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My experience with the iphone!

For the record, I have had a pocket pc since the early compaq devices that came in both colour and gray scale models. even since i do carry one with me and like 3 years ago when the jam came out i merged my phone and my pocket pc.
Currently i am using an HTC cruise however i bought the 16gb iPhone for my girlfriend to use and for me to experiment with!

Comments about the article

a. you can’t compare a device that has GPS with a device that does not have GPS and say its crap coz it does not have GPS. The HTC touch does not have GPS nor does it have 3G but the HTC Cruize does, well does that make the touch crap? No! stop bugging the Iphone for not having GPS and for a start sit back and realize what apple managed to do with the iPhone, and how many years Microsoft has been sleeping in the windows mobile front.

b. card slot? Who needs one when you have 16gb onboard? Honestly 2gb is as much as I ever had on my HTC Cruize but MS is not helping me utilize that. On the iPhone it was a breeze to sync, my pictures and music I needed on the iPhone, and no I am not an iTunes user but it did not take me more than 5 minutes to get going. I know, I know you can do the same thing with media player, yet again I haven’t! don’t know if that says something!

c. I am still waiting for a decent windows mobile with a VGA screen since I had my first pocket pc with VGA screen over 3 years ago. The iPhone? Does that and its freaking thin, it’s not a brick! Why why why WM and VGA is not popular? Who’s fault is it? MS or the OEMS


d.The interface of the device is simply how it should be. On WM on the other hand, it’s simply pathetic to scroll the list of applications which is merely 2 pages and having to wait for the icons to refresh, or seeing the screen refresh itself block by block in certain cases. Iphone, not only is fast but it’s smooth and stylish as well.

e. applications on the Iphone is the thing that made me discus WM even more. There is a little program called Cydia and installer that allows you to browse through a list of application, read a description about them and install them. Yes in just the first day I had more than 30 games and apps on the iPhone. Do you know how much time it takes to browse on the pc find an application, download it and install it on a WM device? A lot more time! Yes I know you can download a cab over the internet and install it right away, however it’s not the same. If you sit back and thing about the possibilities here that applce created you will be blown away. This is how applications should be brought to the WM device and not relying thought pocketgear or handango or whatever application store websites are on the internet. Don’t criticize the device since it does not have many apps developed! The SDK was barely released and the Iphone has not been in the market for even a year! If you realize how the Iphone is going to deliver applications to the Iphone you will be blown away, something good for the developers and consumers! Oh! And forgot to mentions that Cydia and istaller not only help you keep you device filled with applications but they do help you keep them up to date as well!!

f. iPhone is a truly internet connected device, WM has more features in terms on connectivity options but the iPhone does it right. Internet browsing and stuff is what I am mostly doing with the iPhone which is superb. Oh and it does not even have 3g (yet) imagine! Om my PPC, internet browsing and stuff is simply a not!

g. oh and for some serious computing on the Iphone i suggest you download cydia and installer, you will be blown away with the tools you can install. Hey you can surely get apps and shh to a pocket pc if you like but I never did that. With the iPhone i already did that, having my gl playing Sudoku on the Iphone and me changing things on the Iphone for her via ssh!
Oh and wait, all those tools that you can install on your iPhone so far, you are not supposed to yet! Imagine what will happen once your applications will be officially supported and delivered trough apple application store! In less than 2 months now.

h. Do not harass the Iphone, study it and realize what could have been achieved on the Windows Mobile front if Microsoft was not sleeping the past few years!!!

It is very sad to realize how slow MS has been in the Windows Mobile scene and how little things have been done for the past few years.