Well, I finally went down to the Apple store to check it out. Of course the place was packed. They had about 30 iPhones there people could play with. Some observations:
- Most definitely 'perfectly sized' form factor. Beautiful finish. - Software and interface extremely intuitive. All of it works well (except Map*) - When operating it, there really is a WOW factor. It really is beautiful software. Reminds me of a futuristic demonstration video prepared by Hollywood. - Very surprised at the data rate. I was able to see YouTube vids quickly. The browser seemed a little slow, but not bad. Not until later when Chris reminded me I was on a WAN did I realize it. I imagine the Edge network would be slow. If it's like the Sidekick, it's too slow to really surf the net. - Tried using the Map application, but it kept crashing. The two finger 'zoom in' and 'zoom out', while cool, is very confusing to the Map application. Much better would be a zoom slider switch you could drag with one finger. - Absolutely could not type on the keyboard. Very difficult. Perhaps my fingers are too large. Where's the stylus when you need one? (Side note: there WILL be a huge market in 3rd party styluses for this thing.) My guess is they'll have to fix the keyboard input. AFAICT, it's just not usable. I know I'll wait for them to get the kinks out. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
