Apple just gave us 15 minutes with the iPhone.
To be frank, I was surprised Apple doesnt usually grace us with this kind of love.
I guess they liked our iPhone posts from last month.
The legends say Woz and Steve love to pull pranks.
What do I really think of it?
Well CD players and iPods both play music.
But elegant design at the fundamental level of how it plays tunes is what helped it transcend the category.
From what I saw, first hand, I think the iPhone is going to do this for cellies.
I have a bit of sympathy for our friends at RIM and Nokia
First thing I did?
I called my mom.
Mom, I said.
Im calling you from an iPhone
Mom says, Where?
I said, Uh, its a gadget people have been waiting for for a long time.
Never mind, Ill call you later.
Then I dug into the features.
Its easy to say how it worked it did just the way its supposed to, per the Keynote.
The experience is very OS X like.
So, lets go through each feature.
Keep in mind this isnt the final firmware or hardware.
They have months to fix whatever I bitch about.
Phone calling: Sound is clearer than average.
The number pad is tucked away, so they depend on you having most numbers in speed dial.
Thats ok. Soft buttons are never going to be as fast as hard buttons.
These were good, there wasnt much delay.
But wihtout tactile feedback, its a little strange.
(The faux dialtones are cool.)
Screen: Most gorgeous ever.
Dark, and contrasty.
Gestures: They work!
Multitouch is great for zooming photos.
Im being picky, though.
you could set the video to native res, instead of filling the screen.
Maybe that was the 320 version of Pirates.
Music: Um, I flipped through some songs, but without headphones, I didnt listen.
Images: You saw it from our liveblog.
Thumbnails, and zooming using gestures.
Didnt check Flash or Java/Javascript support.
Flipped to landscape when I tilted (but only one side.)
Zooming in with a touch and then back out made sense.
And landscape mode is awesome.
Keyboard: The softkey, on screen buttons are small.
Think index finger, not thumb.
Maybe I wasnt doing it right.
(Am I making sense?)
SMS: Didnt try.
Email: Typed around a bit.
Wish the fields for To, and CC were smaller fonts.
But I guess when you go to the main message field, it scrolls down.
Google Maps: Perfect.
I believe so, but will let you know if I am wrong.)
Widgets: Weather and Stocks are identical to the OS X Dashboard Widgets.
Great
Camera: The camera didnt refresh fast in the dark meeting room.
I wasnt that impressed, but it was pretty dark.
RAM Vmail: Didnt check, but looked at the messages, seemed straight forward.
Multitasking: Didnt have time to check!
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