iPhone, Baby!

jared June 30, 2007 8 Comments

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I managed to procure an iPhone today. While it definitely seems to have been worth it so far, I have to mention that I was right when I said waiting in line with a bunch of Apple fanboys would suck (though at least I only had to wait about 1.5 hours). Most of the people I was around were alright, but some of them were just assholes. That doesn’t matter, though. What does is this:

My initial thoughts? The keyboard is surprisingly easy to use–significantly easier than was implied by the first reviews. I haven’t had issues using dual thumbs at all. The screen is simply amazing. I’m consistently delighted by its clarity. The interface, as expected, is great. In particular, this really is the best iPod Apple has ever produced. As you can see from the last two pics, it’s relatively small. My previous phone was an E815, which isn’t exceedingly large. It’s no RAZR in terms of slimness, but most phones aren’t.

Oh, and Safari on the iPhone? Magnificent. It really does render pages exactly as it should. Zooming in and moving around is very easy, and I imagine I’ll do it a lot when I’m just sitting around. Lastly, as a nice little surprise, when I dock the phone I’m able to pull pictures off it directly through Explorer. Windows just recognizes it as a camera, which is pretty handy.

[Edit:] Wow, I really need to dust off my desk, eh?

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8 Responses to “iPhone, Baby!”

  1. scott said:

    Jun 30, 07 at 6:59 pm

    Can you drag music on/off of it through explorer as well? That’s something that’s always disappointed me about my MP3 player. I have to use their crap software to transfer music.

  2. jared said:

    Jul 01, 07 at 3:12 am

    nah, unfortunately you can’t do that. it’s not surprising, though, given the success the ipod has had despite requiring itunes. while i really enjoy itunes on my mac, i absolutely loathe it on windows. it’s a resource hog, and its look is very out of place.

  3. Fred said:

    Jul 01, 07 at 10:40 am

    iphone assholes? See sendahole.com.

  4. Juvers said:

    Jul 01, 07 at 11:27 pm

    I’m quite jealous. I got to play with one at the Apple store in Chicago over the weekend. I was very impressed.

  5. jared said:

    Jul 02, 07 at 10:25 am

    i’m loving it. apparently so are about 500,000 other ppl. i guess apple had a pretty good weekend, haha.

  6. marie said:

    Jul 05, 07 at 12:33 pm

    out of curiosity; ki baht? how much?? for the iphone I mean??

  7. jared said:

    Jul 05, 07 at 4:40 pm

    it wasn’t cheap, that’s for sure. the 8 gig model retails for $599.

  8. nick said:

    Jul 11, 07 at 4:25 pm

    looks very nice. I want one!

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