- 26
- Jun
OK, people, lets get down to brass tacks here. The iPhone? Yeah, it’s hot.
I have been an Apple/Macintosh nay-sayer for well over 16 years now (last Apple I used was a GS in 8th grade) and I REALLY want this mobile handheld device! However, I just received a BlackBerry 8800 from work, which does feature quite a few of the functions that the iPhone provides (in a lesser functionality, of course), so I’ll probably be putting this purchase on hold for a bit.
Lets first evaluate the features that will be provided with the new iPhone:
- mobile audio (advanced with the new Cover Flow (visual cover art) music search)
- mobile video (advanced with widescreen viewing as you turn it on it’s side and YouTube streaming)
- mobile voicemail (advanced with visual voicemail that will allow you to listen, delete or keep voicemail before you even listen to them)
- mobile web access (advanced with full-page website browsing via regular Safari browser)
- mobile photo album (advanced with Cover Flow search and full-screen browsing)
- mobile phone (advanced by favorites list and visual call conference or merge abilities)
- mobile email (advanced by an in-line photo and HTML mail client)
- mobile maps (advanced with Google Maps – note: I have Google Local on my current cell phone)
- mobile touchscreen (advanced with multi-touch interface and accelerometer rotation detection, along with proximity sensors and ambient light sensors)
- mobile multi-tasking (advanced with web page browsing while downloading your email in the background)
- mobile wireless internet (advanced with AT&T EDGE + WiFi Wireless connectivity & Bluetooth)
Each and every service listed above, if it has been placed on a phone before, was upgraded a notch to work that much better than before. Mr. Jobs has done a good job in making this handheld a step ahead of any other hardware on the cell phone market today.
So above, you’ll see the feature set of the new hardware. Tomorrow, we’ll talk about the uses and other points of contention.
