“A day after Steve Jobs unveiled the Apple iPhone during his MacWorld keynote on Tuesday morning, I actually got my hands on one. For all of ten minutes. Ten minutes isn’t much, but I can safely say that the iPhone is even more impressive than it appeared during the Jobs keyote. And that’s saying something,” Cade Metz reports for PC Magazine.
Metz reports, “For the most, it was an absolute revelation. Seeing the device in action is one thing—but actually using it is another. Each application is impressive in its own right, from photo-management software to the Safari Web browser, but it’s the overall touch-screen interface that takes the breath away. The only thing I had trouble using was the onscreen keyboard—it’s obviously the sort of thing that takes some practice—but it was impressive nonetheless.”
Metz reports, “My guess is that after some practice, you could get pretty efficient with two thumbs. But the keyboard is obviously something that takes some time to get used to. The rest of the interface requires no practice whatsoever… It’s the new interface that really caught the attention this week—and it’s everything Jobs says it is.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Island Girl” for the heads up.]
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“FUD writers? You mean people giving honest criticism about some low points of the iPhone? “
No, he means FUD writers.
If MDN is ful of idiots then we all suggest you go and wait elsewhere for your ZuneFone…
It’s the scroll wheel squared!
“Take that phone shit out, put in a hard drive and give me a touchscreen iPod.”
And add a built-in flash card reader for backing up photos from a digital camera.
UMPC
Origami what? What?
All this talk about how bad Cingular is is surprising to me. I live is SoCal and have used just about all the carriers at one time or another: Sprint, LA Cellular, Verizon, T-Mobile and Cingular. They all have their flaws. They all have a particular geographic area in which the excel. As it turns out, Cingular is the best provider in my particular neck of the woods, so I am not put out by the Cingular exclusivity. However, I can see how this is a problem with many others. Let’s face it, Apple had to make a call on how supply the network–this was their best option, while imperfect.
Yeah, i too was thinking the keyboard in landscape mode would make for larger keys.
But Apple also has a patent for a totally different kind of keyboard besides QWERTY, so it wouldn’t surprise me to see various keyboard options available as a preference (if not at launch, then eventually).
I have Cingular and a fairly new Razr; Cingular works fine. The Razr replaced my 5 year old Motorola cel phone. Had to finally use OnSync to get my Address Book “Phone” group into the phone.
I’m going to happily trade up to an 8gb IPhone, whatever the cost. I want that interface!
“I want that GOLD!!!” —Billy Crystal
Hey rasterbator keep me outta this!
Honestly, why do people always invoke my name when it comes to touching shitty things, like the Zune for example?
News Flash: Microsoft Trumps Apple!
(AP) January 18, 2007 MSFT announced today a Vista upgrade that moves Apple’s iPhone interface into your “real work” environment. The device, Microsoft believes, will revolutionaize the “good start” Apple has made. Reached at a CES decompression retreat, Steve Ballmer was quoted as saying, ” Yes, they had a week on us. But our new device, which we’ve worked on for three full years, will bring the best technology to where it’s needed….the desktop.”
Later, it was learned by an enterprising hacker and computer junkie, Max Debunker that Microsoft’s new device is really a potted plant with an iPhone crudely soldiered within. “This thing sucks!,” he was reported to have said.
They’re toast.
MDN Word: likely
To “question” earlier. I think that would be an excellent idea to put the virtual keyboard in landscape mode to make the typing easier, good thinking man. I also agree with Macromancer about people being exposed to OS X and Mac interfaces.
@ question:
i fully agree and was thinking the same thing. make the keys larger, and show only the text that you are actually writing, not the ‘whole screen’ ….
i’m sure apple can make many software changes b/w now and june that might possibly allow this.