iPhone impressions.
The iPhone is terrific. Over the next few days there
will be tons of posts talking about the good and the
bad. I don't want to repeat all the common comments.
My impressions that the screen is great and the
typing takes getting used to are just a few that
match the general opinion. Here are some comments I
have that I haven't seen posted yet.
1. I am disappointed that there doesn't seem to be a
manual way to add iPod content to the iPhone. You
MUST use the sync features. That is fine for people
with one computer, but I have a computer at home, and
a computer at work, and I like to add content from
both locations. Now I can't. Fortunately, that's a
software issue that will hopefully be fixed in an
update.
2. On syncing, it recognizes playlists of TV shows,
and Playlists of Music, but you have to select movies
manually. You can't sync a specific playlist of
movies unless they are labeled as TV Shows of Music
Videos.
3. When you watch a TV Show on it, at the end of the
show the iPhone asks if you want to delete the show
to save space. Then when you sync, it doesn't re-add
the show to the iPhone, but it does increment the
playcount on the computer.
4. Mail accessed my IMAP server without a problem,
but only accessed the main inbox and not any
subfolders.
5. Speakerphone is so quiet that it's almost
unusable.
That's it for now. More as I play...