In response to the question of how much more I use my iPhone over my previous phones. I'm affraid to even think how many hours a week I am using this phone while not actually talking on it like a phone. I use this device for almost everything not related to work. I've shared many examples in past emails about what I use this phone for but to better answer question I'll stay focused on just answering your questions regarding performance and comparisons to other phones.
First let me start with my past phone and how I used it. I had a Razr 3vi (iTunes phone) that allowed me to sync directly with iTunes like I do now with the iPhone in regards to music and podcasts. I would sync my calendar and contacts with isync over Bluetooth. I list these features because I want to show you if you was to see these features listed you might think my usage would have been similar with my previous phone and my current iPhone. However due to the limited screen size and never liking the fact I had to press one key two or three times to get the desired letter I never actually inputted much to my Razr. This made my phone really only a read only device. I would check my gmail and google maps on the phone but normally would get very frustrated with the fact of how slow and painful it was to scroll or select exactly what I wanted in the limited java app. So if you was to compare similar features between the two devices you would think doc brown had brought the iPhone back in time 25 years from the future. For this little device not only out performs my previous phone but my laptop computer in terms of speed and performance of the applicatons they both share. That is why I have said in the past why I'm really glad I purchased the iPhone when I did for I was in the market for a new laptop but currently don't feel I would use it as much. I hope this helps. In terms of surfing the web there of course is no comparison to wifi when using edge. But for knowing edge is slow I know not to push my luck on sites that cant perform well over it. The applications I tend to use over edge are email, google maps, stocks, and my Banks website. ( which is luckily very limit built on text and CSS so it doesn't take much traffic to download) One neat feature that many might not realize is the ability to buffer mp3 files over edge. I like to listien to podcasts while I drive. Some times if I know a podcasts should have been released I'll goto the publishers website and click the download now link. It might take 40+ minutes to download but with in the first 30 seconds I will have buffered enough that I can begin listiening to it in real time while the rest downloads over the slow edge connection. So really that isn't a problem that I havnt had the speed to download the whole thing first. I see edge as network for small tasks, and Wifi for entertaining like web or youtube. How this helps. Sent from my iPhone + over edge ;) On Oct 27, 2007, at 11:28 AM, Michael Robertson <mikefoto at mac.com> wrote: > Anne, > Its too bad that this is the only way that you can get their service, > that they have to run these type of credit checks, like you were > buying a house or something. > While were on this topic, I was wondering how the members of this > list who have bought the iPhone, like their performance. I am not > trying to start a poll, just how do they mesure up against your > previous phones, in terms of signal strength, the speed of the > browser when not in a WiFi area, ect. Have they been worth the price, > and the service upgrade to get the unlimited data, ect. > I am thinking of switching from my motorola one, and have been with > now AT&T, all the way back to the bellsouthmobility days when the > phone was the size of a shoe box, so the SS# thankfully is not a > issue with me. > On that SS# issue, if you give it to a AT&T rep on the phone, I feel > you would be safe. But I have read of ID theft when they have been > put on a service app directly to a person at a cell phone shop, and > that person then copies it, I have had to fax mine to rental agencies > in NYC, to cosign for my son, on his apartment lease apps twice, and > so far so good, but it makes me cringe, I've been lucky so far. > > Thanks > > Mike > On Oct 27, 2007, at 10:37 AM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > >> Marta was having so much fun with her iPhone I decided to buy one. >> >> However I guess I will be taking it back to the store because in >> order >> to activate it you have to give AT & T your social security number >> and I >> am very reluctant to do so. Especially when I don't really see any >> reason for them to have it. I called AT & T and the first operator >> said >> there was no other way, but then she said that there was a prepay >> plan, >> would I be willing to use that. That is exactly what I wanted. In >> fact I >> would be willing to prepay the whole two years. So she connected me >> with >> the operator who handles prepay. Guess what? You have to give them >> your >> social security number and fail the credit check before you can >> prepay! >> >> So I guess no iPhone for me. >> >> Anne Cartwright >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >
