03-19-2008, 04:00 PM
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iPhone Hype Holds Up!
"Six months after the iPhone’s U.S. launch, has the device changed the mobile landscape? According to M:Metrics, the mobile media authority, the answer is yes. Today, the measurement firm reports that the iPhone is already the most popular device for accessing news and information on the mobile Web, with 85 percent of iPhone users accessing news and information in the month of January.”The iPhone has certainly delivered on its hype,” said Mark Donovan, senior analyst, M:Metrics. “Beyond a doubt, this device is compelling consumers to interact with the mobile Web, delivering off-the-charts usage from everything to text messaging to mobile video.” Ok, here I go. I'm admitting that I recently purchased an iPhone. There, I said it. How do I like it? I love it. I really do. It's very simple, intuitive, innovative, and a pleasure to use. How does it compare to my Dash? Favorably for the most part but not all parts. I really like watching movies and listening to music on the iPhone better. Synching the calendar to my mac is a breeze. And like this article points to, surfing the web is simply far superior. It really has lived up to its hype for me. I dont think the iPhone is for everyone but it certainly suits my needs. Now for what it's lacking compared to my Dash. It doesn't have a task program. It doesn't have Exchange push email (though it's coming). I can't add apps to it unless I jailbreak it (that's coming too but will be regulated by Apple). There is no office suite. I can view Word and Excel docs in Box.net, email, or Google docs but I cannot edit them. I can't even group delete my emails (though that's coming too). No stereo bluetooth. But you know what's crazy? I can live with the areas where the iPhone is lacking because what it does, it does well. Do I still use my Dash? Less and less everyday. I don't dislike my Dash or Windows Mobile at all but it doesn't compare to the flare and finesse of the iPhone. I've written articles in the past stating that Microsoft needs to "wow" us and sure enough they waited so long that Apple leaped right over them. Hopefully within the next year we'll be writing articles about Microsoft devices that live up to their hype. If not, things will stay looking pretty sleepy in Redmond. Your thoughts?
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03-19-2008, 04:13 PM
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The iPhone is a very slick device...but is it REALLY better than the WinMo line? It does some things well but the important things...I'm not sure about. My brother was one of the first to get one of these things. He's not a gadget guy or anything...but loves his iPod so figured he'd love his iPhone. And he does.
But a couple days ago I was, quite frankly, shocked to hear of the difficulty he'd been having with contacts on his phone. Apparently the iPhone deletes his contacts, all of them, quite often when he connects to his PC. Why? He's not setting something up right, obviously. But for something so vital to be so easily deleted seems absurd.
All I'll say is my contact list on my current T-Mo Wing is the same one that I started in 2001 on my Palm IIIxe and then moved over to my HP Jornada 565. Its gone through 6 different PDAs, 5 of them WinMo devices, and 4 different PCs. My brother meanwhile has lost all of his phone numbers 3 or 4 times in the past 6 months.
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03-19-2008, 04:25 PM
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When does iPhoneThoughts launch?  |
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03-19-2008, 04:34 PM
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I haven't had any problems synching anything but I'm synching to a mac.
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03-19-2008, 04:39 PM
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Quote:
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I haven't had any problems synching anything but I'm synching to a mac.
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03-19-2008, 04:49 PM
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It should, not sure what the problem is there. I know quite a few people who have iphones and haven't had that problem. Maybe it's a setting problem or perhaps a bad iphone. Hard to tell. I've actually had mine since Christmas and it's been flawless - so far.
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03-19-2008, 04:51 PM
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Quote:
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Maybe it's a setting problem or perhaps a bad iphone.
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It is a setting problem. And he knows what it is...the problem is if he forgets to change whatever the setting is...that's what happens. And it doesn't ask him...it just wipes it. |
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03-19-2008, 05:04 PM
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Interesting. I'm glad I haven't had that problem.
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03-19-2008, 05:07 PM
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I have a friend who has a Wing (I think) and he was using the Outlook trial version. When the trial of Outlook expired he said it deleted all his contacts from the phone. Not sure if there was anything he did wrong, but it shouldn't have done that.
I know Outlook is good in that when it deletes an item it goes into Deleted Items on the PC, so it's fairly easy to recover. Does the iPhone handle deleted items this way?
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03-19-2008, 05:14 PM
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I sync with a program called ical and address book. I backup ical and address book frequently and I also use Time Machine so my backups are automatic every hour. If I every lose anything, I can go back to any date in time and correct it.
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