iPhone is my phone!
Kate gave me a wonderful gift on our anniversary trip to the city. While we were at dinner we were discussing the iPhone and how much I like it and can’t wait to get one. We spoke about it for a little while and then she told me that we should just go to the Chelsea Apple Store again and pick one up. It would be a fun thing to do while in the city and after some back and fourth I agreed and we did just that.
The iPhone is great! It has its flaws, sure, but I love it overall. The major things it doesn’t have and or has weak implementations of are:
- It does not have a physical button to turn speakerphone on; this means you have to look at the screen and find the speaker phone button
- There is no hands-free dialing, most often used on blue tooth headsets while driving
- The SMS (text messages for the mainstream) does not show the time of all received / sent messages
- The “reminder” beep for missed calls, SMS’s, email, voicemail etc is not configurable and doesn’t go off at all after 15 minutes
- There is no “notification” light outside of the screen; so if the screen is not on you don’t know you’ve missed a call, received an email, etc
However, the interface is outstanding. The keyboard is, after getting used to it, easy to use and then disappears allowing the device to be all screen. The phone is very clear and the speaker phone is amazingly clear. Visual voicemail is very cool and the email and SMS clients are great. Add in the third party applications like Facebook, AIM etc and it’s just a really powerful and simple to use device. Loving it so far!
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