On 6/29/07, Binand Sethumadhavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
what do you think of the iPhone?
Having purchased one today, I can now speak definitively about the device. The interface is every bit as slick as the now-ubiquitous online demos make it seem. The touch-screen is nearly as intuitive as they could have made it. Paging left or right, up or down is done by moving your finger in the direction you want to go. zooming in, or out is a simple double-tap on the screen. I'm having a slight learning curve issue with the on-screen keyboard, but I'm certain that will pass (the word-suggestion feature seems to occasionally miss the mark, but is helpful enough that I'm not about to remove it from my settings). It's going to take me time to work through all the features, so far I've surfed the web with it, checked the weather forecast, and surfed over to the BBC website for the latest news. A call to my parents, and saving their number both on the iPhone, and syncing it to the address book on my Mac shows the syncronization feature to be transparent and flawless. Web surfing over AT&T's network is a tad slow, but the pages display with a fidelity which simply must be seen. I'll have to wait until monday to try websurfing over the built-in wi-fi. As an existing AT&T customer, switching from my Nokia, to the iPhone only means a $20/month increase in my phone bill, for the data service, and renewing my existing calling plan for two years. Not a lot of pain there, which is good, because at $599, I'm going to be feeling it for a few weeks. Google Maps on the iPhone is a joy to behold. No GPS? No problem, presuming you're in an urban setting, Are there downsides to the iPhone? Sure, but at the moment, this device is all full of shiny newness, and all the sleek blackness of the monolith from "2001: A Space Odyssey" when it's off (This is also something totally unique. there is practically no apparent interface when the phone is off). In short, the iPhone will be an object of fascination for owners and anyone they encounter (Like the people at the Thai restaurant i ate dinner at tonight, who BEGGED me to take the phone from it's box and show it to them). --B
