Good battery life, goes on for 2 days on moderate use.
Good sound quality through speakers and the headphone. The sound volume is good for music. However the volume is low for the phone and the speaker phone even after when the volume is on full. Didn’t figure out that one!
Excellent screen resolution and good video playback.
Conferencing facility works well.
Email works well, I tried IMAP and Gmail.
EDGE works well and it switches to WiFi whenever available.
No crash. It has never crashed on me. It does get slow at times, when you load up too many applications but never had a crash. This is amazing considering how many times a Windows Mobile phone crashes.
Also the operating system response is fast.
WiFi works well and the Safari browser works well.
Very attractively prices at US$ 399 in US. Hope they can maintain the same price in the rest of the world.
Bad Points:-
Very very proprietary. Everything is proprietary and it feels like your locked into Apple for life.
You can’t use it to connect your computer to the internet using the iPhones EDGE/GPRS service. Apparently this is again locked by Apple. There are sites that explain you how to do that in a round about way. But that’s a little complex for an average Joe user.
You can’t edit emails once they are in the outbox but not yet sent.
No option to send electronic business cards like Palm, Nokia and other cellphones.
Once you sync your music/video from one computer, you can’t sync with another computer. If you do that you will lose all your music and videos. This may have been done to prevent people from sharing music but its a big pain for the average use. I feel every more sorry for Windows uses, who need to re-format their computer every couple of months. They better have backups of their iTunes.
The phone does get a bit hot when used. Its still doesn’t get as hot as a Nokia but still its irritating.
No expandable memory, which means you cant add more memory. With 8GB and now 16GB phones, they may not be required by most uses, but why live with a limitation?
Camera is good but only 2 megapixel. No flash or zoom or any other camera features such as scene modes.
No camera in the front which is required for video conferencing.
Regular head phones jack doesn’t work. You need only an iPhone jack. Proprietary!!!
It has excellent maps but no GPS.
If you face a problem with the battery, replacing battery is a rocket science! Its not as easy as the other phones where you can just change the battery.
No video recording so you can’t make some fancy home videos.
No timer for Silent mode. I like this feature in my Nokia phone, when I go for a meeting for say 2 hours, I can put the silent profile which expires in 2 hours. So after 2 hours the phone switches off the silent profile. In iPhone, you will have to manually switch it back.
Big problem with recognising Numbers. If I have a number saved as 55555 without the country code and the caller ID send the number with +15555 (country code), it won’t understand. Nokia does this very well and that’s a limitation of the iPhone.
Couldn’t find a way to synchronise your calendar with any other web service. Would have liked if it could sync with Google Calendar.
No TV out cable included. So if you want the watch the videos on TV you can’t right do it out of the box. You need to buy a cable from Apple which cost $49.
Life as we know it today would be handicapped without computers. From basic communication finances & even medical science, computers control just about everything that life in a modern society depends upon. In the ideal world, man would respect such power & work towards bettering it to progression as a civilization. Unfortunately, that ideal world does not exists which is why great breakthroughs are often followed by people who are hell-bent on bringing it all down. These people only see weakness of an innovation in technology and will go any lengths to exploit it, simply because they can. These are the people who create viruses.
A computer virus can be defined as an executable program that is capable of infecting other computer programs by modifying them to include a copy of itself just the way people can spread the common cold by being in contact with other people, a computer virus comes in contact with other program to 'infect' them. By infecting programs, the virus is capable of spreading through an entire network of computers, infecting every machine thats incapable of protecting itself. While doing so it could do a world of damage to your computer, which could cost you dear. The damage could consist of important files destroyed, corrupted data, slowing down of the infected computer, interrupted or unexpected closing of important programs, or it could be any or all of these; & chances are you wont realise that your computer is hit by a virus until its too much late.
ANTIVIRUS-
Viruses have grown in number and evolved in nature over the past decade. Before that, it was quite all right to have a basic & even outdated anti-virus program on your computer, which would scan floppies or CDs. Thats simple task would qualify as protection at the time but we now need active antivirus programs, constantly running, checking every file you download or execute.
People have intense love affairs with their machines, like some men are known to be enthusiastic about their cars, and some women are known for some household appliances. But the iPod seems to top them all and seems to pull strings at the heart with such consistency that some people, irrespective of age, sex, color, and creed, make the mp3 player device an extension of themselves, an extension of their personalities, and an extension of their lifestyles!
The marvel of the 21st century, the iPod, never had it so good. Psychologists are of the opinion that because primarily an iPod delivers music and the human mind is naturally attuned to music, therefore it is an instant hit. But there are other mp3 player devices around, then what makes this device so unique? Market analysts say that the small size of the iPod, its capacity to store thousands of songs, and its ability to use the computer as an alter ego, has contributed to its tremendous sale.
However, market survey agencies pronounce that the popularity of the iPod is mainly due to the strong identification between songs and emotions. When people hear a particular song, they identify it with some emotion, some event of their lives, and they relive those moments of the past. This makes them feel happy, which in turn justifies the amount of money they have spent on purchasing their iPods.
People have gone on record to say things like when they hear romantic songs they are reminded of their ex-girlfriends or pleasant moments. When they hear songs like Bette Midler`s `Wind Beneath My Wings`, they are reminded of their husbands. Stock exchange brokers and traders identify their job and lives with the Frank Sinatra song, `My Way`. Similarly, Linda Ronstadt`s `When Will I Be Loved`, and Peter Frampton`s `I`m in You`, reminds one of the high school dances. This association with emotions makes the iPod a must-have consumer product.
Some iPod users have something more than an intense affair with their mp3 player music devices. Something more like an obsession. It is an on going love story. Sociologists claim that the iPod makes some individual a good societal being, as their frustrations are released by simply listening to their favorite songs. Dramatists affirm that emotional catharsis is superbly performed by iPods. Some medical experts state that mp3 player devices may even eliminate depression and elevate one`s mood.
As music tends to be very personal, it becomes very emotional. So when you listen to the songs stored in your mp3 player device, you tend to get emotional and take a walk down memory lane. Thus, iPod becomes a small, compact memory bank, which you can carry around with you, wherever you go.
The ability of the iPod to rewind your life backwards and hear it, being enacted in lovable musical melodies is perhaps the greatest selling point of this machine. No wonder then that more than 22 million iPods have been sold in a few years only! No wonder then you see people with their music players down the streets, at Harris Teeter while shopping for Cocoa Puffs, while doing stretch ups at Gold`s Gym, or sipping high quality afternoon tea at the Ritz`s. The iPods have become absolutely indispensable, completely irreplaceable, and simply irresistible!
With the iPods now coming with multimedia capabilities, they have become small, personal cinema houses, compact media players to view home videos, or even to show some commercial multimedia applications. Thus, with passing time, the popularity of the device is increasing as it enters new vistas of commerce, arts, and sciences. The iPod has indeed become multifunctional and multifaceted, and has aptly adapted to the needs of changing times. This adaptability is the prime reason why this music player sells so much!
