Archive for January, 2009

iPhone….

Is the iPhone any good? The answer to this question is hell yeah. I am writing the post from my iPhone. Yes the keyboard gets annoying in portrait but its as good as any other I have used. First off, why did I get one? Well I planned on using a nice nokia n96 on payg to save a few pennies but it turns out that I ended up using it more than I thought and it cost me more than a contract. I thought that the Nokia N96 was the best phone out there but how wrong was I.There are some downfalls with the iPhone and one is the shite camera with no video capability and two the inability to handle MMS messages. This is no major deal to me because (a) I never really take pictures with my phone or video (b) I dont ever get MMS messages and never send them, but it does not matter anyway because there is a free app that adds MMS capabilities to the phone (although not natively). What I do like doing with my phone is getting email and using the internet and in my opinion there is no better phone for this at the moment (although I am looking forward to them adding flash lite properly rather than their weird flash support at the moment).

I never originally wanted an iPhone and thought that it looked weird in the pics and that it was a gimmick. I was wrong, it is amazing I kid you not. Even my mum was impressed when I showed it to her and believe me when I say she has never been impressed with any other gadget I have shown her in the past. I hope to write a proper review at a later date with what I think of it over time and any apps that I recommend. It has even inspired me to try out developing my own app for it, but I need to get a mac again first and I have no money left. I have been planning on getting a new macbook air or pro because I missed my old macbook pro more than I thought but my employer was good enough to get me a new laptop and I cant complain at all with what they got me – a Dell XPS M1730 fully loaded.