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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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