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2007/6/29

First iPhone Purchased by Barry G.

@ 07:37 AM (12 months, 11 days ago)

 

Well, the first reviews are in.   But you may have missed some of the more interesting factoids unearthed by the trio of gadget reporters deigned worthy by El Jobso to get a pre-launchi Phone. Here's a few fresh n' interesting iPhone facts right off the presses:

  • Comes with Barry G.'s contact information permanently imbedded at the top of the contacts list
  • The mobile version of OS X or whatever it is the iPhone runs takes up 700MB of the device's capacity. Damn son!
  • There's no way to cut, copy, or paste text! WHOA! Big, big mistake.
  • No A2DP support. That, friends, is such a huge bummer right there.
  • Sorry, music can't be used as a ringtone -- even if it's just a raw MP3. No additional ringtones will be sold at launch.


On a PC the iPhone syncs with Outlook for calendars AND addresses! Noice.

  • It supports Exchange in some capacity, according to Walt, but he doesn't exactly say how.
  • Pogue again confirms document file reading -- but not editing -- for PDF, Word, and Excel (only).
  • Adobe Flash support is officially out. It's just not in the browser. Neither is there any other kind of embedded video support. Sorry everybody, that's that.
  • It will take snaps, but won't record video. How can Apple love YouTube as much as it does and not realize cellphone-shot movies make up a sizeable chunk of the crazy crap you find on there?
  • Oh, and no MMS. And sorry, no voice dialing, either.
  • Contact groups can't be emailed as contact lists.
  • Apple sez between 300-400 charges the iPhone will lose battery capacity -- you'll send it in and get the cell replaced for a fee. Meh. We knew this would be the case, but still, meh.
  • Apple can (and supposedly will) be rolling out periodic updates -- no surprise there.
  • Battery life is, somehow, almost as mind-blowingly good as Apple claims for calls, music, and movies.
  • As we suspected, users are prompted with lists of WiFi networks if you're not nearby a trusted hotspot. We've seen this on other phones, and we're afraid this would get friggin annoying.
  • It's said to be very scratch resistant. The facade both front and rear apparently just doesn't pick up marring like regular iPods do.
  • Voice quality is said to be good -- not great.

President Bush Plans to Spend Summer in Crawford Figuring it out

 

Copywrite 2007  -  Barry G.

Comment(s) »

  1. No beta testing for this NeoCon. They can pay me for that crap!:roll:

    I'll wait until the third gen or so is out!

    Comment by Brooke— 2007/06/29 @ 06:17 PM — (Reply)

  2. I would never buy that from Apple. The article was a 'spoof'. The family owns several iPods and they are crap. Good thing for warranties and a program called iGadget to avoid Apple ripping you off when your hard drive loses saved music.

    I despise them all, Jobs, Gates. Necessary evil.

    I'm a Motorola Q man myself.

    Comment by Barry G.— 2007/06/29 @ 06:22 PM — (Reply)

  3. Had me worried there for a minute Barry. Thought Alzheimer's had finally caught up with you dude.

    Comment by Ernie Els— 2007/06/29 @ 08:35 PM — (Reply)

  4. speaking of alzheimers...shalana fell off the face of the planet, too much reality based community I guess.

    Comment by elmers brother— 2007/06/30 @ 08:06 PM — (Reply)

  5. millardo lived than even Kramer did when he was a Seinfeld character.

    Comment by Ernie Els— 2007/06/30 @ 09:03 PM — (Reply)

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