So after all the ranting and raving about not buying the iPhone, I bought one. Okay there I said it. I admit! I am an iPhone-y!
So after all the ranting and raving about not buying the iPhone, I bought one. Okay there I said it. I admit! I am an iPhone-y!
While I agree that iChat would have been perfect to include, I disagree that YouTube is stupid. I never watch YT while sitting at my computer. I’ve watched it more in the less than 2 weeks I’ve had the iPhone than I’ve watched in since its inception. As I explain further in my 5-minute iPhone review.
Welcome to the club. Apple will do very very well with iPhone. In my company (granted it’s bunch of software engineers) we had 7 people picked up the phone already. It’s spreading….
So, how do you really like it? May be I should ask you in a month.
Om,
Admission is the first step to recovery! 😉
Enjoy it, but maintain your objectivity which we all respect and appreciate.
So we got 14 iPhones at SmugMug. And basically my entire in-law family has them, too. Most used app? YouTube. I was surprised, too.
I liked that pix of yours..rajni ishtyle 😛
I’m disappointed at you. I thought you of all people could hold out.
How’s your diet/weight loss going?
Ha! What happened, Om? Did you lose all self restraint once you entered the store? I have a similar problem every time I walk into an Apple store.
Two months ago I tried in vein to convince myself that I didn’t need a new Mac portable. I walked into my Apple local store…went over to the MacBook display. A salesperson came over to me and asked if I needed some help. As if by reflex I said…”Yes, I’d like to buy a MacBook”.
Moments like that frighten me. I never know what ELSE I may be capable of.
Like Elisa, I rarely watched any YouTube videos on my computer. But I’m findng I use it a lot more on my iPhone. I also love watching Apple movie trailers on it. Good time killer when I’m doing #2. 🙂
http://apple.com/trailers/iphone
Hah! I knew you wouldn’t be able to last! What the hell, for you it’s a biz expense, right?
I am not a big YouTube fan myself (and will welcome iChat when it gets to the iPhone). However, I have found myself watching it more than ever just when I’m waiting for people. That’s if I’m not surfing. The thing is addictive because it’s actually for the first time made mobile web pleasurable. But I probably should back off the YouTube.
I think you’ll find some more things to wish for in addition to iChat, but I would expect some improvements not to far off via software update. At least that’s the promise.
We def don’t need another review (thank you), but I would be interested in your first week’s impressions, particularly compared to whatever you used before (can’t remember).
hahaha..nice pic there, OM, posing v ur iPHONE.
Nick,
now that you ask, i am down by about 21 pounds which makes it about 2 sizes on the waist. i wish rest of the march to 40 was that easy. still 21 means better sleep, less back pain and clothes that don’t fit no more. thanks for asking.
Paul,
I was using N73/E61 combo. I still like those two phones, and it is hard to give them up. I will report back – in less than four lines how i feel about iPhone in a month.
kent,
i think you know exactly how i felt.
I prefer the term “iPhoneicians”
nice dempsey. love it.
Om,
Other than increased page views for Youtube.com, there’s no way for Apple or Google to monetize this traffic. Wonder if the new Nielsen ratings will eliminate iPhone related traffic from their calculations/ ratings. What do you think?
1 more piece of news: Apple has removed the limit 2 per customer restriction on iPhones. This tells me there is plenty of supply in the channel. If you look on eBay, there are only 1000 listings for iPhones; compare to 6000+ last week…
Abbi Vakil
I’m surprised that A-list Bloggers like yourself post articles in incorrect english. As if it’s not enough in emails, IMs and SMS’s! It’s sometimes a pain to read articles by amateur bloggers since they are focussed more on quick posts without really worrying about grammar. However, this can’t be expected from established bloggers with credentials… whatever the size and urgency of the blog post.
Allow me to point out some basic mistakes and corrections in your article:
“visit to the Apple store, and one glance” : Why the “and” after the comma?
“so it cost me pretty” : Write this instead – cost me a pretty big sum (if you must use the word pretty)
“How long I am going to stay….” : Correct usage is – How long am I going to stay…
“…I can’t say?” – The question mark is not needed. The sentence should have read: I can’t say how long I’m going to stay enamored with this device.
“being loyal just doesn’t work for.” – For WHOM? You? Me? Why cut the sentence at for? Are you in a rush?
“It has been two days since I have had one and one conclusion: ” – the words one and one are confusing. Sentence should have been – It has been two days since I’ve used it and there’s one conclusion.
Thanks,
Amit
You should watch videos in Treo and other mobile phones, compared to that watching YouTube in iPhone is 1000 times better.
I couldn’t resist either.
I bought one on opening day but just kept it as a fancy ipod with wifi. but the screen just kept calling out to me.
So starting yesterday, I’m putting my blackberry in the drawer and going cold turkey for one week to see how it goes with the iPhone only.
Should be interesting.
The lack of iChat is almost certainly a AT&T business issue, not a technical issue.
Apple must be secretly releasing some complex molecules in the air that immitate human ferimones and instigate impulsive behavior … Not picking on the iPhone — just the AT&T service … eek!!
This device is so media share friendly. It actually makes it fun sharing video with others and because it doubles as a iPod and a internet tablet it still can be carried with you while you take the sim card out and put it in your media creation device like the Nokia n95 or your business device like the Blackberry. Ingenius!!
Another one bites the dust…
Jackass, after all that moaning about it, lol.
🙂
How’s that industry revolutionary OTA-music-downloading-for-under-$2.99 working for ya? How are you enjoying picture messaging?
I sincerely hope Om will not turn into another columist who’s objectiveness is compromised.
I read a lot about the iPhone and thinking about to buy one.
A guy called “DVD-Jon” released a tool which can crack the iPhone, so that you can use it without AT&T.
It’s like you took the thoughts right out of my head. I’ve been saying all along that I won’t get the first version, that apple will always release a better version later… and now i find myself dreaming of one.
I bought two of them on release day in San Francisco. There was no line at all at 8:30pm. I hope all the people who waited in line had fun doing it!
The first one was for myself and the second one was for my wife. She called me while I was still standing outside the store with the first one in hand and asked me to get her one, so back in I went.
This is the first ‘gadget’ that has ever been fun and exciting for both myself AND my non-techie wife. Almost two weeks in and it’s still the best mobile device I’ve ever had. It hasn’t been as ultimately liberating as my first Treo (270), but it’s a whole lot more fun!
Does anybody know if it is possible to use an iPhone from the US market in Europe’s GSM networks (without the At&T service)?
Of course you bought an iPhone. I would expect you to be on top of the latest and greatest in the tech and wireless world. That’s what you do, and you do it well.
If you have a non-outlook PIM/CRM to synch take a look at http://www.companionlink.com/aboutus/pressreleases/070307.html
Lots of folks have the same reservations for not buying iPhone on one premise or another…. they are actually missing something, or doing wishful-thinking..!
BUT… this new gadget from Apple is not a mere ‘buzz’, nor just an incremental change…. not even a paradigm shift:
It is a phenomena!
And you will know so once you put your hands on one and start toying with it seriously. It will immediately present you with a challenge to try to go back and re-accept the old tools of doing the same (or semi-similar) things!!
You will look back and remember you heard this from me first.
Abe