“Back in July, not long after Apple Inc.’s iPhone was released, I told those plagued by iPhone lust ‘to get over it.’ Alas, I was unable to follow my own advice. That’s why I bought an iPhone a few weeks back — after learning that I could ditch Lotus Notes and my crummy CrackBerry at work and use Apple Mail for work e-mail and the iPhone. That combo proved to be absolutely irresistible,” Scot Finnie reports for Computerworld.
“Using the iPhone is an absolute joy. I’ve been using cell phones for about 15 years, but the iPhone is the first mobile phone that I actually enjoy using. Things I never bothered with before — like texting — are suddenly easy and fun to do; before they just seemed like a bother,” Finnie reports. “The Safari browser included on the iPhone delivers the best browsing experience I’ve ever seen on a mobile device. There’s literally no compromise other than the size of the screen. You can see the Web with either an emphasis on width of the screen or length, and switching between the two is as simple as rotating the iPhone 90 degrees.”
“Less than two hours after I first turned on my iPhone, I had copied all the songs from my old iPod, as well as my calendar entries, photos, bookmarks and Web-based log-in info to the iPhone. I’d also set up voice mail and run through all the settings screens. All this happened so simply and quickly that I rapidly began thinking of the iPhone as more of a portable extension of my Mac than a separate device,” Finnie reports.
“Rounding out the features and programs are a camera, YouTube access tool, stocks reader, Google Maps, Yahoo Weather, world clock/timer/alarm clock, calculator, notes and settings. The two best features of the iPhone, though, are the large touch screen and the finger-gesture user interface, which is ahead of its time. Apple’s software and user interface design are superb,” Finnie reports. “The iPhone hardware is, like most Apple hardware, a model of industrial design and simplicity.”
“I’m carrying my iPhone everywhere. For the first time in my life, I get all the hubbub about why cell phones can be cool. I guess it took Apple’s user-interface design to make it work for me. I’d probably have forgiven several additional minor peccadillos for that one primary advantage,” Finnie reports. “To put it simply: Apple hit a home run with the iPhone.”
There is much more in the full article, including areas where Finnie thinks Apple can improve the iPhone, here.
Just like the Mac, Apple’s iPhone ruins its owners; forever causing them to decry, either silently or loudly, the inadequacies of other devices claiming to be in its class. When we are forced to use a Windows PC, it’s a festival of cursing “the idiots who designed this mess.” It’s the same situation now with cell phones/mp3 players/mobile devices; after iPhone, they’re all just amateurish junk; time-wasters with which we can no longer be bothered.
So, big guy, are you glad to see me, or is that an iPhone in your pocket?
“Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price” Jean Baudrillard
I’ll have to pass on iPhone 🙁
Not that I want to but because it’s not in Canada yet. My current phone a Telus Mike i530 has got to be the worst, the service I get is deplorable and my contract just ran out. Please Apple find a partner or sell the iPhone un tethered, I am sure I can learn to live without EDGE or visual voice mail (Haven’t had then yet so what is to miss).
I was never a “crackberry” addict, although I have seen them using theirs in a theater during a boring movie.
I much rather prefer the pure speed of a Dual Processor, insanely fast video card, RAID 0 boot drive and a 30″ monitor. Which BTW I’m still wiping Pepsi off of since the last Microsoft comment.
“This is a quality-driven decision.” – MBU
Get that silly stupid MS monopolized Exchange System to work on the iPhone without asking the IT drones to do anything on their end. Then watch the sale of these guys fly through the roof.
Another high-profile convert. Does Apple keep stats on these guys? Is it “game over” when the likes of Dvorak and Enderle et al finally succumb?
“Once you try Mac you’ll never go back” proves true yet again.
Peace.
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Olmecmystic
Jubei,
What part of “Related articles” did you miss?
“Computerworld’s iPhone naysayer turns iPhone lover”
I wouldn’t say that too loudly. That’s an awfully small jack.
@iPodDailyNews
I should have been clearer, they are not ActiveSync integration. I’d have to get IT to install something or agree to another company solutions. Some large enterprises only want to use Exchange ActiveSync or BB solutions. NO 3rd party software. I know its closeminded, but thats the reality of it.
Verizon opening up their networks to all devices is directly related to the iPhone.
The days of “here is our network and here are our crappy phone choices” are over.
Thank you Apple!
Well, no third-party software is required to enable IMAP support in MS Exchange. Though that doesn’t provide all the features of something like ActiveSync.
“… I had copied all the songs from my old iPod…”
He only has 16 GB of music? n00b.
It’s a pity Apple’s greed seems to be holding the iPhone back in the UK so it’s not selling well.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/11/27/apples_london_flagship_still_warming_initial_iphone_supply.html
after iPhone, they’re all just amateurish junk; time-wasters with which we can no longer be bothered.
I’m impressed with the speed with which the grammar and sentence structure in MDN’s commentary has evolved. Well done.
Magic Word: “rest” as in “The iPhone puts the rest of cell phones to shame.”
Once you go Mac you never go back.
‘d have to get IT to install something or agree to another company solutions. Some large enterprises only want to use Exchange ActiveSync or BB solutions. NO 3rd party software. I know its closeminded, but thats the reality of it.
The reality of it is that Steve & Co are changing the reality of closed minds.
It’s a shame that reality nowadays has come to spending $7.95 on an adaptor of all things when a little bit sandpapering or filing would shave the existing plug to fit. But people have forgotten how to do the simplest of practical things for themselves it seems.
Other fixes suggested are software, bigger keys would be nice, and that’s quite easy, it would be like choosing text size on your computer.
I’m so looking forward to reviews of the Zune phone (I guess Zhone – shouldn’t have said that’ it’s a great little name
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iCrack?
Mmm, crow tastes good.
Having switched from a Treo 650 to an iPhone the first week the iPhone came out, it has never failed to impress me. I love the web on it, even over edge, I love emailing, or texting on it. It just works. And works well.
The more i read these kind of reviews, the more impatient i get.
I don’t know how much longer i can put up with my Treo 650. Just get those iPhones into Asia quick, will you Steve? Like now? I don’t even care if they don’t have 3G!
Haven’t gotten one yet…don’t want to give up my existing cell phone provider, and I’ve got other things to do with $400 right before Christmas time. But I sure have been seeing a lot of people with them lately, professionals, and they love them dearly.
After people tell me how much they love their iPhones, I ask them if they’ve ever tried a Mac. Most tell me no, but that they’d be interested in looking at one now. I think that this is going to make the iPod halo effect look miniscule by comparison.
lupowolf:
“… I had copied all the songs from my old iPod…”
He only has 16 GB of music? n00b.
Uhhh… No. That would be eight GB of music.