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Posted: **Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:32 am**

What a difference a few days make. Sold out almost everywhere.

My boss went out and got one Tuesday morning, so I was able to use it later. The touch interface and the browsing is hot. It does web pages better than any other mobile device I've seen (aside from the lack of Flash, and I hate Flash anyways). The Internet speed is acceptable, and allows for the basic browsing you'd prolly do from a mobile device. Google Maps is well integrated - very smooth interface, but a little slow due to the data xfer rate when zooming/panning.

The virtual keyboard actually worked really well. I was able to two thumb type with about 98% accuracy, first time trying it out. I couldn't figure out a way to delete more than one character at a time when typing, but surely there's a way.

The email integration is nice, very well done. Does pop3/imap/exchange (internal to network only).

The size of the phone surprised me. It's smaller than it looked online. It's less than 1/2" deep, but has a good weight to it. The screen seemed initially resistant to scratching. The screen was also very sharp, very vibrant, very clear. I didn't see it outdoors, so I'm not sure how bright it is in those conditions.

I would buy one if:
* It could integrate fully with exchange/outlook like Windows Mobile Devices
* Could run Windows Mobile software.
* Had faster Internet
* Could serve as an Internet connection for a laptop.

I didn't actually try the iPod features, but I assume they are good.

I'm waiting to see how expensive the HTC Omni is when it drops.

Posted: **Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:36 pm**

TPRJones wrote:
Vince wrote:Apple seems to have this "we know what's best for you and you really don't need those features" arrogance about them ...

Hey, so do their "we know what's best for you and you really don't need to keep your dollars" liberal hippie communist customers.

This explains so much.

This may answer some questions about Apple's holier-than-thou mentality.

Edited By Malcolm on 1183657053

Posted: **Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:11 pm**

Apple's first attempt at a touch screen phone certainly wasn't up to iPod standards of popularity.

Posted: **Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:03 pm**

Don't know if this has been posted yet. . .

Will it blend?

Posted: **Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:57 pm**

Holy crap that's a heck of a blender.

Posted: **Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:32 pm**

That was sweet.

Posted: **Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:19 pm**

Need to replace the battery? Thirty bucks, please. Plus the cost of a new battery, I'd think.

http://arstechnica.com/journal....battery

I guess the typical iPhone user isn't tech-savvy enough to change their own batteries? It's not a bug, it's a feature.

Posted: **Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:00 am**

The battery is SOLDERED in place? What the bloody hell?

Posted: **Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:44 am**

Was the iPod pretty much the same way? It's to reduce the size of the device, make it prettier.

Like it matters to you two anyway, since you're not buying one.

Posted: **Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:09 am**

I'll take a slight increase in size in order to change my own fucking power source.

Posted: **Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:15 am**

Right, so this isn't for you.

Posted: **Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:25 pm**

Like I said, it isn't a bug, it's a feature.

"Waiter, there's a fly in my soup."

"Shhh, keep your voice down or everyone will want one."

Posted: **Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:15 pm**

Another friend of mine got one today, loves it.

It is a pretty, pretty phone.

Seriously, if the Internet on it were faster, and it did Windowsy stuff, I'd already have one.

Posted: **Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:19 am**

I would consider this before buying an iPhone:

http://www.popsci.com/popsci....rd.html

"Popular Science notes that manufacturers in China duplicate many well-know products. This includes the Apple iPhone, imitations of which are rolling off the assembly line already. That might actually be a good thing for some users, who might enjoy the user experience of China's own miniOne. 'It ran popular mobile software that the iPhone wouldn't. It worked with nearly every worldwide cellphone carrier, not just AT&T, and not only in the U.S. It promised to cost half as much as the iPhone and be available to 10 times as many consumers.' The cloned iPhone uses a Linux-based system. 'The cloners hire a team of between 20 and 40 engineers to begin decoding the circuit boards. At the same time, coders start to develop an operating system for the phone with a similar feature set.

Posted: **Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:49 pm**

While LJ photo fishing I came upon this.

Use an iPhone, kill a tree.

Posted: **Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:40 pm**

I saw Justine (the girl in that video) on a blog with that bill... apparently AT&T itemizes every time you use the Internet/send a text msg on the iPhone.

Her bill is 300 pages, double-sided.

Posted: **Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:04 pm**

Considering that every tree killed in the US for paper is replaced by - on average - 1.2 trees, using paper actually causes more trees to be grown, not less. The whole "save a tree" thing is a misconception. Just sayin'.

Still, go paperless on that mess if you can. Yikes.

Edited By TPRJones on 1187148957

Posted: **Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:10 pm**

TPRJones wrote:Considering that every tree killed in the US for paper is replaced by - on average - 1.2 trees, using paper actually causes more trees to be grown, not less. The whole "save a tree" thing is a misnomer. Just sayin'.

Fuck the shut up.

Posted: **Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:48 pm**

Pretty sure I read that there are now more trees in the US than there were 100 years ago.

Or something like that.

Posted: **Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:52 pm**

Paul wrote:Fuck the shut up.

Um, I think the proper response is ... up yours?

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