Out with the old… my new iPhone



Out with the old…, originally uploaded by Caroline.

I got myself an iPhone 3Gs recently. It’s a lovely toy, but t-mobile’s network isn’t very reliable. I have no range at all anywhere in my office which makes the phone pretty useless to me for a large part of the day. This means I have to keep carrying my N95 around. I am not someone who makes a lot of phone calls, so I’m not that badly affected, but I do need to be contactable for the people that do ring me.

Texting people using a QWERTY keyboard takes getting used to and it doesn’t feel like texting anymore. More like sending an e-mail. It’s a different experience.

So far I have mostly used the iPhone for live blogging / twittering U2 shows, and – surprisingly – to play games. Pool and snooker in particular.

The camera is fun especially in combination with the photographic apps available from the iTunes store. Putting the release button on the screen however not very practical. It makes it especially hard to take pictures of yourself, which is what a lot of people do with their mobiles.

Apple seems to be hell bent on ‘rethinking’ mobile use, ignoring 15 or so years of advancing mobile technology as developed by leading mobile companies. No file transfer via Bluetooth? Why the hell not? Why do we have to rely on wifi or network to share files among eachother? This is especially tiresome while travelling abroad when you are dealing with exorbitant roaming costs. Perhaps Apple’s developers have never travelled abroad.

Entertainment value: 10
Business usefulness: 0

17. July 2009 von Flickr
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