Comments on: W00t! my iPhone’s wonking wow factor … http://mindmorsel.com/feature/w00t-my-iphones-wonking-wow-factor.htm Food for your creative side … Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim http://mindmorsel.com/feature/w00t-my-iphones-wonking-wow-factor.htm/comment-page-1#comment-48 Tim Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:21:39 +0000 http://mindmorsel.com/?p=278#comment-48 Thanks for the comment Deja, nice to see you here :) I totally agree the user interface is a huge part of it, maybe the biggest part. It’s so darn intuitive and you can do everything in one place as opposed to having to start something in one place and finish it somewhere else. Thanks again for the comment! Thanks for the comment Deja, nice to see you here :) I totally agree the user interface is a huge part of it, maybe the biggest part. It’s so darn intuitive and you can do everything in one place as opposed to having to start something in one place and finish it somewhere else.

Thanks again for the comment!

]]> By: Tim http://mindmorsel.com/feature/w00t-my-iphones-wonking-wow-factor.htm/comment-page-1#comment-113 Tim Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:21:00 +0000 http://mindmorsel.com/?p=278#comment-113 Thanks for the comment Deja, nice to see you here :) I totally agree the user interface is a huge part of it, maybe the biggest part. It’s so darn intuitive and you can do everything in one place as opposed to having to start something in one place and finish it somewhere else. Thanks again for the comment! Thanks for the comment Deja, nice to see you here :) I totally agree the user interface is a huge part of it, maybe the biggest part. It’s so darn intuitive and you can do everything in one place as opposed to having to start something in one place and finish it somewhere else.

Thanks again for the comment!

]]> By: DejaVu47 http://mindmorsel.com/feature/w00t-my-iphones-wonking-wow-factor.htm/comment-page-1#comment-47 DejaVu47 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:20:31 +0000 http://mindmorsel.com/?p=278#comment-47 Hey Tim! Hehe nice to see you're enjoying it. That's exactly how I felt when I got mine. I'm a bit of a phone/gadgets freak and before I bought the iPhone I wanted to know that that was the phone for me. I wanted to know that I wasn't falling into the hype or whatever. So before buying it, first thing I did was try to talk myself out of it and compare it to everything else that did the things I wanted. A couple of things that the iPhone has just wouldn't allow me to look past it. The user interface (BIG part of the user experience) and the huge potential with the broad set of apps. If there's something it didn't do, it could probably do with a 3rd party app. Awesome. I even tried to tell myself, "But it doesn't do MMS..." well, that's a software issue, and those can be written. Well, TA-DA! Now it will be able to do that too lol To talk myself out of the apps thing I told myself that other phones allow you to install Java apps written by 3rd parties and it wasn't all that different from that. Well, it kinda is, because the hype and the ease of use of the SDK for the app store has intrigued and fueled all these developers to start programming for the iPhone platform. So I may be able to find things for the iPhone easier than for other phones. And they are all central to the app store, so easy to find. Okay, so that was hard to talk myself out of, but I managed :P The user interface just sold it to me though. There was no other phone on the market that gave me the user experience that the iPhone interface did. Infact, I bought a HTC Touch as a work phone AFTER I got the iPhone (they wouldn't let me have an iPhone :( ) and I HATE it! Sure it DOES all the things I need it to do (SMS, MMS, email, photos, music, office, etc...) But try to get around the damn thing! It's like going from something that works WITH you to something where you have to GUESS every step. lol Going to and from each phone is a hastle. So much so I think I'll just bite the bullet and just use my personal phone for work and deal with the bills. I also use my iPhone for Twitter, Facebook, File storage (yes there are apps for that), Email (and I'm a HUGE fan of having ALL my gmail accounts checked at once too ;), calculator, WordPress blogging, Maps and directions, music, movies, podcasts... OMG the list is huge... Business tools like VNC, RDP, Parallels (for my virtual machines), voice memos and meeting recordings, language translation and chat... That's all without using the browser which I use SO much lol I love being able to be connected anywhere at anytime. But above all, I love it that I can do all that in a easy to use, friendly interface that just makes my life easier without taking up my time :) So again Tim, tweet me a Direct msg anytime you need any help or tips! Oh, and I AM in Australia ;) Cheers! Deja Hey Tim!

Hehe nice to see you’re enjoying it. That’s exactly how I felt when I got mine.

I’m a bit of a phone/gadgets freak and before I bought the iPhone I wanted to know that that was the phone for me. I wanted to know that I wasn’t falling into the hype or whatever. So before buying it, first thing I did was try to talk myself out of it and compare it to everything else that did the things I wanted.

A couple of things that the iPhone has just wouldn’t allow me to look past it. The user interface (BIG part of the user experience) and the huge potential with the broad set of apps. If there’s something it didn’t do, it could probably do with a 3rd party app. Awesome.

I even tried to tell myself, “But it doesn’t do MMS…” well, that’s a software issue, and those can be written. Well, TA-DA! Now it will be able to do that too lol

To talk myself out of the apps thing I told myself that other phones allow you to install Java apps written by 3rd parties and it wasn’t all that different from that. Well, it kinda is, because the hype and the ease of use of the SDK for the app store has intrigued and fueled all these developers to start programming for the iPhone platform. So I may be able to find things for the iPhone easier than for other phones. And they are all central to the app store, so easy to find. Okay, so that was hard to talk myself out of, but I managed :P

The user interface just sold it to me though. There was no other phone on the market that gave me the user experience that the iPhone interface did. Infact, I bought a HTC Touch as a work phone AFTER I got the iPhone (they wouldn’t let me have an iPhone :( ) and I HATE it! Sure it DOES all the things I need it to do (SMS, MMS, email, photos, music, office, etc…) But try to get around the damn thing! It’s like going from something that works WITH you to something where you have to GUESS every step. lol Going to and from each phone is a hastle. So much so I think I’ll just bite the bullet and just use my personal phone for work and deal with the bills.

I also use my iPhone for Twitter, Facebook, File storage (yes there are apps for that), Email (and I’m a HUGE fan of having ALL my gmail accounts checked at once too ;) , calculator, WordPress blogging, Maps and directions, music, movies, podcasts… OMG the list is huge… Business tools like VNC, RDP, Parallels (for my virtual machines), voice memos and meeting recordings, language translation and chat…

That’s all without using the browser which I use SO much lol I love being able to be connected anywhere at anytime. But above all, I love it that I can do all that in a easy to use, friendly interface that just makes my life easier without taking up my time :)

So again Tim, tweet me a Direct msg anytime you need any help or tips! Oh, and I AM in Australia ;)

Cheers!

Deja

]]> By: DejaVu47 http://mindmorsel.com/feature/w00t-my-iphones-wonking-wow-factor.htm/comment-page-1#comment-112 DejaVu47 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:20:00 +0000 http://mindmorsel.com/?p=278#comment-112 Hey Tim! Hehe nice to see you're enjoying it. That's exactly how I felt when I got mine. I'm a bit of a phone/gadgets freak and before I bought the iPhone I wanted to know that that was the phone for me. I wanted to know that I wasn't falling into the hype or whatever. So before buying it, first thing I did was try to talk myself out of it and compare it to everything else that did the things I wanted. A couple of things that the iPhone has just wouldn't allow me to look past it. The user interface (BIG part of the user experience) and the huge potential with the broad set of apps. If there's something it didn't do, it could probably do with a 3rd party app. Awesome. I even tried to tell myself, "But it doesn't do MMS..." well, that's a software issue, and those can be written. Well, TA-DA! Now it will be able to do that too lol To talk myself out of the apps thing I told myself that other phones allow you to install Java apps written by 3rd parties and it wasn't all that different from that. Well, it kinda is, because the hype and the ease of use of the SDK for the app store has intrigued and fueled all these developers to start programming for the iPhone platform. So I may be able to find things for the iPhone easier than for other phones. And they are all central to the app store, so easy to find. Okay, so that was hard to talk myself out of, but I managed :P The user interface just sold it to me though. There was no other phone on the market that gave me the user experience that the iPhone interface did. Infact, I bought a HTC Touch as a work phone AFTER I got the iPhone (they wouldn't let me have an iPhone :( ) and I HATE it! Sure it DOES all the things I need it to do (SMS, MMS, email, photos, music, office, etc...) But try to get around the damn thing! It's like going from something that works WITH you to something where you have to GUESS every step. lol Going to and from each phone is a hastle. So much so I think I'll just bite the bullet and just use my personal phone for work and deal with the bills. I also use my iPhone for Twitter, Facebook, File storage (yes there are apps for that), Email (and I'm a HUGE fan of having ALL my gmail accounts checked at once too ;), calculator, WordPress blogging, Maps and directions, music, movies, podcasts... OMG the list is huge... Business tools like VNC, RDP, Parallels (for my virtual machines), voice memos and meeting recordings, language translation and chat... That's all without using the browser which I use SO much lol I love being able to be connected anywhere at anytime. But above all, I love it that I can do all that in a easy to use, friendly interface that just makes my life easier without taking up my time :) So again Tim, tweet me a Direct msg anytime you need any help or tips! Oh, and I AM in Australia ;) Cheers! Deja Hey Tim!

Hehe nice to see you’re enjoying it. That’s exactly how I felt when I got mine.

I’m a bit of a phone/gadgets freak and before I bought the iPhone I wanted to know that that was the phone for me. I wanted to know that I wasn’t falling into the hype or whatever. So before buying it, first thing I did was try to talk myself out of it and compare it to everything else that did the things I wanted.

A couple of things that the iPhone has just wouldn’t allow me to look past it. The user interface (BIG part of the user experience) and the huge potential with the broad set of apps. If there’s something it didn’t do, it could probably do with a 3rd party app. Awesome.

I even tried to tell myself, “But it doesn’t do MMS…” well, that’s a software issue, and those can be written. Well, TA-DA! Now it will be able to do that too lol

To talk myself out of the apps thing I told myself that other phones allow you to install Java apps written by 3rd parties and it wasn’t all that different from that. Well, it kinda is, because the hype and the ease of use of the SDK for the app store has intrigued and fueled all these developers to start programming for the iPhone platform. So I may be able to find things for the iPhone easier than for other phones. And they are all central to the app store, so easy to find. Okay, so that was hard to talk myself out of, but I managed :P

The user interface just sold it to me though. There was no other phone on the market that gave me the user experience that the iPhone interface did. Infact, I bought a HTC Touch as a work phone AFTER I got the iPhone (they wouldn’t let me have an iPhone :( ) and I HATE it! Sure it DOES all the things I need it to do (SMS, MMS, email, photos, music, office, etc…) But try to get around the damn thing! It’s like going from something that works WITH you to something where you have to GUESS every step. lol Going to and from each phone is a hastle. So much so I think I’ll just bite the bullet and just use my personal phone for work and deal with the bills.

I also use my iPhone for Twitter, Facebook, File storage (yes there are apps for that), Email (and I’m a HUGE fan of having ALL my gmail accounts checked at once too ;) , calculator, WordPress blogging, Maps and directions, music, movies, podcasts… OMG the list is huge… Business tools like VNC, RDP, Parallels (for my virtual machines), voice memos and meeting recordings, language translation and chat…

That’s all without using the browser which I use SO much lol I love being able to be connected anywhere at anytime. But above all, I love it that I can do all that in a easy to use, friendly interface that just makes my life easier without taking up my time :)

So again Tim, tweet me a Direct msg anytime you need any help or tips! Oh, and I AM in Australia ;)

Cheers!

Deja

]]> By: Tim http://mindmorsel.com/feature/w00t-my-iphones-wonking-wow-factor.htm/comment-page-1#comment-44 Tim Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:16:13 +0000 http://mindmorsel.com/?p=278#comment-44 Very cool :) I’m not the super-early adopter type I like to see how things play out and get it late, saves some money that way too. Thanks for your thoughts! Very cool :) I’m not the super-early adopter type I like to see how things play out and get it late, saves some money that way too.

Thanks for your thoughts!

]]> By: Tim http://mindmorsel.com/feature/w00t-my-iphones-wonking-wow-factor.htm/comment-page-1#comment-109 Tim Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:16:00 +0000 http://mindmorsel.com/?p=278#comment-109 Very cool :) I’m not the super-early adopter type I like to see how things play out and get it late, saves some money that way too. Thanks for your thoughts! Very cool :) I’m not the super-early adopter type I like to see how things play out and get it late, saves some money that way too.

Thanks for your thoughts!

]]> By: Tim http://mindmorsel.com/feature/w00t-my-iphones-wonking-wow-factor.htm/comment-page-1#comment-46 Tim Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:18:55 +0000 http://mindmorsel.com/?p=278#comment-46 Alex I can see how those are limitations but my opinion is they are not huge ones (they might be for you in the things you need to do) and nothing is perfect and made for everyone. Basically there is a market for these, it’s a big market, but it does not include everyone. I feel that the strengths far outweigh the limits, and a lot of what I’m talking about isn’t apps (email isn’t an app) but the intangible factors, the way the tactile interaction works, to me it’s just really cool. Granted I’m a new owner and I’m sure I will end up with my frustrations too. But just like in my own products I don’t try to appeal to everyone I don’t think the iPhone should either. Alex I can see how those are limitations but my opinion is they are not huge ones (they might be for you in the things you need to do) and nothing is perfect and made for everyone. Basically there is a market for these, it’s a big market, but it does not include everyone.

I feel that the strengths far outweigh the limits, and a lot of what I’m talking about isn’t apps (email isn’t an app) but the intangible factors, the way the tactile interaction works, to me it’s just really cool. Granted I’m a new owner and I’m sure I will end up with my frustrations too. But just like in my own products I don’t try to appeal to everyone I don’t think the iPhone should either.

]]> By: Tim http://mindmorsel.com/feature/w00t-my-iphones-wonking-wow-factor.htm/comment-page-1#comment-111 Tim Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:18:00 +0000 http://mindmorsel.com/?p=278#comment-111 Alex I can see how those are limitations but my opinion is they are not huge ones (they might be for you in the things you need to do) and nothing is perfect and made for everyone. Basically there is a market for these, it’s a big market, but it does not include everyone. I feel that the strengths far outweigh the limits, and a lot of what I’m talking about isn’t apps (email isn’t an app) but the intangible factors, the way the tactile interaction works, to me it’s just really cool. Granted I’m a new owner and I’m sure I will end up with my frustrations too. But just like in my own products I don’t try to appeal to everyone I don’t think the iPhone should either. Alex I can see how those are limitations but my opinion is they are not huge ones (they might be for you in the things you need to do) and nothing is perfect and made for everyone. Basically there is a market for these, it’s a big market, but it does not include everyone.

I feel that the strengths far outweigh the limits, and a lot of what I’m talking about isn’t apps (email isn’t an app) but the intangible factors, the way the tactile interaction works, to me it’s just really cool. Granted I’m a new owner and I’m sure I will end up with my frustrations too. But just like in my own products I don’t try to appeal to everyone I don’t think the iPhone should either.

]]> By: Alex http://mindmorsel.com/feature/w00t-my-iphones-wonking-wow-factor.htm/comment-page-1#comment-45 Alex Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:10:22 +0000 http://mindmorsel.com/?p=278#comment-45 I think you are confusing apps with the iPhone. There is a difference. All these apps are made by 3rd parties, and in general could easily be ported to any platform. As it will. Now, to me, the limitations overshadowed the advantages. Try storing a document on your iPhone. Try using one of your legally purchased MP3's as a ring tone...well you can, but it takes a lot of effort. Try download something or use a flash app? Try to download and listen to a podcast a podcast over 10 mb. You'd better plan that one out, and use your laptop to download it. My point is that there are just too many limitations. The crippleware on the iPhone and control mania of Jobs has mad this device into less than it could be. I think you are confusing apps with the iPhone. There is a difference. All these apps are made by 3rd parties, and in general could easily be ported to any platform. As it will.

Now, to me, the limitations overshadowed the advantages. Try storing a document on your iPhone. Try using one of your legally purchased MP3′s as a ring tone…well you can, but it takes a lot of effort. Try download something or use a flash app? Try to download and listen to a podcast a podcast over 10 mb. You’d better plan that one out, and use your laptop to download it.

My point is that there are just too many limitations. The crippleware on the iPhone and control mania of Jobs has mad this device into less than it could be.

]]> By: Alex http://mindmorsel.com/feature/w00t-my-iphones-wonking-wow-factor.htm/comment-page-1#comment-110 Alex Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:10:00 +0000 http://mindmorsel.com/?p=278#comment-110 I think you are confusing apps with the iPhone. There is a difference. All these apps are made by 3rd parties, and in general could easily be ported to any platform. As it will. Now, to me, the limitations overshadowed the advantages. Try storing a document on your iPhone. Try using one of your legally purchased MP3's as a ring tone...well you can, but it takes a lot of effort. Try download something or use a flash app? Try to download and listen to a podcast a podcast over 10 mb. You'd better plan that one out, and use your laptop to download it. My point is that there are just too many limitations. The crippleware on the iPhone and control mania of Jobs has mad this device into less than it could be. I think you are confusing apps with the iPhone. There is a difference. All these apps are made by 3rd parties, and in general could easily be ported to any platform. As it will.

Now, to me, the limitations overshadowed the advantages. Try storing a document on your iPhone. Try using one of your legally purchased MP3′s as a ring tone…well you can, but it takes a lot of effort. Try download something or use a flash app? Try to download and listen to a podcast a podcast over 10 mb. You’d better plan that one out, and use your laptop to download it.

My point is that there are just too many limitations. The crippleware on the iPhone and control mania of Jobs has mad this device into less than it could be.

]]> By: Casper Folting http://mindmorsel.com/feature/w00t-my-iphones-wonking-wow-factor.htm/comment-page-1#comment-43 Casper Folting Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:30:18 +0000 http://mindmorsel.com/?p=278#comment-43 Buying an iPhone was the single best thing i did at its release. I was in Miami taking an English course, and i went there to their Miami beach store. Waited outside for 3 hours to pickup the single most expensive phone i've ever bought! Only to find out 15min later at my hotel, that i needed AT&T, being danish that would be expensive. I have yet to try the iPhone w/o doing it the "illigal" way, but im seriously considering changing my danish provider (been with Sonofon for maybe 6 years) to another company, just for the full iPhone benefit.. Good purchase, and remember to download LOADS of fun applications to play with ;) Peace out. Buying an iPhone was the single best thing i did at its release. I was in Miami taking an English course, and i went there to their Miami beach store. Waited outside for 3 hours to pickup the single most expensive phone i’ve ever bought! Only to find out 15min later at my hotel, that i needed AT&T, being danish that would be expensive. I have yet to try the iPhone w/o doing it the “illigal” way, but im seriously considering changing my danish provider (been with Sonofon for maybe 6 years) to another company, just for the full iPhone benefit..

Good purchase, and remember to download LOADS of fun applications to play with ;)

Peace out.

]]> By: Casper Folting http://mindmorsel.com/feature/w00t-my-iphones-wonking-wow-factor.htm/comment-page-1#comment-108 Casper Folting Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:30:00 +0000 http://mindmorsel.com/?p=278#comment-108 Buying an iPhone was the single best thing i did at its release. I was in Miami taking an English course, and i went there to their Miami beach store. Waited outside for 3 hours to pickup the single most expensive phone i've ever bought! Only to find out 15min later at my hotel, that i needed AT&T, being danish that would be expensive. I have yet to try the iPhone w/o doing it the "illigal" way, but im seriously considering changing my danish provider (been with Sonofon for maybe 6 years) to another company, just for the full iPhone benefit.. Good purchase, and remember to download LOADS of fun applications to play with ;) Peace out. Buying an iPhone was the single best thing i did at its release. I was in Miami taking an English course, and i went there to their Miami beach store. Waited outside for 3 hours to pickup the single most expensive phone i’ve ever bought! Only to find out 15min later at my hotel, that i needed AT&T, being danish that would be expensive. I have yet to try the iPhone w/o doing it the “illigal” way, but im seriously considering changing my danish provider (been with Sonofon for maybe 6 years) to another company, just for the full iPhone benefit..

Good purchase, and remember to download LOADS of fun applications to play with ;)

Peace out.

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