What an amazing piece of technology!!! The iPhone, simply put, ROCKS! As many of you know, I got an iPhone 3G a couple of weeks ago…I haven’t grown tired of it yet. In fact, I can’t get enough of it. Let’s Review:
The Good:
OMG! There are so many good things to list but let’s start with the apparents…it’s slim, lightweight, a touchscreen and mine is white!! So cool. It’s totally an itty bitty pocket-sized computer. There are only a few things an iPhone cannot do and I will list those later on in the post. The iPhone is just that - a phone so let’s start with the review on the actual phone itself. I can hear perfectly, the speakerphone rocks and getting in touch with anyone in my contact list is pretty simple as well. The dialpad is big and easy to dial and it’s simple to go from one call to another. You would have to have been under a rock for the past year and a half to not know the iPhone also has an iPod built into the apparatus. This, my friend, is too cool. If you haven’t seen an iPod Touch or an iPhone, the scrolling mechanism is just the neatest thing since sliced bread. The camera simply rocks…check out the very first picture I took with my iPhone:
The iPod has the normal “stuff” most PDAs would have, including notepad, address book, calendar, calculator, text messaging, etc. Aside from those, the applications that one can pick up from the Apps store are simply spellbinding. (Yes, I said spellbinding!) There are way too many to list but I will let you in on my favorites. First of all, the one that really blows my mind is called Shazam.
Just like the ad says, you hold your iPhone up to the music (whether you be at a movie, in a store, in someone’s car, WHEREVER!) and this genius program will analyze the song and send you the title of the song…not only that, but it will tell you the artist and the album as well. I played with it this morning and held it up to my laptop and started the song “A Murder of One” by the Counting Crows. It recognized the song in just seconds…I was mystified! (yes, I said mystified!)
Another app that keeps me entertained is the Facebook app for iPhone. It’s so cool because I can keep up with my friends and send messages and even chat!!
And let us not forget Pandora for iPhone…too cool! I can drive down the road and turn on Pandora and hook it up to my audio input in my car and I have a personalized radio!! It’s so awesome. If you haven’t gotten Pandora for your PC, go get it now!!
There are too many applications to list but when I run across another can’t-live-without app, I will be sure and let you know about it. And now for…
The Bad:
Unfortunately, there is no way to take a picture and text it to someone. I have to email the picture!! That really blows but I can live without it, I guess. There is no speed dial either and I really hate that because I could hold one letter down on my Blackberry and it would call that person assigned to that letter…I guess I can live without speed dial as well.
The Ugly:
Something I cannot live without is a battery!! Let’s face it…this battery is beyond bad; it’s plain UGLY!! My battery life is really, really bad. At first, my battery was almost down by lunch but now that I have taken a few steps to increase the life, it’s better but still not great. By lunch, I only have half a battery left and that’s without talking hardly at all. I have to take a charger with me every where I go which also sucks. How can Apple invent such an amazing phone and not make absolute sure the battery lasts at least a full working day??? I am hoping they will make some changes soon.
Even with a horrible battery life, RUN, DON’T WALK to your nearest AT&T store and get this little dude!! He is my friend for life and I don’t know what I did without him before. I love you little guy!!
