http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/ Engadget Mobile Comments for http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgetmobile.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/My current xv6700 does all the iPhone can just not as pretty. Release a new iPhone that has all the featueres the xv6700 and then I will buy it.]]>Jun 26th 2007 8:29PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/It.
Doesn't.
n00b.

And you aren't a n00b, you're n00bish, which is worse.]]>Jun 27th 2007 12:25AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/
But wow 300 charges and you need to send the phone in for a recall? This phone sounds like its just a money pit. The pearl can do much of the stuff listed there as pros except possibly wifi til the next reiteration of the pearl. This phone just sounds to me like overhyped hoopla, and a status symbol like whenever someone buys a bmw when they don't need one.]]>Jun 26th 2007 9:09PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 27th 2007 12:51PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/
HORRIBLE! There goes my thoughts for an "evenings / weekend phone"!
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What is this strange, new world?

Surely you're not a developer ;)]]>Jun 26th 2007 11:17PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 27th 2007 10:30AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 26th 2007 9:15PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 26th 2007 10:07PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/i guess email will just have to be used instead.

email to other att people at theirnumber@mms.att.net
verizon at @mypixmessages.com
etc]]>Jun 27th 2007 12:33AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 26th 2007 9:18PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 26th 2007 9:25PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 26th 2007 9:33PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 26th 2007 9:35PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 26th 2007 9:43PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 26th 2007 10:48PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 26th 2007 9:59PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/
I played with one yesterday in a cellphone store and I was surprised by how fugly and bulky the thing is.

http://www.sizeasy.com/page/size_comparison/2680-Apple-iPhone-vs-N95-vs-iPod-Nano

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. . . As for the n95, the form factor of the phone itself is fairly small and COMPACT. It's definitely THICKER than the iPhone, but it's just so compact. I wouldn't exactly call it bulky because it's a lot thinner than my Sharp 903 (that is a REAL bulky phone, but hey, I just bought it for the 3.2MP camera). And yes the keypad is small but I have small fingers so it's ok for me (again, probably a result of the phone being so compact). It's not exactly the best looking phone out there, but the specs sure are awesome. In short, there are other phones out there that are more fugly, but at least the phone has specs to boot.

My 2 cents.]]>Jun 27th 2007 2:54PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 26th 2007 10:02PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 26th 2007 10:30PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 26th 2007 10:57PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/
If it's a top of the line iPod it has vastly too little space. If it's a top of the line phone it lacks many crucial features other phones have. Two bads don't make a good.

Right now I'm pretty happy with the Nokia N75. It is small, has a better camera, and 3G, and it synchronizes flawlessly with iCal and Address Book via iSync.What is ore, it is under $100 with a normal contract, even less via amazon.com. Finally, it uses the Symbian OS (which means you can customize the menus and buttons), there are lots of third party apps and widgets for it, and it runs java-based Gmail quickly and with the same slick interface as the full Mac/PC web version. The only key feature it lacks is Wi-Fi, but 3G is plenty fast.

Maybe the third iteration of the phone will be decent, if it survives the market test and the initial halo effect's wearing off.]]>Jun 27th 2007 12:51AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 27th 2007 3:09AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/
If the iPhone had simply been the iPhone, I might've gotten it, in fact, I had all intentions of doing such. But the iPhone is a device and to use the device that THE CUSTOMER paid for, one must by a gamut of iPhone specific things. To me, too much for too little.

I am a technowhore and I switch between several phones and to pay an absurd amount for an iPlan I'd feel forced to use it and the device isn't an "end all, be all." Although no phone is, this isn't even close (now the 8525, that's a nice piece of machinery).
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It's smexii, revolutionary, but it's also pricey, and Nazily regulated: deal breaker for me.]]>Jun 27th 2007 7:03AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 27th 2007 8:06AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 27th 2007 8:17AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/
Granted, that's a bit like being the best belly dancer on the South Pole... - Tim]]>Jun 29th 2007 9:30AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/]]>Jun 27th 2007 8:57AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/
These reviews suggest something that I've suspected for a while. Everything about this device that is NOT music/video playback, touch interface, or basic voice calling was crammed in as an afterthought. And like most afterthoughts, they are half-assed at best. So, this $500-600 "phone" is one of only, what, 2 GSM phones on the US market that doesn't support SIM cards?

Let me guess: all the Apple engineers all have Verizon and Sprint? "What's a SIM card?"

And my first camera phone--that I bought in 2001--shot video clips. Poor.]]>Jun 27th 2007 9:45AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 27th 2007 9:46AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 27th 2007 10:25AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 27th 2007 12:45PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 27th 2007 11:20AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 27th 2007 11:34AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 27th 2007 11:40AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 27th 2007 12:40PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 27th 2007 5:34PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jul 3rd 2007 1:24AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/How many phones have WiFi AND UMTS? 1. The 8525, and thats it. The rest have UMTS or EDGE. So it's not UMTS AND WIFI on everything, or even almost everything. It's UMTS on most, EDGE/WIFI next, and LAST is UMTS/WIFI. Both the 8125 and the iPhone will have EDGE and WiFi. So as far as being B.S., I don't think so. Again, if it really bothers you, go buy yourself an 8525, and have fun with WM5.]]>Jun 28th 2007 8:50AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/Jun 29th 2007 9:11AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/
Also, it doesn't take me six steps to make a call. Just because it's WinMo doesn't mean it's complicated at all to use. After messing around on a friend's RAZR, I know what bad UI design is like. The lack of input shortcuts, key-/thumbboard, and advanced capabilities (save visual voicemail) make the business end of the iPhone seem convoluted to me--"It's just one big touchscreen!" You can forget E-mail on the go. And yer friggin' SPEED DIAL, too!]]>Jun 29th 2007 2:42PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/06/your-activation.html. Customers are having to wait 6 to 24 hours to get their I-phone working after dropping $500 plus on the device. Great way to make sure their first experience with AT&T and Apple Iphone is one of frustration. ]]>Jun 30th 2007 5:02PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/its Apple's "first" phone, dont be too harsh on them, compare the phone to nokia's first models, some developers just might have forgotten to code few requirements properly.
Also i didnt see this anywhere, but does it have FM radio capabilities?
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