I have an iPhone
02/07/07 08:03 Filed in: Technology
I waited in line at the Fashion Island Apple Store
for 13 hours on Friday to get my iPhone.
But it was worth it. Hanging with my Apple brethren
was very enjoyable. The 13 hours went quickly.
The store opened at 6pm and by 6:20 I was back to my car with iPhone in hand. Unlike other phones they don't activate it in the store, which is part of the reason you're in and out of the store so fast. You activate it yourself through iTunes. The iTunes activation went very smooth. BUT my phone wouldn't place calls. It could receive calls but not make calls. I called at&t who said all iPhone support is with Apple. So I called Apple and was on hold for 15 mins or so... this is about 9:30pm Friday night. Just before I got through to Apple tech support, I tried to place a call again and it worked! It's been fine ever since. Guess it just took the at&t network a while to completely move the number over from my old phone. From what I hear other people have had worse activation issues.
My first impression when seeing and using the real thing for the first time is that it's smaller than I expected. Second impression is that is definitely has the Apple look and feel. It has no hard edges... feels great in your hand. Of course it looks very much like a Mac as it runs the Mac OS. It has that beautiful look, the elegance I expected.
There are so many things the iPhone can do that calling it a phone is a huge understatement. It's more like a palm-top computer. It's almost a laptop replacement... lots of computer power in my pocket... pretty neat!
I keep thinking I'd like the screen to be bigger when on the Web. It's not going to become my main web browser that's for sure. The keyboard seems small too. But they say you get used to it after a week or so.
Overall I'm totally happy with it. I expect to become even more fond of it as I use it more.
The store opened at 6pm and by 6:20 I was back to my car with iPhone in hand. Unlike other phones they don't activate it in the store, which is part of the reason you're in and out of the store so fast. You activate it yourself through iTunes. The iTunes activation went very smooth. BUT my phone wouldn't place calls. It could receive calls but not make calls. I called at&t who said all iPhone support is with Apple. So I called Apple and was on hold for 15 mins or so... this is about 9:30pm Friday night. Just before I got through to Apple tech support, I tried to place a call again and it worked! It's been fine ever since. Guess it just took the at&t network a while to completely move the number over from my old phone. From what I hear other people have had worse activation issues.
My first impression when seeing and using the real thing for the first time is that it's smaller than I expected. Second impression is that is definitely has the Apple look and feel. It has no hard edges... feels great in your hand. Of course it looks very much like a Mac as it runs the Mac OS. It has that beautiful look, the elegance I expected.
There are so many things the iPhone can do that calling it a phone is a huge understatement. It's more like a palm-top computer. It's almost a laptop replacement... lots of computer power in my pocket... pretty neat!
I keep thinking I'd like the screen to be bigger when on the Web. It's not going to become my main web browser that's for sure. The keyboard seems small too. But they say you get used to it after a week or so.
Overall I'm totally happy with it. I expect to become even more fond of it as I use it more.
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