-s lol</p> <p>if you know or have any ideas could you email me:</p> <p>steven.gradidge@gmail.com</p> this is another question i have, WHY HAS APPLE AND WHY IS APPLE GIVING THE IPHONE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO CERTAIN SERVICE PROVIDERS?

isn't there aim to sell as many iphones as poss? restricting the access will not allow this surely?! am i being silly or what :-s lol

if you know or have any ideas could you email me:

steven.gradidge@gmail.com

]]> By: Steven Gradidge http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Steven Gradidge Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:52:26 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-384 <p>listening to all these reviews is making me cry !!!! i am from the UK and we dont get them until September time this year...</p> <p>but i think this may be a good thing, waiting for software updates, upgrades etc. :-) thats my excuse anyway lol</p> <p>i think i will wait though until 3G.... and <em>deep breath</em> what has Apple done with the absolesence of earphone jacks.... :-o</p> listening to all these reviews is making me cry !!!! i am from the UK and we dont get them until September time this year...

but i think this may be a good thing, waiting for software updates, upgrades etc. :-) thats my excuse anyway lol

i think i will wait though until 3G.... and deep breath what has Apple done with the absolesence of earphone jacks.... :-o

]]> By: Rev Nefarious http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Rev Nefarious Tue, 03 Jul 2007 06:31:42 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-383 <p>I would love an iPhone, but I am waiting for 3G and Internet sharing before I am willing to break my Sprint Contract. Right now I must say I truly love using my PPC 6700 on my Macbook Pro to get online with high speed internet. http://youtube.com/watch?v=OTxQylyW2Gg</p> I would love an iPhone, but I am waiting for 3G and Internet sharing before I am willing to break my Sprint Contract. Right now I must say I truly love using my PPC 6700 on my Macbook Pro to get online with high speed internet. http://youtube.com/watch?v=OTxQylyW2Gg

]]> By: david vogler http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-378 david vogler Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:08:23 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-378 <p>My Wife and I fell into the hype and like a lot of suckers we bought two iPhones on Friday evening. </p> <p>We have tried all weekend to get the phones activated and still nothing. Dozens of calls to AT&T have been worthless. (I'm amazed at how little the phone tech people at AT&T actually know about the iPhone). We now have dead, glossy $600 bricks. They simply don't work. A real waste of money.</p> <p>Steve Job's was bound to fail, and now he has. The emperor finally has no clothes. Apple blew it.</p> <p>AT&T has ruined a potentially great product. We all knew AT&T stunk, but now Apple too? </p> <p>You are known for the company you keep. Shame on Apple for partnering with AT&T, a network that is dead last in customer service. Awful. </p> <p>The whole experience has been so bad it has soured our impression of Apple. I'm returning the two iPhones to the Apple Store today for a refund. They are not worth the hassles. </p> <p>Apple made great hardware...but the awful service of AT&T has 100% killed the iPhone user experience. Shame on both Apple and AT&T. </p> <p>We're really sorry we bought them. We were HAD.</p> My Wife and I fell into the hype and like a lot of suckers we bought two iPhones on Friday evening.

We have tried all weekend to get the phones activated and still nothing. Dozens of calls to AT&T have been worthless. (I'm amazed at how little the phone tech people at AT&T actually know about the iPhone). We now have dead, glossy $600 bricks. They simply don't work. A real waste of money.

Steve Job's was bound to fail, and now he has. The emperor finally has no clothes. Apple blew it.

AT&T has ruined a potentially great product. We all knew AT&T stunk, but now Apple too?

You are known for the company you keep. Shame on Apple for partnering with AT&T, a network that is dead last in customer service. Awful.

The whole experience has been so bad it has soured our impression of Apple. I'm returning the two iPhones to the Apple Store today for a refund. They are not worth the hassles.

Apple made great hardware...but the awful service of AT&T has 100% killed the iPhone user experience. Shame on both Apple and AT&T.

We're really sorry we bought them. We were HAD.

]]> By: Daniyar http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Daniyar Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:54:22 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-377 <p>Wonderful, amazing review :) Unlike tons of other articles, it introduces some analytics. Keep it up!</p> Wonderful, amazing review :) Unlike tons of other articles, it introduces some analytics. Keep it up!

]]> By: Erik http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Erik Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:52:01 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-376 <p>Hi, Here are some research results about the iPhone, about percentages of workers in the U.S. interested in an iPhone: http://www.gmi-mr.com/gmipoll/release.php?p=20070702</p> Hi, Here are some research results about the iPhone, about percentages of workers in the U.S. interested in an iPhone: http://www.gmi-mr.com/gmipoll/release.php?p=20070702

]]> By: Pablo http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Pablo Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:07:27 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-375 <p>Jeff - the problem is that with no A2DP bluetooth profile, you aren't going to get much use out of any stereo bluetooth headphones!</p> Jeff - the problem is that with no A2DP bluetooth profile, you aren't going to get much use out of any stereo bluetooth headphones!

]]> By: Robert the Red http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Robert the Red Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-374 <p>There are some small software points I hope they fix soon. * Not all applications turns sideways with the iPhone * No copy+paste * Can't save an e-mailed JPEG to the Photos library * Google Maps application doesn't have all the functionality of the Google Maps web page But it's a nice toy!</p> There are some small software points I hope they fix soon. * Not all applications turns sideways with the iPhone * No copy+paste * Can't save an e-mailed JPEG to the Photos library * Google Maps application doesn't have all the functionality of the Google Maps web page But it's a nice toy!

]]> By: joecool http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-373 joecool Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:06:01 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-373 <p>Here is a poll to see how you rate it. http://www.apopularitycontest.com/display_poll.php?ID=5560</p> Here is a poll to see how you rate it. http://www.apopularitycontest.com/display_poll.php?ID=5560

]]> By: Jeff Bodean http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Jeff Bodean Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:50:15 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-370 <p>The reason the audio jack is counter-sunk is to protect the circuit board of the iPhone in the event of a drop or a hard yank from the side. Save your money for a future set of killer bluetooth headphones. After all, a cord hanging off this device is just plain wrong to begin with.</p> <p>What's really needed and Apple should have provided: a small rubber plug to protect the head phone jack from lint and dirt. I keep my iPhone in my pocket and already find myself having to clean lint out of that jack.</p> The reason the audio jack is counter-sunk is to protect the circuit board of the iPhone in the event of a drop or a hard yank from the side. Save your money for a future set of killer bluetooth headphones. After all, a cord hanging off this device is just plain wrong to begin with.

What's really needed and Apple should have provided: a small rubber plug to protect the head phone jack from lint and dirt. I keep my iPhone in my pocket and already find myself having to clean lint out of that jack.

]]> By: Ashley http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Ashley Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:38:16 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-366 <p>I cannot wait for this Product to come to the UK, I have 2 phones both with varying PDA functions wished they were both merged into one, life will be a lot easier and because I travel on the the train a lot I do have my music on the go (Ipod). I have often wondered what life would be like if carried just one device that allowed me to make calls, organise my schedules and documents and surf the web. I wonder how long we will have to wait for and no doubt we will be paying double the price......</p> I cannot wait for this Product to come to the UK, I have 2 phones both with varying PDA functions wished they were both merged into one, life will be a lot easier and because I travel on the the train a lot I do have my music on the go (Ipod). I have often wondered what life would be like if carried just one device that allowed me to make calls, organise my schedules and documents and surf the web. I wonder how long we will have to wait for and no doubt we will be paying double the price......

]]> By: Denver http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Denver Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:50:36 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-362 <p>Hello to all who read, </p> <p>I apologize in advance for my rant.</p> <p>To my un-amazement my Iphone crashed on me after playing with iTunes ,Safari, YouTube, Mai ... etc for about 8hrs striaght. Totally cool and all... oh and by the way if this happens to you just hold the power button down for like 10 seconds the unit will reboot and the reboot process a little longer than expected so be patient. It may be because it's writing the error log it sends back to apple after being plugged back into your computer. (Smart error handling on their end ) </p> <p>My only real issues that i hope are resolved at one point in the future iPhone's inability to display flash. It would have made a great development tool for a fully touch interface. Also where's the speech recognition for my contacts?</p> Hello to all who read,

I apologize in advance for my rant.

To my un-amazement my Iphone crashed on me after playing with iTunes ,Safari, YouTube, Mai ... etc for about 8hrs striaght. Totally cool and all... oh and by the way if this happens to you just hold the power button down for like 10 seconds the unit will reboot and the reboot process a little longer than expected so be patient. It may be because it's writing the error log it sends back to apple after being plugged back into your computer. (Smart error handling on their end )

My only real issues that i hope are resolved at one point in the future iPhone's inability to display flash. It would have made a great development tool for a fully touch interface. Also where's the speech recognition for my contacts?

]]> By: Kent Pribbernow http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Kent Pribbernow Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:47:11 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-357 <p>I haven't found that to be a problem. The UI is so fluid by design, you merely double tap an area of any webpage you want to view closer and the brower zooms in. Or you do the "pinch" gesture and scale the page up or down as you please. Treo's "web optimized" feature is obsolete as far as I'm concerned.</p> I haven't found that to be a problem. The UI is so fluid by design, you merely double tap an area of any webpage you want to view closer and the brower zooms in. Or you do the "pinch" gesture and scale the page up or down as you please. Treo's "web optimized" feature is obsolete as far as I'm concerned.

]]> By: Patri Friedman http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Patri Friedman Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:39:52 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-356 <p>The one iPhone rant I have that you missed is the web browser - it's horrible for reading text-heavy sites like blogs, because it doesn't have the Treo's "Optimized Page" feature that wraps text to fit the small screen. Sure it's great for blocky sites like CNN, but I find it unusable for Bloglines and news stories, which is most of what I read on my phone. And it should be trivial in software to have Safari just render to a smaller resolution. OTOH, the "tabbed browsing" UI is freaking amazing.</p> <p>There are a bunch of other annoying UI quirks (no searching through contacts? But I have hundreds of them!), but hopefully they will be addressed in software too. But when the UI works, it sure is fun!</p> The one iPhone rant I have that you missed is the web browser - it's horrible for reading text-heavy sites like blogs, because it doesn't have the Treo's "Optimized Page" feature that wraps text to fit the small screen. Sure it's great for blocky sites like CNN, but I find it unusable for Bloglines and news stories, which is most of what I read on my phone. And it should be trivial in software to have Safari just render to a smaller resolution. OTOH, the "tabbed browsing" UI is freaking amazing.

There are a bunch of other annoying UI quirks (no searching through contacts? But I have hundreds of them!), but hopefully they will be addressed in software too. But when the UI works, it sure is fun!

]]> By: Tim Van Damme http://www.imore.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Tim Van Damme Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:16:05 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2007/07/01/igot-an-iphone-initial-impressions-and-reflections-part-3/#comment-354 <p>Nice style of writing! Even when you're on a rant :-)</p> Nice style of writing! Even when you're on a rant :-)

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