My (demo) iPhone part 4

Phone restored and apps working fine! Took some work but once I cleaned up the phone (again) then auth'd it for iTunes use all was well. Again, if trouble happens to someone traveling that requires erase / reset it could be a little bumpy.

Today's testing is all about the coverage - can you hear me now? oh, wait, that's Verizon. I'll be taking the demo iPhone on my travels around town and will report back on coverage v. VZW -

Later,

A.R.T.

My (demo) iPhone part 3

So I reset / cleared all data on the demo iPhone - guess what, you need to connect it to iTunes to get things going after doing an erase. This is probably not real convenient for folks on the road, traveling etc. Seems like it could create challenges in the Enterprise too - who wants to depend on a desktop app to keep a smartphone going. BTW - you can make emergency calls after an erase but before connecting to iTunes, so I guess all isn't lost, just most.

So I did the connect to iTunes and got the phone up and running - I'm now having issues when installing apps - they launch then immediately terminate, so this is today's challenge - figure out why apps like Twitterific etc won't run.

I'm really liking the mapping app and the gestures for zooming - very nice.

More to come,

A.R.T.

My (demo) iPhone part 2

Ok, so I just decided to "erase all" on the demo iPhone - the iPhone told me that it will take an hour to erase all data & reset. I don't know about you, but my 755P resets & erases all data in about 30 seconds. The Samsung i760 I was playing with last week "erased all" in less than a minute. So why so long for an iPhone? I'm not sure, a couple Google searches didn't return any solid clues, perhaps it's just me and I need to keep searching. Working on mysteries without any clues...

More to come.

From my bunker with demo iPone (wiating for it to erase),

A.R.T.

My (demo) iPhone

AT&T was kind enough to drop off a demo iPhone - I get to spend the next couple weeks putting it through its paces. It's only been a couple hours and I already see issues with the AT&T network v. my current Verizon network. If the AT&T network is slower than Verizon and I get signal is fewer places, what good is an iPhone?

So far the touch screen / UI really rocks, I'm not so convinced of the usability of the on-screen keyboard - it's just too small and since not every app rotates, you're stuck with a small keyboard. Perhaps I just have fat thumbs...

Exchange / access to my email setup quickley & easily.

But if the AT&T network is a step down, why do I need an iPhone?

BTW - the test will be a Palm 775P on Verizon against the iPhone - fair? who cares, it's my test.

More to come.

On PDA's

Every time I try WinMo, I get hurt. Every time I give up on my trusty Treo, I suffer. But I sure wish Palm would pick up the pace and do some serious work on the Plam OS: the Palm devices and OS need some updating - big time.

Back in the day, the Treo was the iPhone. Even today, the Palm Desktop seems to work better / faster on OSX / Mac. So why does it seem like Palm gave up and is lagging far behind in bringing new devices and a better Palm OS to market? I have no idea. I do know that I've given up on WinMo, I'm not going to try it again, no matter how loud or sweetly the gadget gods sing. I love my Treo 755P - it's faster than any WinMo device, I can use it with one hand, and the quick launch buttons really make my life easy. While the grass often looks greener, it isn't. The key to getting along with your PDA, is to stick with what you know and not "jumping ship" for every pretty PDA that washes down the river.

If only iPhone were a Verizon device...

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