The iPhone - my first impressions
Well, I have to admit I was not among the throng of Apple fanatics in line last night at 6PM. I wanted an iPhone, but not nearly bad enough to stand in line for hours just waiting. And I had to spend some time with my fiancee, which is really a great deal more important than the iPhone.
So I waited until this morning. I thought to myself, if there are still some phones left to be had when I get up, I’ll go pick one up. Lo and behold, my local AT&T store did have some 4GB iPhones left in stock. Fantastic. Off I went.
So as I’m syncing up some videos with my new toy right now, I thought I’d give you some first impressions of the device.
First off, I’d like to say what a pleasure it was to be able to activate my iPhone in the comfort of my own home. No sales tactics, pitches or anything else at the AT&T store, just give me my iPhone and let me leave. Very nice, Apple. Once again you give Joe Consumer what he really wants.
The packaging of the iPhone is classic Apple, very smooth and inviting. Why can’t people get a clue and stop using those stupid plastic clamshell packages and spend a little bit of time on the packaging for their product?
I pull the iPhone out of the box, hook up the included dock (now I just have to get the clutter of wires cleaned up on my desk!) and hook up the iPhone. I had already updated iTunes earlier to version 7.3, so my iMac recognized the iPhone and immediately went to work activating the unit.
Again, the process went very smoothly as I chose the middle plan for 900 minutes a month, no extra text messages for me, thanks. I’m still waiting for the transfer of my number from T-Mobile to be complete, but that should be ready before the day’s end. Sorry, T-Mobile. I’ve been with you guys for a couple of years and don’t have anything bad to say, except that you don’t have an iPhone. Sorry about that.
After playing with the phone for just a few minutes, I can already tell you that it’s the slickest piece of equipment I have ever owned. The interface is completely intuitive with the scrolling features and just the overall ease-of-use. Very cool.
I synced up some podcasts, a few TV episodes, and one movie to see how the audio and visuals work. Video playback is gorgeous while watching The Office and Elizabethtown. Podcast art is crisp and looks extremely huge on the screen. I also find it really cool to see my own podcast art on the screen of my iPhone. I also get chills knowing that there are probably a few people seeing my podcast art on their iPhone today.
I’ll bring you some more impressions as I go along with my iPhone. I made a short call to my fiancee and I can say the call quality is fine. I needed to turn her voice up a bit which was no problem with the volume control on the side of the phone. Speakerphone volume is a little low, even with the volume cranked, but I don’t make that many calls where I need a speakerphone.
I’ll have more to come on my iPhone adventures in the next few days.
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