OK… So I LIKE My iPhone
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http://live.pirillo.com/ - Yes, I’ll admit it. I love my iPhone. The experience of using it is unparalleled by any other mobile device I’ve ever used. If you’re going to buy an iPhone, don’t do it because of the hype. Do it because it’s well worth it.
Yes, today I eat crow. Back on June 29th, I blogged about the 20 Reasons I would not be buying an iPhone. While those reasons are still valid in my opinion, my outlook has changed dramatically.
Ponzi bought me the iPhone for my birthday a few days ago. She’s right… I wanted it. I didn’t want the hype; I didn’t want to buy into all of that. I thought I couldn’t live with the shortcomings. But I admit… I was curious to try it for myself
The iPhone has blown me away. Today, I wrote out the 20 reasons I LIKE my iPhone. The small things are what impress me the most. For instance, I have tried three separate Windows-based Bluetooth devices in the past. The iPhone is the only one that sends the battery and signal strength to my dashboard where I can actually see it. How cool is that? It’s like my car got an upgrade instead of my phone.
More of the “little things” that have won me over:
- Email is just easier to read. I was concerned about the functionality with Outlook, but this is just a delight.
- This is by FAR the easiest mobile device to update I’ve come across. I turned on my iPhone; it asked me if I wanted to update. I told it yes; it updated… it was DONE.
- I’m finding myself doing things I never did before on a phone. I can easily check the weather, look at stocks, and even pull up a map.
- Microsoft has been developing operating systems for mobile devices for years. Yet the iPhone makes it look like a snap to open and read a Word document… first edition phone, right out of the gate. Now that is impressive.
- It’s actually simple to switch between calls!
When you can’t wait to use your phone… you know it’s an experience.
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11 Comments
Levi Figueira
August 6th, 2007
at 9:30pm
A few thoughts:
1. I’ve wanted an iPhone for a while. I do live in Portugal, but since I’m moving to the US by the end of this month, I’ll have to REALLY decide whether to get this right away or wait ’till it gets some 3G. I’ve been using 3G on my Nokia 6630, and if the internet speed is “downgraded” it would feel… weird!
2. I’m guessing those monitors are Dells… 24-inchers?? Or 30-inchers??? :o
3. Outlook?? I’m sorry for you… :p (I had to pick on that!) :p
4. Back to the iPhone: If you thought of not using Macs for “good”… this will change with time, am I right?? iPhone got you, soon OSX will get you… and by then you can probably run OSX on PC-or-regular-x86-should-I-say-64-bit hardware. :)
5. Nice to be following your feeds, dear happy-iPhone-owner! (Don’t gimme that “pushed into” **** :p)
Keep it up Chris =D
Michael Markman
August 7th, 2007
at 6:58am
Here’s what nailed it for me: dropping one party off a conference call. I’ve had success with almost every phone (wired and wireless) I’ve used in adding a party to a conference call. Well, failures, too. But I’ve never had any confidence at all in un-conferencing. The iPhone is the first phone to present a U-I that makes it obvious how to drop one of the parties and absolutely clear which party you are hanging up on. Prior to iPhone, it’s alwayas been: “Let’s all hang up and I’ll call one of you back.” Just considering the phone functions, I’ve never seen a better, clearer U-I.
Chris Pirillo loves his iPhone…. « trippin :-/
August 7th, 2007
at 12:33pm
[...] and the post his post here. See I knew he was going to love it, who could resist this glorious gadget? Its awesome, its pretty, it looks fun to use. I want it just because of all it does, I probably would not use it as a phone all that much. But from listening to Chris talk about the different things “it can do” as a phone, I am once more impressed. I have fallen in lust once more. [...]
Chris Pirillo loves his iPhone…. « trippin :-/
August 7th, 2007
at 12:33pm
[...] and the post his post here. See I knew he was going to love it, who could resist this glorious gadget? Its awesome, its pretty, it looks fun to use. I want it just because of all it does, I probably would not use it as a phone all that much. But from listening to Chris talk about the different things “it can do” as a phone, I am once more impressed. I have fallen in lust once more. [...]
lisa coultrup
August 7th, 2007
at 12:35pm
Hey Chris
I KNEW you were going to love this phone, I just knew it :-)
I would love to know though, how can we embed this video on a wordpress blog???
Great review of the phone, you gave me even more reasons to covet it, as if I needed more LOL
lisa coultrup
August 7th, 2007
at 12:35pm
Hey Chris
I KNEW you were going to love this phone, I just knew it :-)
I would love to know though, how can we embed this video on a wordpress blog???
Great review of the phone, you gave me even more reasons to covet it, as if I needed more LOL
Deb
August 7th, 2007
at 1:39pm
I have loved my iPhone since day one! 100% easy and fast activation, navigating the iPhone simple, it’s completely awesome! (I’m no kid either - I’m 56!!)
CapeCodBob
August 7th, 2007
at 8:12pm
P: “I’m finding myself doing things I never did before on a phone. I can easily check the weather, look at stocks, and even pull up a map.”
Even when you don’t need to do any of those things at that moment.
TabletBlog.com by ThoughtFix
August 28th, 2007
at 8:36am
Once the hype settled down and sales were in the “disappointing” category for Apple, I thought I’d hear less about the iPhone. Then it happened: people started hacking it like they got lessons from OJ Simpson himself. Even smart tech bloggers I like (Chris Pirilloand John Tokash are my most revered examples) love theirs iPhones. I suffer from iPhone envy. I do. I’m bored with my Motorola Q and have had numerous problems with it. The only reason I still have it is because I need mobile broadband and am tethered
TabletBlog.com by ThoughtFix
August 28th, 2007
at 8:36am
Once the hype settled down and sales were in the “disappointing” category for Apple, I thought I’d hear less about the iPhone. Then it happened: people started hacking it like they got lessons from OJ Simpson himself. Even smart tech bloggers I like (Chris Pirilloand John Tokash are my most revered examples) love theirs iPhones. I suffer from iPhone envy. I do. I’m bored with my Motorola Q and have had numerous problems with it. The only reason I still have it is because I need mobile broadband and am tethered
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February 23rd, 2008
at 11:22pm
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