Iphone - exchange sync working
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Iphone - exchange sync working
So today i finally got my Iphone
out of the package it came and immediately hooked up to the Laptop. Thing is they are, as many of you know, locked to certain Cellphone providers, in my case being an american phone locked to using the AT&T chip. I found an unlocking software, that within 4 minutes, unlocked the phone completely and it now works with my swisscom chip. So I now had a working cellular phone....now what?
So here it comes.... On initial startup theres a slider appearing on the screen, slide your fingers across the screen to unlock and find yourself in the main iphone menue....
looks neat, doesnt it ??
now first i tried the phone.....looks like this :
by that time a symbol appeared on the screen saying a msg had arrived....thanks to swisscom who aint selling the phone yet but sending the configuration data....
so on i went and did my 1st call that was chrystal clear, put it to loudspeaker after a while and even that was nice although a tad too silent when driving in the car.
really all i had to set was the edge settings and language to german, rest all was automatic. on i went and chose map from the main menue...
on comes a screen with a world map....astonished face i made i guess asking myself what now. without thinking i then put my finger over mainland europe and that didnt do a thing apart from scrolling the map around. so i sat there for a moment thinking : theres no buttons on this and no settings, zoom, etc ....what am i missing ?
what i was missing is without a doubt the ability to think past my microsoft tablet pc knowledge. if you want a touchscreen to perform more actions triggered by the same means then its time for new "moves"
the pinching i knew from elsewhere works a treat pinch to zoom out and spread to zoom in....amazing...why did noone think of this yet. it produces, with google map´s help, wonderful detailed maps with either regualr map style or satellite picutures. then with a click on route lets you choose satnav style a from and to and then calculates the route etc. perfect although it has no clue where i am at cause it aint got a gps antenna / receiver. i wonder what happens when i hookup the external 1 i got over bluetooth but this for a later review maybe.
ok...wonderful toy so far....next i turn on the camera....wow....what a picture now let me see....wheres the video ? nothing to touch so far....hmmm.....honestly i couldnt find that yet so left it alone.
i then realized that my sim card contacts were missing.... google search soon reveals : apple forgot to implement it ....sort of..... so i installed a 3rd party tool and got them copied. at this point i do ask myself if this is something i should recommend to people that aint got outlook or entourage on their computers. these programs do sync over itunes apparently but since its a phone it should not need an other software just to get your contacts from its SIM card to its contacts.
this brings me to talk about firmware 1.2 or 2.0 as its officially called. this firmware will bring the exchange push mail services to the Iphone. Announced release date is june 2008 and at this point this "toy" will be an adult competitor against microsofts windows mobile phones and to some degree blackberries.
i went through all the rest of the applications / functions and really didnt miss anythig obvious. now im sure i missed some flaws aswell as some great functions but its the 1st impression that counts. i, based on that, determine if i like the phone or not. I honestly have to admit, the Iphone won my heart. Its touchscreen is ultra bright and crisp, the way it works is revolutionary and with the functions to come and an Ipod included - the best deal on the market.
Michael
out of the package it came and immediately hooked up to the Laptop. Thing is they are, as many of you know, locked to certain Cellphone providers, in my case being an american phone locked to using the AT&T chip. I found an unlocking software, that within 4 minutes, unlocked the phone completely and it now works with my swisscom chip. So I now had a working cellular phone....now what?
So here it comes.... On initial startup theres a slider appearing on the screen, slide your fingers across the screen to unlock and find yourself in the main iphone menue....
looks neat, doesnt it ??
now first i tried the phone.....looks like this :
by that time a symbol appeared on the screen saying a msg had arrived....thanks to swisscom who aint selling the phone yet but sending the configuration data....
so on i went and did my 1st call that was chrystal clear, put it to loudspeaker after a while and even that was nice although a tad too silent when driving in the car.
really all i had to set was the edge settings and language to german, rest all was automatic. on i went and chose map from the main menue...
on comes a screen with a world map....astonished face i made i guess asking myself what now. without thinking i then put my finger over mainland europe and that didnt do a thing apart from scrolling the map around. so i sat there for a moment thinking : theres no buttons on this and no settings, zoom, etc ....what am i missing ?
what i was missing is without a doubt the ability to think past my microsoft tablet pc knowledge. if you want a touchscreen to perform more actions triggered by the same means then its time for new "moves"
the pinching i knew from elsewhere works a treat pinch to zoom out and spread to zoom in....amazing...why did noone think of this yet. it produces, with google map´s help, wonderful detailed maps with either regualr map style or satellite picutures. then with a click on route lets you choose satnav style a from and to and then calculates the route etc. perfect although it has no clue where i am at cause it aint got a gps antenna / receiver. i wonder what happens when i hookup the external 1 i got over bluetooth but this for a later review maybe.
ok...wonderful toy so far....next i turn on the camera....wow....what a picture now let me see....wheres the video ? nothing to touch so far....hmmm.....honestly i couldnt find that yet so left it alone.
i then realized that my sim card contacts were missing.... google search soon reveals : apple forgot to implement it ....sort of..... so i installed a 3rd party tool and got them copied. at this point i do ask myself if this is something i should recommend to people that aint got outlook or entourage on their computers. these programs do sync over itunes apparently but since its a phone it should not need an other software just to get your contacts from its SIM card to its contacts.
this brings me to talk about firmware 1.2 or 2.0 as its officially called. this firmware will bring the exchange push mail services to the Iphone. Announced release date is june 2008 and at this point this "toy" will be an adult competitor against microsofts windows mobile phones and to some degree blackberries.
i went through all the rest of the applications / functions and really didnt miss anythig obvious. now im sure i missed some flaws aswell as some great functions but its the 1st impression that counts. i, based on that, determine if i like the phone or not. I honestly have to admit, the Iphone won my heart. Its touchscreen is ultra bright and crisp, the way it works is revolutionary and with the functions to come and an Ipod included - the best deal on the market.
Michael
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Only 2 things stopping me getting one is A) The price. B) You have to change tariff to a worse one than Im already on. (I would get a genuine one, not off EBAY lol) Brilliant phones from what Ive seen
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I work for O2 but there isn't a staff tariff scheme yet other than buying it cheaper.
I love them for the cool different interaction features Michael has described but I can't justify £35/mth tariff when my phone is currently free. The irony is I can get a Nokia N95 8GB as a business use device for free but not this. It's all down to the deal with Apple
I love them for the cool different interaction features Michael has described but I can't justify £35/mth tariff when my phone is currently free. The irony is I can get a Nokia N95 8GB as a business use device for free but not this. It's all down to the deal with Apple
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why can you just stick your sim in one and not pay the £35 a month then?
I work for O2 but there isn't a staff tariff scheme yet other than buying it cheaper.
I love them for the cool different interaction features Michael has described but I can't justify £35/mth tariff when my phone is currently free. The irony is I can get a Nokia N95 8GB as a business use device for free but not this. It's all down to the deal with Apple
I love them for the cool different interaction features Michael has described but I can't justify £35/mth tariff when my phone is currently free. The irony is I can get a Nokia N95 8GB as a business use device for free but not this. It's all down to the deal with Apple
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gimmick phone imo, no 3g, lol my trusty n95 8gb has hspda 3.5g, apple got that side of it wrong, and im a heavy user of web etc so ill stick to my n95 and wait till apple sort it, blackberrys simplyt he best for mobile email, dont even compare the devices
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There should be a 3g version later this year Ranj
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Not without a proper keyboard it wont! I find typing on them screens really frustrating without any tactile feedback. Nice looking phone though.
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