I waited for about 45 minutes at the ATT store in Delray by our office. They ran out of 8's, so I got a 4gb version. So far, it seems great, but the damn thing isn't activated yet, something about those who are porting a number (it's taking up to 24 hours due to heavy demand, etc.) Anyone get one too, and anyone have any feedback (if there's is working). Most say the activation process is a breeze....just not me. So far, on the other forums, the folks say it's amazing. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Got mine. No wait. Not crazy about the keyboard. My hands (or fingers) are about average size, yet 50% of the time I can't accurately type on the keyboard. The letters are simply too close together. Apple could remedy this with a software app that allows you to turn the iPhone horizontal for typing, thus spreading out the keyboard. Net surfing speed is slightly faster than dial-up, but nowhere near hi-speed service. Otherwise, I had cell service within 60 minutes. BTW... am I getting old, or are other people having trouble hearing callers. With the headset, the volume is GREAT. But w/o it, I can barely hear who's on the end of the line. That said... the phone is WAY cool. IMO, the touch screen leaves previous PDA based screens obsolete. The stylus is history!
I got two last night. Ten hours later-still no activation. Not Apple's fault...AT&T simply wasn't ready for the amount of traffic it got. Called customer service and they said it is a common issue and they don't know how long it will take to get the activations done...to just wait for an email. You'd think they would have a computerized queue and they could tell you where you are on that queue and how long it will take to get through it, wouldn't you?
Took me an hour to activate online...no problems..... I can type pretty good by tilting the phone and typing on the left side of the keys....it seems to be accurate that way.
Im interested in hearing your reviews once you have your phones activated, at first im hesitant to wait till genII, due to past apple product experience. In either case im on the fence with this; i want one but im not sure if i should wait for genII or see what else the market comes out with. keep us posted
I saw an ad on TV that said this phone can be used as a remote for your TV, a shaver, a female vibrator, a weapon of mass destruction, and as a water bottle when jogging. Could this be true? If so, I might reconsider. Did anyone else see the ad? It was on Saturday Night Live.
the i phone sucks; death to apple. although this was funny. http://break.com/index/iphone-jacking-attempt-on-live-tv.html
http://www.engadget.com/videos/iPhone/iphone-first-hands-on-hd.avi This link shows the guy typing on a horizontal keyboard.
What no bottle opener????? What was Apple thinking by siding with AT&T, probably the slowest network on the planet.
No verizon no care. Unless it carries Verizon with it, it's not worth it. It's the network. I'll probably get it when it comes out with verizon for $200.
One of the best things about this phone is it will make the other manufacturers get creative. I'm going to sit back for awhile and see what develops. Remeber this is a cell phone. The first question you should ask yourself is, "Is this going to help me make better calls with better reception". For a lot of people, the answer is no.... for the others, congrats and let us know how you like it.
Here's a trick phone....the Nokia n93i. Hi-def 30 fps video camera, 3.2 mega pixel Carl Ziess lens, wlan, bluetooth, and a bunch of other things... http://www.myworldphone.com/n93i.html seen this thing in person and it absolutely rocks anything else on the market. Best of all they are able to get the batteries and accessories for it here in the states.
As requested her is a short review: It took a really long time to activate, but 18 hours later my phone worked. the second phone I activated took only three minutes. Ill start with the weakest part...the typing is by np means as easy as on afull size keyboard but I find it easier than on my old treo I have left any mistakes unesoted on this message so you can see exactly what it os like when you type with two fingers. I do much better with one finger but it is slower Everything else other than typing is much better than amy other cellphone I have ever tried Email works great, web browsing is FAR superior to my Treo the sync between the phone and computer is SO much easier than on other phones ATTs EDGE system is not As slow as everyone was saying and the thing really flies on my home wifi network Best uses are web surfing, short emails, youtube, iPod, video and telephone usage Again I wrote this on iPhone ..... highly re ommended
Have any of the new IPhone users sync' d it to a Mac desktop or notebook yet? Curious as to downloaded address book, files, etc. Cheers
I sync'd between my iPhone and my PBG4. Address book syncs perfectly with every field pretty much the same (if there are differences, I haven't noticed them yet). I synced my favorite photos only and made a special playlist for music and videos that are to sync with the iPhone because I have 100 or so gigabytes of stuff and it would not all fit on the iPhone. iTunes allows you to sync the whole library, a specific playlist or a specific song/video. It is pretty flexible regarding what to sync and what not to sync. Photos and video look great on the screen. My email account data sync'ed perfectly and I did not have to set anything up in order to receive email from two separate accounts. I did have to change the outgoing mail server only to get sending emails to work. You can also choose to sync your Mac Safari bookmarks over to the iPhones Safari browser. Hope this helps.
I played with it today and had every intention of buying, until I saw the plans. For 59.95 you get 450 minutes. On Tmobile I get 1000 minutes for that. When I asked the sales guy he said, 'well yeah, you get a lot more with tmobile'. As in there was no real defense, the plans just suck. Also, they seemed to create 'special' plans for the iPhone which have to include 200 text messages for $20/month.
