iPhone... Finally!
Well, I managed to get my lily-white iPhone last night, and while I haven't had that much time to play with it, I am quite impressed with it already.
In terms of the iPhone's shortcomings...
The best thing for me about the iPhone is one handed surfing of Google Reader. I can actually go through the stories faster than I can on a laptop! The usability and effective use of screen real estate kick my Eee's @ss to the curb.
Data and wifi access have been snappy. There are some "lulls" in application execution, but nothing worse than I've encountered in Windows mobile. I'm about 100 times more productive on my iPhone than I was on my Windows phone.
The only thing I wish the iPhone had was a hard keyboard. I'm learning to cope with the dodgy on-screen keyboard, but because I'm not an e-mail or texting freak, it's not a deal-killer for me.
I think that many of the iPhone's major shortcomings will eventually be addressed in a firmware/os update, but the one thing it has going for it today is the App store. There are a lot of quality apps selling for reasonable prices. While there is a lot of crap (i.e., ports from the Windows Mobile world), hopefully the insistence of Mac/iPod users for quality GUIs will force the "clue"-challenged devs into putting more consideration into user interfaces and interaction.
With respect to Windows Mobile: Windows Mobile fans have spent the last year mocking the iPhone about app support. Having been a Windows Mobile user for the past 3+ years, I have to call these guys out as idiots. There may be thousands of apps available for WM phones, but 90% of those apps are pure and utter garbage. The overall operating system usability of WM phones is weak at best, and if you ask me, people who are into WM-types of phones would be better served getting a Blackberry or waiting for an Android phone.
In terms of the iPhone's shortcomings...
- I don't use voice dial. I've had 3 other voice dial phones, and on each phone, I've had issues with recognition.
- Cut and paste isn't a priority for me
- Expandable memory is overrated. My Windows smartphone has expandable memory, and I expanded to only 1/8th of my iPhone's memory
- Built-in battery. I don't normally carry an extra battery on my Windows phone, which is dumber about power management than the iPhone
- No Stereo bluetooth support. If you care about your music, you probably wouldn't want bluetooth headphones anyways.
- No video camera. I rarely used the video camera on my last two phones. No major loss.
The best thing for me about the iPhone is one handed surfing of Google Reader. I can actually go through the stories faster than I can on a laptop! The usability and effective use of screen real estate kick my Eee's @ss to the curb.
Data and wifi access have been snappy. There are some "lulls" in application execution, but nothing worse than I've encountered in Windows mobile. I'm about 100 times more productive on my iPhone than I was on my Windows phone.
The only thing I wish the iPhone had was a hard keyboard. I'm learning to cope with the dodgy on-screen keyboard, but because I'm not an e-mail or texting freak, it's not a deal-killer for me.
I think that many of the iPhone's major shortcomings will eventually be addressed in a firmware/os update, but the one thing it has going for it today is the App store. There are a lot of quality apps selling for reasonable prices. While there is a lot of crap (i.e., ports from the Windows Mobile world), hopefully the insistence of Mac/iPod users for quality GUIs will force the "clue"-challenged devs into putting more consideration into user interfaces and interaction.
With respect to Windows Mobile: Windows Mobile fans have spent the last year mocking the iPhone about app support. Having been a Windows Mobile user for the past 3+ years, I have to call these guys out as idiots. There may be thousands of apps available for WM phones, but 90% of those apps are pure and utter garbage. The overall operating system usability of WM phones is weak at best, and if you ask me, people who are into WM-types of phones would be better served getting a Blackberry or waiting for an Android phone.
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