Well dont know if any of you have see this, but some details have been leaked about more features of the iPhone. Its pretty disapointing if you ask me... It doesnt even support MMS?? Anyway here is a link iPhone details uncovered in Sales Training Workbook What are your thoughts on it?
No MMS, but it has full e-mail. Just e-mail to yourfriendsphonenumber@vtext.com (or your carrier's equivalent) and it should serve the same purpose, but without being charged to send a picture message or whatever. I'm not quite sold yet, but I think a lot of people have failed to realize that a lot of the traditional phone tools being left out are due to their improved PC-equvialents being added, without insane per-byte services charges. I'll wait until they hit the streets to decide, but if you ask me, people are looking for a reason to hate on the thing because they're still under contract or can't afford it or something (lucky me, I've been out of contract for six months)
iPhone seems to have a lot of data-grabbing and internet connectivity. Stuff like map info etc. I wonder how much that will cost, seeing how a few megabytes seem to cost a fortune for phones today.
The more and more I use my Orange m700 (Windows Mobile) phone, the less and less I want an iPhone. My phone does everything that does (and more - GPS for starters) and I don't have to wait for years. Networks are, however, starting to bring out unlimited data usage which I guess is the way forwards, so maybe this is the beginning of that change.
Well, kinda. Unless they can pull something really tricky off with Quicktime to get direct hardware access to the mic and speaker for a Skype widget, I'm fairly disappointed by this. We already knew that we could use the browser to make little web-app quality applications, but big deal. Any idiot can throw together a web page designed to work on 320x480, and AJAX isn't really a hidden secret anymore. What I'm taking away from this is that you can use pretty much any application but Skype on the thing, which is madly lame. As excited as I was for the iPhone, I'm increasingly thinking that it won't be what replaces my 2004's Crap of the Year Award-winning phone come early July. I don't care that it doesn't have a GPS in it (though it would be nice, and there's no reason they couldn't add it in later via tower signal triangulation and software), but if the only 'software' I can run on it is what I'm provided plus whatever you can run in Safari.... Whatever, I expect that we'll hear more before the 29th. Especially with the dinner-time launch - you can almost count on a press release that morning announcing all those hidden features that they forgot to mention so far. Or at least that's what I'm desperately hoping for. I don't think Apple would let Cingular/AT&T blow this for them, and that seems to be what's largely holding it back at this point. But OTOH, it would be really nice to not have to carry around my laptop when I get a good amount of functionality out of my phone (web, email, etc). But then again, I'm not always using Apple's software for my workflow and/or need more or different functionality than what they offer. Just got an email from AT&T about the thing... still iffy on some things. Like "iTunes will make email setup on the iPhone a breeze by automatically syncing the settings from email accounts stored in Mail on a Mac or Outlook on a PC" - does it sync the messages (from POP accounts) or just the settings to connect? It'd better sync the actual messages... and why do I need to have an iTunes Store account to use the iPhone? Can (must?) I do all my phone billing through iTunes? Ugh, I'm in two minds. I'll wait the two and a half weeks and see what people say, then decide what to do with my next paycheck.
1) iTunes syncs the account information, the phone auto downloads any emails on the server (up to 75 most recent is the default i believe) 2) iTunes store account is necessary for the activation process, to register your phone with Apple (for warranty purposes), and to help apple inform you of service and firmware updates etc. it also helps with getting the music you want on the phone anyway Having had on in hand since 6 pm on the 29th, I've got to say, it's definitely a nice bit of kit... Pros: Widescreen = awesome video playback Auto syncing: calendar, contacts, email accounts, bookmarks... if you can sync it on .mac, for the most part you can sync it to the phone Google maps = step by step driving directions Weather widget = pissing my GF off by telling her exact temp Battery life: i watched two movies, talked for 30 minutes, and sent quite a few texts & emails etc over a 24 hour period... if you turned off things like wifi, and the screen brightness, i'm sure you'd get more activation: can go quick.. or take forever.. depends on current carrier and your plan etc.. Cons: Screen shows smudges and fingerprints ridiculously easy (think gloss LCD) Edge network is almost as slow as dialup No drag & drop adding music/videos, has to be done through playlists Camera is crap quality (it's 2mp, but no zoom etc) No customizable ringtones Other than that, it definitely doesn't have any major shortcomings, gps while useful, isn't necessary for me Note though, there is very limited aftermarket support for it at the moment (accessory wise etc), and Apple's bluetooth headset (which looks sicker than snot), is delayed in shipping 2-4 weeks
