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Apple iPhone
Introduction
The Apple iPhone. (Cue theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey) The anticipation has been building for months. Even before the keynote in January, rumors of the iPhone were everywhere. Then at MacWorld San Francisco, Steve Jobs dropped the bombshell of an integrated phone and video iPod along with a real non-WAP web browser. Looking back now, things seemed so different then, in my coverage of the announcement I talked the most about the phones features, rather than the user experience. And that's what the iPhone has come to symbolize. It doesn't have 3G speeds, GPS, Adobe Flash or stereo Bluetooth capabilities, but judging from the long lines and sold out stores this past weekend it doesn't seem to matter that much. What does seem to matter is making the experience easier and more convenient, and having it all in one device. When Apple launched their ads at the beginning of June, everyone went nuts. My parents and even my grandma called me when they saw the ads and were interested in getting one (until I told them the price was $500). The content of the ads (unlike most other phone ads which tell you what their products can do) showed you what the product does along with how it gets done. People could see how easy getting around the phone was, and that's what they wanted. What good is a phone if the features are too difficult for most people to utilize? But would a huge bug with the data and phone service be enough to sour my experience?
Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: The Line Page 3: What's In the Box & First Looks Page 4: Plans and Activation Page 5: User Experience - Interface Page 6: User Experience - Battery Life Page 7: User Experience - the Keyboard Page 8: User Experience - Widescreen iPod Page 9: User Experience - Mobile Phone and Text Messaging Page 10: User Experience - Internet and Email Page 11: User Experience - Widgets and Other Features Page 12: AT&T's Network - From Fine Edge to Broken Edge Page 13: Missing Features Page 14: Conclusion 
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5 User Comments 1 - Posted by
ebernet
on July 9, 2007 - 3:05 pm Instead of buying another apple cable, I bought a car charger that included both a USB>Mini USB that works with my camera and will charge a blackberry, and a USB>Dock connector cable. Both cables AND the cigarette lighter dohicky were the same $20 as just the cable, AND they were black. I even bought it at the Apple store. It was made by Griffin, I am sure others do it. Eytan 2 - Posted by
ebernet
on July 9, 2007 - 3:53 pm Some more comments - Yahoo provides free push email, and will sync your address book up to Yahoo - a great feature and a way to get address book syncing between machines without paying the .mac tax. As for the battery issue, a full charge cycle is a full discharge/charge, which I have had 2 so far. After the 350-450 FULL cycles you are at 80% of your battery. As a longtime iPod owner, the battery has never been an issue for me. My hope is that by the time I need a battery replacement (2 years down the line or more) an after market of doing the installs will exist - and while it will not be 35 like it is now for the iPod, it will be a cheaper $50 or so then Apple's 80+, and by then the battery capacities will be higher. I think we need to wait and give the battery grief when the battery deserves grief, when problems start... 3 - Posted by
Kurtis
on July 9, 2007 - 7:37 pm Thanks for the comments, ebernet. And welcome to TheTechLounge forums. :) BTW, regarding battery life, I think it's a valid concern, considering that the brand new battery under heavy use only lasts a single day. 2 days tops for moderate-heavy use. My treo650 used to go for a week before I'd have to charge it, and after a year and a half or so, now it dies in 2 days. Of course, mine is easily replaceable, but the point is that if it has such short battery life NEW, any decrease in that battery life is going to be a big issue down the road, and that is inevitable. 4 - Posted by
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on December 3, 2007 - 11:02 pm snorkt.
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