OT – The iPhone, does it work?

[Walter Biscardi]

A newspaper report this morning notes that AT&T “juiced up” the EDGE network on Friday just before the launch. So I guess they’re trying to answer the critics about the slower connection. That’s a good sign.

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[Dan Riley]

Here’s a better review because it actually talks about THE PHONE.
It so strange that all over the web, all the blogs, all the forums,
nobody is talking about the quality (or lack there of) of the phone itself.
Apparently it’s not so good, and this is my main reason to wait until
version 2. The rest of it seems pretty neat.

https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2082435,00.asp

Dan

[Gary Adcock]

[msacci] ” cannot believe there is no bcc – I would like to send a bcc to an account set up just for sent iPhone emails without anyone getting a hold of it.”

yes you do it is a pref in the settings.

Same story here, walked in after dinner on friday about 10:30 pm took longer to park in downtown chicago than it did to buy the phone.

I agree that surfing on EDGE is painfully slow, but the phone is one of the best wifi finders I have ever seen, stopped at a light I could see 10 wireless routers from my car, even tells you if they are locked.

I was able to set up and transfer my cingular account in about 5 min on Sat am.

first acc i got was a ruggedized case for mine.

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[Michael Sacci]

I see settings for cc but nothing for bcc

I need to pick up a case tomorrow

I’ve used the phone a it and it sounds just fine to me. I got much better reseption at my house on this vs Verizon and I live in downtown Nashville

I’m loving it but I will give this one to my son when v2 comes out

One thing that will not a lot of bad press is the headphone jack is recessed so a lot of plugs will not fit someone needs to make an adapter

[Jeff Carpenter]

Hard to say. You have a site saying it sounds the worst, here’s another that says it tested as one of the best:

https://gizmodo.com/gadgets/apple/iphone-scientifically-rated-verdict-great-call-quality-273914.php

Who knows?

[Dan Riley]

Probably has a lot to do with where you are, as much as the phone itself.
In Seattle, ATT service is spotty. You drive around town and you lose calls.
You also get weird digital sounds, like multipath but worse. Bad quality audio.
That’s why I switched to Verizon, which has been the best service I’ve
ever had, since owning my first cell phone in 1991.
It’s just a shame Apple had to do an exclusive deal with one carrier.
Why not make great phones that can run on any carrier?
One for GSM and one for CDMA?

Dan

[Walter Biscardi]

Ok, so you spend between $500 – $600 to get one and then you immediately break it apart? Sounds insane to me, but I guess when you have nothing better to do…….

https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19540038/

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[Greg Rivera]

Absolutelyl love it so far, though activation was a nightmare – waited 36 hours and spent 10 hours on phone with customer service to get it activated. I ported my number fron Verizon – but I know of others who had no problems porting their numbers – just unlucky I guess.

I don’t think I would have been as frustrated with the activation process if they would only let you use all the other features besides the phone – but totally locked until AT&T activates it, so no iPod or anything until they send an activation email.

The feature I’d like to see added the most is Flash Video in Safari.

It was well worth the wait!

[Walter Biscardi]

[Greg Rivera] “Absolutelyl love it so far, though activation was a nightmare – waited 36 hours and spent 10 hours on phone with customer service to get it activated. I ported my number fron Verizon – but I know of others who had no problems porting their numbers – just unlucky I guess.”

Sounds like folks porting their numbers over from another service did have the most problems. I guess no matter how much you plan for a major product rollout, you’re still going to have problems with a launch of that size.

I have to say I’m impressed overall though as the launch went incredibly smooth considering how many people purchased / activated their phones at once.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Walter Biscardi]

[Greg Rivera] “The feature I’d like to see added the most is Flash Video in Safari.”

Can you download the flash plug-in? That’s what I did with our regular computers here.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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HD Editorial & Animation for Broadcast and independent productions.

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