My iPhone Experiance

As I mentioned on Friday, I decided to do the whole launch day thing for the new iPhone. Arriving at 7am, I never imagined it wouldn't be until 1:30 pm that I would actually be on my way home! I met some pretty fun people in line, so that made the time pass a little quicker.

So was it worth the wait? Not really, but going to an Apple launch day event is one of those things that's fun to do at least once. As far as the phone goes, it's just about everything the first generation phone should have been. Apple was forced into the lesson that ultimately people are going to buy what they want, and not what they get put in front of their face. This is the same thing that many large companies go through. They set out on a bold new front, then fix the misshap on the next go around. Alot of people moving from solidworks 2008 to 2009 will definately see this as well.

The pictures are taken from this phone, and this post is being submitted via the new Typepad application that is available free in the iTunes app store. One of the pictures is a screen shot of my gps location inside Disneys California Adventure. The gps feature is new to this version of the phone. Although it ismt turn by turn navigation, there are a coiple of companies working on releasing an application that provides that functionality For anyone familiar with the park, the locator puts me at the king Neptune bar, which is exactly where I'm at! The other picture is taken looking out over the park from the bar.

So overall the phone is a large improvement, and as more and more applications become available for the phone, it will only get better. Now, who's working on a solidworks model viewer app to submit to Apple?

Comments

[Adam Scheible]

Mike,
Nice write up. I stuck with my original iPhone only because AT&T wanted to extend my contract two years; instead of resetting it. 40 months is way too long to be locked into a plan. The 2.0 software is nice, but runs about 30% slower than 1.x.

Don't take this next comment personally, but please don't end sentences with prepositions.
"the locator puts me at the king Neptune bar, which is exactly where I'm at!" 'at' is not needed. It's my pet peeve.

-Adam

[Matt Lombard]

Mike,

I definitely agree that people moving to 09 (regardless of which version they come from) are going to see the software desperately trying to catch up with what users want.

The iPhone is something I want to need, but I just don't. It looks cool and there are tons of cool things you can do with it, but I don't use all the features on my current phone, which I got for free. I do enjoy the turn by turn directions on my current phone, though.