So... I own an iPhone...

MiDri

They're pretty sleek people, for some reason thoughthey have silver backs instead of the full black finish people are expecting (Maby thats to destinguish between the 8gig and 4gig.)

Anyway -- activating it now through itunes, let you guys know how that goes...


*PS -- NEVER activate it in the store, the crazy lady had no idea what she was doing and almost charged me 20$ a month then I needed to pay.

mkk

You sure are brave.

LHC

Have fun... while you still can


Nah, just kidding.. hope it works for ya

GutterPunk

Grats, I wouldn't pay that much for a stupid phone lol. I could spend it on a laptop and do more and use my current free w/ activation cell phone and get internet anywhere on my laptop (not on the slowest data network either).

hope ya enjoy it.

Robert McClelland

here we go again Iphone threads lol we need official thread lol

MiDri

It is pretty sweet, softwares a little buggy.

1. Answering a text message during the setup screen freezes it for about 5 minutes.

2. Docing whilst watching youtube video (which btw LOOK GREAT) causes stuttering (stops as soon as phone is removed from dock)


Overall I really like it, and think it was worth it. the google maps features are really intuative and almost make it worth it right there.
Camera takes great pictures too.

Once again though, I must stress -- Don't listen to the cingular/AT&T reps if you go in to the store to activate, they are crazy -- always tell them you are buying it for some one else. Lot easier, even if you are just going to go home and set up a new account.

Robert McClelland

Pics please you know I'm on http://www.speedtest.net/result/147599187.png

MiDri

K will do that, also to note

Youtube for iPhone changes that compress ratio of the file you are geting based on your speed. on EDGE they look kinda shity -- but on my wifi they look freakin great!

MiDri

Speedtest.net requires flash -- iphone = no flash (yet...?)

Robert McClelland

Well you just found one issue lol

MiDri

Baa moved to apple/mac!? NO one will read it now! lol

Anyway, found out somthing interesting about the zoom in capabilities of safari on the iphone.

if you double click on a table/div it will zoom in so that table/div is the focal point of your screen it is a nice feature and will allow for really easy navigation of sites like this and places like wikipedia.

Geminiwave

hey I'm readin it.

so wait. the iphone just costs $600 straight off? and then you go activate it? So you don't have to have a service contract to buy one?

Lowfat

no, but the phone will not work without setting up a contract through itunes.

CDsDontBurn

so wait....the service contract isn't even done through AT&T/Cingular?

Necrosis

So I'd have to install iTunes & have AT&T Mobility??? Chaaa..right!!!

Lowfat

it can be, but generally you choose everything through itunes.

Lowfat

considering ALL syncing is done through iTunes, you'd need it either way

Mousey

With all the additional charges the iphone sounds like a con to me,
i don't like having an uber fancy phone anyway, it seems that as price goes up durability goes down, i've dropped mine a fair few times and the worst that ever happened was that i had to turn mine back on once

temeteus82

Well if iPhone would sell here in Europe it must have 3G support. I'm not seeing that support soon so Apple won't take big piece of the global phone market.

MiDri

I've been working on a sweet webapp for my iphone any one that has one might be interested in checking this out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-UoLsSSw30

zaim

is it really not 3G ?

MiDri

Nope no 3g, I still enjoy it though -- no 3g saves on my battery life considerably.

temeteus82

Yeah it is... Well US market don't need 3G since there are no 3G networks to speak off. Back here in Europe the 3G networks are getting bigger and bigger. So Apple might do 3G version for the European market.... And off course rest of the world

pj 2.0

we have 3g here...in big cities.


you just have to emit the proper smoke signals to initiate a connection, but once the carrier pigeon comes over and drops you a line, it downloads like lightning

Mousey

wow i was actually wrong about the iphone in terms of durability, i saw that thread in the news article about shock testing it, zomfg, it almost pained me to watch them putting it through it's paces o.o
looks like apple have made something USEFUL for once that can withstand more impact than a fly landing on it, still overpriced

Lowfat

Actually AT&T have a 3G network, and the iPhone doesn't actually support it at all.

temeteus82