Archive for June 26th, 2009

I’ve had my iPhone for a week now. This is the point in time at which flaws and annoyances begin to rear their ugly heads. I’ve got to say that I’ve been pleasantly surprised to see that these are few and far between. What I’m left with, as of today, is a feeling of amazement – that I’m still somewhat in awe of how seemlessly the interface functions, how easy everything is to use, and how Apple seems to have thought of just about everything.

If I have a gripe, I suspect it will be with battery life, but that’s only because I’ve been on it so much. Not sure, short of using an OLED screen, what they could do to fix this, but from what I hear, the 3G S is a lot better than the 3G in that respect.

By comparison, at this stage of the game with the Windows Mobile phone, I was busy making excuses for the OS, doing my best to explain away the problems, like some newlywed who’s desperately trying to believe that their spouse is “just a little stressed” and not really abusive.

Ouch.

That leads me to what I think is a huge mistake that Apple and AT&T are making regarding the marketing of the iPhone. Read the rest of this entry »