iPhone features, pros, cons
I just read an article on the iPhone and watched a video on the features, pros and cons of the iPhone by Walter S. Mossberg and Katherine Boehret of the Wall Street Journal online iPhone review.
I just wrote a quick list of the iPhone features, pros and cons list here. The iPhone I believe will the next big seller for Apple. I believe it will take a year or so before it really catches on with the masses since it’s still quite an expensive system. It definitely raises the bar for all the other phone manufacturers and this is where the cell market is headed. Kudos to Apple and Steve Jobs for creating an excellently-designed product. Maybe they should help design an Apple car. Wouldn’t that be cool?
price - $499 for 4 GB or $599 for 8 GB
- AT&T offering special monthly plan for iPhone with unlimited Internet and email use for $60 to $220 per month. AT&T plans from the iPhone is chosen when you connect to the iTunes software
- 3.5-inch display
- front made of glass that is scratch resistant
- scratch-resistant body
- three buttons: sleep/wake, volume control, mute
- weight 4.8 oz
- dimensions 4.5×2.4×0.46″
- bluetooth capable
- included accessory iPod earbud with microphone
pros
- voice calling
- iPod features (music and video playback)
- full web browser with multiple webpage browsing
- email
- synch capability with Windows and MAC using iTunes
- highest resolution of any smart phone (328×480)
- 4 GB or 8 GB internal memory
- long battery life
- works overseas on AT&T roaming
- Wi-Fi capable
- automatic switching from slow EDGE technology to Wi-Fi network when it’s available
- web browser and photo display automatically readjusts to vertical or horizontal format when iPhone is turned
- auto-word completion, auto spellcheck
- capability of connecting to most popular email services (eg. Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, EarthLink and more)
- connect to Microsoft Exchange system feature
- “push” email feature to iPhone users similar to Blackberry’s email service utilizing Yahoo Mail
- email preview; photo attachements open automatically; can open MS Word, Excel and PDF files but cannot save or edit these files
- 8 hours talk time, 24 hours continuous music playback, 7 hours continous video playback, 6 hours of continuous web browsing (9 hours according to
- displays names or number who left voice mail
- synching with iTunes on MACs and Windows to transfer photos, music, videos, contacts, calendar and browsing favourites (Outlook synching capable)
- widgets for weather info, stock info, Google Maps
- additional software add-on via the web browser
- 2-megapixel built-in camera
cons
- works only with AT&T (formerly Cingular)
- data network uses slow AT&T’s slower EDGE technology rather than AT&T’s fastest data network
- may need adapter for current iPod headphones to fit with headphone jack
- currently does not recognize all car adapters for music playback
- no cut, copy, paste feature
- need to stop music when you wish to do something else like email
- need to navigate to a different screen when typing in a comma or period
- no memory-expansion slots
- cannot remove battery for backup battery
- name or numbers not easily accessible (you need to scroll through contact list, call list or favourites)
- no weekly views with calendar
- no group emailing capability
- no real-time GPS navigation
- no instant messaging but text messaging capable
- camera cannot record video
- no support for Adobe Flash in web browser yet
- no games yet, no direct access to iTunes music store