Jaye

So here I sit typing to you all on my new iPhone...

This thing is crazy cool, it is also touch screen crack, but hey who needs human interaction.

Drew12

iPhone-ication

jsigone

I'll stick with my pearl 2 err crackberry

Drew12

I have the pearl, great little device..
Although the phone feature is not of the highest quality..

jsigone

True but I use the phone part like 10% of the time.

merider1

I love my crackberry but I do see the appeal of the iPhone. It was kind of funny, though, when Joel kept telling me how to use his the other day at the SB Century ride. Too weird to "slide" the buttons. I'm a touchtone type myself.

Drew12

I too prefer touching buttons!!!

herbm

The main issue is if you need to connect to corporate email...crackberry is the only real way if you want full sync...

Drew12

The company has me 60 hrs a week...
the crackberry is all mine! they can get their own.

bbp

welcome to the iphone family

mkadam68

I'm tying to patiently wait for v2.0. Now that they upgrade the iPod Touch to 32GB, I figure there may be something in the works for the iPhone.

Jaye

The corresponding iPhone update is that it is now available in 16gb for $100 more.

Jaye

With the crackberry's I looked at it seemed like I was always missing at least one feature I wanted to have. The curve has a camera but no wifi, the 8820 has wifi but no camera. The other big thing for me is that I don't need the corporate email side of things and the browser on the iPhone blows the Blackberry stuff away.

Which model do you have me?

prendrefeu

I love the iPhone, but I've decided to wait until the nuvifone hits the market. It is, quite literally, a Garmin+iPhone in one. (except not having all the Mac-syncing apps, sadly it's running a Windows based OS)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy9NCr_n0wE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtD4USzpoLI

bbp

It's kinda big!

magicant

Here's my thoughts after owning it for a few months now (not one of the first adopters, I waited a few months). I've never cared for Apple products or their insistence on closed formats (iPod's lack of compatability with music services other than iTunes being the biggest offense). But I goofed around on a friend's iphone for a few minutes and LOVED it, so I got one.

I haven't used even half of the 8Gigs. But I only put on a few playlists of music, not my entire collection. I HAVE transferred shows from my Tivo to the iPhone ( ) but that's only as a gimmick, I'm not planning on watching shows that way.

The camera is marginally effective and not at all indoors or at night. Internet is great, I use it regularly, but still slow on AT&Ts Edge network. But the ability to view full web pages and easily zoom in to any resolution is fantastic.

It's a couple years away from being a true "all-in-one" device for more than the basics. By the time it gets there, I'll be ready to retire the one I have now.

But the Google Maps is awesome (and the "locator" function that tells you where you are was just added, which is great). It's nice to have that "in a pinch" while out on a ride, if the need comes up. The connection to Yahoo, GMail and POP mail accounts is great.

The touchscreen takes a little getting used to, but the whole interface is incredibly intuitive and easy to use.

Tortise45

Not true. You can use software called Good Messaging which runs on many different PDA's and Smartphones that allows complete synchronization with Exchange. We use it at work and it runs on my tMobile Dash phone. I have complete synch and access to my Exchange mail that is live with maybe a 5 second delay or so.

jsigone

I have the pearl2, camera and video camera but no wifi which is fine because I have the unlimited data package. My wife works at Scripps so we get a 13% discount on each of our plans which help. I like the peral because of the size, fits great in my jersey pocket and is loaded w/ 4gig SDcard for music for my rides.

herbm

They are a Rim competitor....but doesnt work on Iphones as far as I know...and I believe a bit pricier..
And yes I did not mention Windows mobile either...

Jaye

The camera is better than my old phone (RAZR V3XX), the web obviously is great. I love google maps and it was a huge plus especially with the ability to type "starbucks Las Vegas, NV" or anything similar and pull up locations for dozens of them. I hate not knowing where I am going so this is a huge thing for me.

Whenever my wife says "I think we need to turn left..." it drives me nuts, so the certainty is a huge plus. Sure I could just mapquest it first but this is better!

I am glad to hear that the newness doesn't wear off after a few months.

And how the heck did you transfer stuff from your Tivo? lol

Happytime

Thanks for the review, Joel. I've been thinking about getting one.

The one thing that worries me is how tough it is. Sticking it inside my sweaty back pocket on rides doesn't seem to be the best thing. My current phone is ancient and needs replacing, but it can take the abuse I heap upon it.

magicant

I bought a thin transparent overlay to protect the touchscreen. The screen looked to be pretty tough when I used it initially, but I didn't want to risk it with the abuse I heaped on it. I've had the same overlay on it for 3 months and it's wearing a bit and probably time for replacement.

Then I bought a silicone rubber casing for it. If I'm carrying it in my pocket, I don't put the casing on, but when I take it on a ride or throw it into a briefcase, I put the sleeve on to give it extra toughness.

One thing that was funny was when we did the Santa Barbara ride, I couldn't get the touchscreen to work when my fingers were cold. I had to warm them up before I could use the phone!

magicant

I'm a freak about figuring out how to transfer stuff from one device to another - it's a hobby (I love my Slingbox!).

But the Tivo to iPhone was actually pretty easy. TivoToGo Pro has the functionality built in. It transfers the show to your computer, it converts it to a smaller resolution and size and it syncs it when you put your phone on the dock.

merider1

No, you just used me to dial for you, remember?