I doubt I'll be getting one in the immediate future because (in no particular order):
1) I just got a cell phone. 2) The iPhone is pure sexay, but it's also pure expensive (not overpriced - but expensive). 3) I have an iPod Touch. Which I love.
The cost plus the fact that I already have two devices that accomplish the functionality of the iPhone means I'll probably wait. A fourth reason, which is purely theory until Rogers/Apple announces more details, is that I expect Rogers' plans for the iPhone to be VERY expensive. We'll see, but I expect the cheapest plan to be about $70 a month. Possibly more.
I've only had the chance to use an iPhone a few times while in the states, and my experiences are:
* Call quality is fine and even though the iPhone is really wide, I'm able to hold it comfortably, listen and talk without feeling awkward.
* The map functionality where it can detect where you are in the world and then show you A to B roadmaps is very handy, especially when traveling. This feature, to me, was an unexpected "oh yeah, that's cool!"
* The web access is fast enough for some quick browsing to look for a local place to eat, find the address of someplace you've forgotten, etc.
I haven't had chance to muck around with the mail client, which would be one of my major concerns.
And of course, I'm not down with the closed-ness of the device.
I can be much the same way with really expensive things. If they're a hypothetical then sure I want one but when it comes down to shelling out the money for something that's fun but that I don't really need then I have a difficult time with it.
The iPod Touch is a fun little toy, and I'm still playing with it and learning what it can do. Having said that, I'm not sure I'd want to add in the cellphone functionality. I'm not even entirely sure why, except that the phone seems like it should be a different item. There are times when I just want to take my phone, not my music (as it would be a distraction), and there are times when I want to be playing my music but not be bothered by my phone.
Re: My $0.0199999999adamjuryMay 6 2008, 08:48:55 UTC
If you want to totally disable all the phone/communications features, the iPhone has "Airplane mode" which does exactly that -- turns off all the comms but still lets you use all the other features.
Re: My $0.0199999999adamjuryMay 6 2008, 19:24:46 UTC
My understanding is that you can [mis]configure the iPhone so it will never connect to the Edge network for data transfer, but I'm not sure if you can simply turn of all the cel functions and keep 802.11 active.
Not sure about rendering PDFs; I suspect it uses the same engine, but I don't think there's a standalone reader yet. There are some hacklike things to make reading PDFs better on the iPhone though, easily googleable.
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1) I just got a cell phone.
2) The iPhone is pure sexay, but it's also pure expensive (not overpriced - but expensive).
3) I have an iPod Touch. Which I love.
The cost plus the fact that I already have two devices that accomplish the functionality of the iPhone means I'll probably wait. A fourth reason, which is purely theory until Rogers/Apple announces more details, is that I expect Rogers' plans for the iPhone to be VERY expensive. We'll see, but I expect the cheapest plan to be about $70 a month. Possibly more.
But I do want one.
Very much.
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* Call quality is fine and even though the iPhone is really wide, I'm able to hold it comfortably, listen and talk without feeling awkward.
* The map functionality where it can detect where you are in the world and then show you A to B roadmaps is very handy, especially when traveling. This feature, to me, was an unexpected "oh yeah, that's cool!"
* The web access is fast enough for some quick browsing to look for a local place to eat, find the address of someplace you've forgotten, etc.
I haven't had chance to muck around with the mail client, which would be one of my major concerns.
And of course, I'm not down with the closed-ness of the device.
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Not sure about rendering PDFs; I suspect it uses the same engine, but I don't think there's a standalone reader yet. There are some hacklike things to make reading PDFs better on the iPhone though, easily googleable.
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