“Having owned my iPhone since about 20 minutes after they went on sale June 29, I’m comfortable in saying that, while the iPhone isn’t perfect, and has some real flaws, it’s nevertheless the best-designed, most pleasurable to use device I’ve ever owned,” John C. Welch reports for InformationWeek.
“Keep in mind that I’m no newbie, having used smartphones since 2001. Along the way, I’ve owned a Sprint Kyocera 6035 smartphone, an Audiovox PPC-6601 Pocket PC phone, also from Sprint; and two Verizon XV-6700 smartphones. I also support four models of Palm Treo, the aforementioned 6700, and the Motorola Q Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphone, all in an Exchange/GoodLink environment. So I’m hardly new to the joys of either smartphones or corporate uses thereof,” Welch reports.
“In reflecting on my two weeks with the iPhone, my objective is to move beyond nattering about its specs or complaining about what it doesn’t do, and shed some serious light on security issues, corporate e-mail syncing, iPhone application development, and a bunch of other areas of interest to serious users, both corporate and otherwise,” Welch reports.
Full comprehensive review – very highly recommended – here.
“it’s nevertheless the best-designed, most pleasurable to use device I’ve ever owned,” John C. Welch reports for InformationWeek.”
This is really wonderful. Please post 100 or more link to other iPhone reviews. Helps us all forget that Apple is totally ignoring faithful users of their personal computers.
The iMac, the Mini, and the Xserve are now overpriced crap compared to the rest of the industry considering they are yesterday’s technology.
Wow. iPhone is really something else. And this is the just the start of an iPhone ecosystem – as the iPod was in the beginning a shadow of what it is today!
Go Apple!
@Shoeman
One word to you: nonsense. Wait ’til Tuesday to see just how well Macs are selling!
Thank God someone sees it besides me. I’m beginning to suspect we might get Office 2008 out of Microsoft before we get iWork 2007 out of Apple.
But hey, how ’bout that telephone?
@ Macaday “One word to you: nonsense. Wait ’til Tuesday to see just how well Macs are selling!”
Well, I’m glad they are “selling”… Selling lots of computers is a LOT more important to you fanboys than selling a computer that doesn’t have 2005 features….
I know I’d love to have a new iMac with a 1.83 Processor, 512 Meg of RAM, 160 Gig HDD, 17″ monitor, and integrated graphics for “only” $1000…
But hey, if they can sell these overpriced, underpowered dinosaurs I guess that’s what’s important to you guys…
Yes, shoeman– won’t someone please think of the children?!
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“@ R – “Yes, shoeman– won’t someone please think of the children?”!”
The hell with the children. I’m using a Mac Dual Core Mini that I bought 2 weeks after the Intel iMacs came out (I did pump it up with 2 Gig of RAM). As should be obvious from my posts, I want a new iMac. But I’m not going to buy something that is already outdated for the price they are asking…
Just give a a few crumbs Steve and then you can return to you full time job as a telephone salesman..
Well, Shoeman, just because you chose to buy the “low end” iMac, don’t be an arse and infer that other models aren’t being offered.
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Your brand of disingenuousness borders on the inane.
Errr… low end “Mac”.
I’m so happy with my iMac, I have a difficult time type Mac without the “i”.
I’d be happy with my iPhone is AT&T’s phone service didn’t suck donkey dick.
Shoeman,
The iPhone is a Mac. They’re using a different name to allow it to slip in the enterprise back door. Some IT departments caught on early though, which is why they try to keep it out.
@ Macaday
I think its the 25th…. Wednesday
Too all those complaining about lack of emphasis on Mac products from Apple… get some perspective.
The iPhone is a new platform for Apple. Apple gave it the marketing spotlight and development resources. So what? The competition in the PC market are mostly generic commodity computers with Windows Vista. In the media player market, it’s “Zune and company.” Apple could afford to focus on getting iPhone right, and it did so brilliantly.
And just because the iPhone took center stage, the Mac was hardly neglected. The 8-core Mac Pro was introduced earlier this year, and a significantly upgraded MacBook Pro just got released. The consumer MacBook was also refreshed. In fact, only the Mac mini and iMac have not been updated this year, but the year is only half over. Leopard will be released in a few months, and Apple will no doubt have a redesigned iMac in a few weeks.
So stop with the whining. Apple is playing it smart.
Most pleasurable to use device ? I thought that would be the iBrator.
Shoeman 1st post
100% with you.
What enterprise IT caught onto early was that it has no Exchange or Notes connectivity and is therefore worthless in the enterprise.
Please don’t embarrass yourself by babbling about IMAP.
Quick, someone cry a river!
You gotta love these guys who buy a Mini for $500 and then complain it isn’t the Porsche they want.
Looooosers!
@ @ Chris,
So, what you’re saying is, Exchange and/or Notes = enterprise. Or, without Exchange or Notes, you’re not really a business.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Not EVERY business uses that corporate tediumware. Businesses that still function with last century’s technology do, and granted they make up the larger percentage of businesses overall, but there are plenty of “enterprises” that do not use that garbage. I’ve worked with quite a few.
Remember, not everything is based on what was.
I don’t dispute that Apple’s strategy of branching out into music players was obviously correct, and that its move into the cell phone area will prove be also. Nevertheless, the Mac, iLife and iWork do seem to be taking second place nowadays (witness the delay in Leopard).
You can’t buy iPhones down under, so this impression is magnified here. Let’s hope the new iMacs, and at least a decision on the future of the Mac Mini (upgrade or abandon) will dispel this impression.
You that are pissing about the lack of new macs are morons. Everyone knows that Apple has new macs in the pipeline. They are not going to release a product that is not ready. So quit your bitchin’. It isn’t like any of you whiners have jobs that any of us care about anyway. Just wait until the come out, then you can complain about something else. Maybe the color tone won’t be right for you, or the one TB hard drive won’t be enough, whatever it is something will be wrong. But that just stems from the fact that your types complain about everything. Probably because you are such pussy’s that your girlfriends up and left. That happens when you are a spineless, constant whiner though.
Congrats…… we love you…. even if you don’t love yourselves.
MDN Word…. “own” as in mind your own.
@ jarrettnewsdaily,
You left out Bitch Reason #1: Rev-A early adopter. Folks bitch and complain about no new hardware and when the new hardware is released, they vow to wait “till the bugs are worked out in Rev-B.”
Playing on both sides of the fence. How convenient.
Exactly how often do you need to buy a new computer? What work are you involved in that requires the absolute latest specs?
@justified….. I forgot about that part. Excellent point.
@@Shoeman, The whole point right there. I would love to bitch about not having the next generation mac pro and how I need FC Studio to go with that. But since I am not editing any films anytime soon for IHOP or Hilton (My employers) I guess I would be wasting time writing and wasting your time reading.
MDN Word… “will” as in, they will keep complaining, and Apple will keep growing, and I will keep getting sick because my wife and I sold all of our shares at……$93 and $87, we were waiting on that split.:(
I guess we need an iphone daily news so we can have a mac-complaint free space… honestly, the important thing with Leopard and new macs is that they be ready and right. Quality. And adding more resources is not a strategy late in the dev cycle. If the currently shipping products REALLY don’t meet your needs and there are really better choices… then switch.
Getting things right takes time. Apple’s value proposition hinges on getting things right.
And yes, the day after you buy something a new version will be announced. Welcome to technology. Send your complaints to Fake Steve who will explain that yes, Apple is really watching you and waiting until you buy before shipping next rev.
Okay I got really distracted by all this off topic shizzle…
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As I was reading this review and thinking “Wow”… it occurred: This is a 1.00000 product we’re talking about. Chock full of technologies Apple has never shipped before. This is unprecedented for a 1.0 product in my decades of tech experience. It’s why the stock won’t go anywhere but up (also pretty freaking amazing… though I guess there were dotcoms that behaved similarly in the bubble). Pinch yourself. Take a deep breath. This is a company truly at the top of its game. A company that was completely lost and sprialing into oblivion a decade ago. A company with a FOURTH major act (after a2, mac & ipod). And this is an Apple sooooo good it is FEARED. Are we sure we’re not dreaming.
And this is GOOD news for the mac. The success of the iphone is going to SELL more macs. To the $600 and $300 dollar phone crowd, not the $49 phone crowd. Which means macs with margins. Very profitable macs. Which funds plenty of development.
Getting the iphone RIGHT was more important to the future of the mac than when Leopard ships. This is going double consumer mac marketshare.
People, we are witnessing one of the great stories in American business. We’re supposed to be enthusiasts. Why is there more whining here than in the PC media.
I can’t believe a 1.0 product can be this good.