iPhone Mania

[bcjenkins]

Man... Anyone else bother wasting time with ATT? After I stood in line for 3 hours, they sold out (2 hours early and it took them forever to sell phones. They were running full credit checks). I got there two hours early, met some new folks from the office though and it was cool. Good news was the Apple Store was stocked and there was no line, although there was one 300+ when it opened. Only took them 90 minutes to clear it out. Lot's of hype, it'll be interesting to see if it is worth it.

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[matrix35]

can you post your experience in a few days? would like to see if the hype was worth it.

[mohanman]

I picked one up yesterday. Waited in line for 2 hours in georgia out in the middle of nowhere. Not too many people. I checked ebay right when I got home. Some it looked like went for $1000.00, and some $10-15,000 but I am not sure those were real. I weighed the pros and cons of selling on ebay, as I spent a total of $640. But me being a gadget freak decided to open it. It is a GREAT product. So easy to use, looks awesome, so many cool features.

Cons:
PRICE!!!
The stupid headphone jack. It doesnt accept standard headphones without a special adaptor. I think that is dumb.

So, because I could have made $400.00 by selling it on ebay, and the overall price of $600 + tax for this thing, I am now depressed.

I may return it with a 10% restocking fee. Overall came out a looser, but had fun with it for a day or two.

mo!

[bcjenkins]

Is there such a shortage that ebay is needed? http://www.apple.com/retail/iphone/ Oh and if you are switching to ATT from some other carrier for the iphone, don't short yourself. Sign up for a regular contract first get FREE or discounted phone for your new 2 years.

All the stores in my state are green.

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[flavius]

There's plenty iPhone's in NH - I went and got a couple on Saturday. There was hardly anybody else in the store (all of them buying iPhones, though).

Then on Sunday, I went to Bets Buy to buy a car charger and happened to pull it from my pocket. You wouldn't believe what happened - within 15 seconds I was surrounded by sales associates - literally asking if they could hold it, touch it.

In January, when I tuned in to listen to Steve Jobs, I dropped everything and got glued to the screen when he pulled the iPhone out of his pocket. I was on a high all day, don't know why, really.

Don't laugh now: The only analogy that comes to my mind, right now, is the feeling I had when the Berlin wall came down. I was not behind that wall, you know, and it was different when my son was born, much deeper. But I will never forget that day.

Well, it's just a phone, rather the first true handheld computer. At work, I'm surrounded by blackberrys, and despite that I'm a true gadget man, I couldn't care less about those.

Ultimately, I think, this is about beauty and elegance, it just warms up our cold world a little bit.

[sakker]

It absolutely is the best phone I have ever had. Reception, well, that's dependent on your area. AT&T has decent coverage here compared to T-Mobile who I switched from.

I used to carry a pda separately. I gave up on that about 2 years ago and have always debated getting the Treo but I have read too many bad reviews of it I never could pull the trigger. I've been holding off and holding off in getting a new phone ever since I saw the demo's of the iphone. I told myself I was going to wait until at least 1 month after release to squash some of the initial bugs. I didn't, and I do not regret it one bit.

Edge speed is slow, but everyone knew that. I have a wired/wireless network at home so if I did want to browse something on it here it isn't an issue.

Here is the thing about Apple. I am guessing it is this way on desktops also, but definitely with this phone. It is just damn slick. It all just works, and it works well. It has eye candy and it is extremely functional. It may have been thought of and details worked out by techies, but it was designed by a designer, and there is a big difference in those two.

So far I can't say anything bad about it, only why didn't they do things like this sooner. I would encourage anyone thinking about it, or on the verge to do it.

[dflachbart]

Originally Posted by flavius

Don't laugh now: The only analogy that comes to my mind, right now, is the feeling I had when the Berlin wall came down.

Oh boy...


Dirk

[rickgillyon]

Originally Posted by flavius

Don't laugh now: The only analogy that comes to my mind, right now, is the feeling I had when the Berlin wall came down.

Sorry, I couldn't help a little chuckle...

[flavius]

I grew up in Europe in the sixties and served at the NATO HQ as an officer when both sides where loaded with mini nukes (and bigger ones), ready to annihilate each other...

I was overjoyed when the wall came down, and scared. Since I knew there were about 400,000 Russian troops in East Germany with too much time on their hands.

This time, I'm not scared.

Since this is a thread about the iPhone. I'm an engineer who works in the field. It's quite easy for me to put myself in the shoes of those people who created this incredible piece of technology, but this is not only about technology, it is just as much about art, in this case the art of industrial design which is not a lesser one by any means, not even even a recent one. We can see it on display in our museums, going back at least 2,500 years, probably more when artists started creating true masterpieces of art (as we see them) - things meant to be used in everyday life that survived to this day, because of their .. what exactly? Quality? Craftmanship? The impact they had and continue to have on people?

I look at the iPhone as a piece of art. I look at Steve Jobs as one of the greats in industrial design.

[rickgillyon]

Originally Posted by flavius

this incredible piece of technology

I can't really see what's so incredible, I'm afraid. I don't have one (I'm not US-based), and I can see it looks nice, and I'm sure they've done a good job with the software but...it has fewer features and less expandability than most of the smartphones/PDAs on the market, despite being more expensive. I really can't see the appeal.

Then again, I've been stunned to see the growth of the iPod, which gained huge market share at the expense of better players already in the market. Apple certainly do marketing and hype well! I guess given the market share of the iPod, the iPhone was always going to take off. But given the lack of features, it won't be going in my pocket.

[jdamore]

Curious whats inside?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPhciMud0MM

[bcjenkins]

http://code.google.com/p/telekinesis/

Applescript

[flavius]

I saw that. And lots of other stuff.

I am using the instant messenger from beejive (alpha).

[jdamore]

Will it blend?

Watch and see

http://www.willitblend.com/videos.as...e&video=iphone

[hemicuda]

too much time any $$$ on their hands. wish i could throw that kinda cash around on a whim.

[bcjenkins]

Originally Posted by flavius

I saw that. And lots of other stuff.

I am using the instant messenger from beejive (alpha).

try im from http://tybyim.com

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[Fluffdaddy]

I been a gadget freak since I bought a RadioShack TRS-80 with my first income tax refund check. But I just don't get the "fancy" phone craze.

I just need something I can make an receive calls with some lite texting on the side