I have had the iPhone for a week now and here are some of my thoughts.
- I am still fascinated by the touch UI. The touch is fairly precise, although I am still learning gestures. The gesture I like the best so far is the slide to page up/down and sideways. The best demonstrative application with this gesture is the iPod's cover flow.
- The design of the Safari browser is outstanding, it really brings the reality of browsing on a small device. It does have some bugs and it does not work with all web site, but the concepts are innovative.
- The virtual keyboard is interesting and I am still getting use to it. It is suppose to learn from your touch, I have not seen this, but maybe I have not used it enough.
- The overall design is outstanding, the screen is clear, bright and the form factor feels good in your hand.
What I find missing:
- Bluetooth, A2DP/AVRCP profiles for wireless stereo/remote control, com profile for GPS accessories and syncing with iTunes. I find this to be a big omission.
- Exchange ActiveSync server. When you don't have the auto synchronization of contacts, calendar events, and tasks you really miss it. I don't want to think about where I enter or update (PC, web, or mobile device) a contact, calendar event or task, however I want to be able to access that entry from any device without having to plug in. Before I ever used Exchange ActiveSync server, I thought it would be nice but no necessary. Now if I don't have it, I miss it. Maybe Apple is working on something similar, we will have to wait and see.
- No cut and paste functionality. I find this hard believe.
- No 3G, not that I can use it since I am on T-Mobile...
As part of the unlocking process with iBrickr, you need to install the core PXL platform. This platform allows you to run 3rd party applications. The growing list can be found here.
The iPhone is a great entertainment, and web browsing mobile device, it will interesting to see where Apple takes it...
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