# The iPhone is absolutely brilliant **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003 "2007-06-30T02:09:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/181 "2007-07-04T23:08:45Z")
For those interested, here’s a rather interesting comparison between the Treo and iPhone: [Palm Treo vs. the iPhone: 10 Rounds](http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9491/palm-treo-vs-the-iphone-10-rounds/) ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/182 "2007-07-04T23:48:03Z")
posting this from my iPhone. I don’t usually go for this kind of thing, but it really is brilliant. Last time I was this excited about something was when I bought my chair that had a built in refrigerator. This is almost as good. It’s a real browser, a real phone, a real media player (audio and video.) As far as email, calender and contacts; It syncs perfectly with my Outlook. Most importantly for me, it does this all really easily and intuitevely. A coworker got the Cibgular 8525 a couple of months ago and he’s still trying to figure out how to use this that thing. I picked this thing up and could just use it. Cool. What I like best is this keyboard. This really is brilliant! It really is predictive and almost impossible to make typos with. If you read my posts you know how prone to typos I am. This thing just fixes them as I go. All you naysayers can bite me. With this thing I can change the world. Nothing can stop me now! Bwahhahhhah! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/183 "2007-07-04T23:50:08Z")
[QUOTE=Scylla] posting this from my iPhone. I don’t usually go for this kind of thing, but it really is brilliant. Last time I was this excited about something was when I bought my chair that had a built in refrigerator. This is almost as good. It’s a real browser, a real phone, a real media player (audio and video.) As far as email, calender and contacts; It syncs perfectly with my Outlook. Most importantly for me, it does this all really easily and intuitevely. A coworker got the\*\* Cibgular \*\* 8525 a couple of months ago and he’s still trying to figure out how to use this that thing. I picked this thing up and could just use it. Cool. What I like best is this keyboard. This really is brilliant! It really is predictive and almost impossible to make typos with. **If you read my posts you know how prone to typos I am.** This thing just fixes them as I go. All you naysayers can bite me. With this thing I can change the world. Nothing can stop me now! Bwahhahhhah! [/QUOTE] Bolding mine. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/184 "2007-07-05T00:01:26Z")
but look how few comparitively ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/185 "2007-07-05T00:54:28Z")
[QUOTE=Scylla] As far as email, calender and contacts; It syncs perfectly with my Outlook. [/QUOTE] That’s a feaure I discovered that my “regular” iPod doesn’t have: the iPhone can sync music/video/contacts/etc. with my home Mac, AND synch the Outlook calendar (only) from my work Windows box. My iPod Video looses it’s mind when you try to sync it with two different computers–the iPhone does it fine. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/186 "2007-07-05T02:42:36Z")
My dad was over for the 4th, in showing him my iPhone, he asked “yeh, but how easy is it gonna be to scratch that screen?!”. Without saying a word, i took out my keys and went to town on the glass. His eyes lit up wide. It was great… And not a single scratch! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/187 "2007-07-05T02:45:40Z")
[QUOTE=cmyk] My dad was over for the 4th, in showing him my iPhone, he asked “yeh, but how easy is it gonna be to scratch that screen?!”. Without saying a word, i took out my keys and went to town on the glass. His eyes lit up wide. It was great… And not a single scratch! [/QUOTE] Talk about a leap of faith there, huh? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/188 "2007-07-05T02:57:24Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Talk about a leap of faith there, huh? [/QUOTE] Nooo! Confidence. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/189 "2007-07-05T03:30:07Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Talk about a leap of faith there, huh? [/QUOTE] Wait till I chuck this thing off the roof onto my driveway! 😉 Also, FTR, I can attest this thing can withstand the 5.5 Gs of the Top Thrill Dragster. Twice. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/190 "2007-07-05T04:20:00Z")
At what height would it reach terminal velocity? Anything higher makes no difference, so you might as well go for the Empire State Building! No ba\*\*\* if you don’t. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/191 "2007-07-05T05:31:20Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] At what height would it reach terminal velocity? Anything higher makes no difference, so you might as well go for the Empire State Building! No ba\*\*\* if you don’t. 😛 [/QUOTE] I can only imagine the terminal velocity of the iPhone would be pretty high considering how sleek it is. Maybe I’ll just keep it in my pocket after all. That’d be a cool tech spec on Apple’s site tough: **Size and weight** Height: 4.5 inches (115 mm) Width: 2.4 inches (61 mm) Depth: 0.46 inch (11.6 mm) Weight: 4.8 ounces (135 grams) Terminal Velocity: 284 mph (457 kph) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/192 "2007-07-05T17:04:19Z")
[QUOTE=Aeschines] 1. Syncing music and photos isn’t the way to do it. One should be able to updload and download photos to folders freely (and the iPhone should come up on the Mac just like an external hard drive, etc.). [/QUOTE] Oh good, I thought that was just me. I have my iPod set up so it doesn’t sync up and I tried to get the iPhone to do that too, but couldn’t. [QUOTE=Aeschines] 1. There should be a greater choice of widgets, and there should be a folder to dump ones you don’t use much. (But the whole widget thing is still pretty primitive in Mac itself. There are few I find useful.) [/QUOTE] Yes, I also tried to hack the phone to add flight tracker to it, but I’m not even close to being a hacker. I’d also add that I’d love to get iTunes on the phone. It seems like the most obvious omission. Buy a track on the phone and when you get home, sync it up to your computer and be able to burn it there. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/193 "2007-07-05T18:45:05Z")
Apple appears to have sold [[Dr. Evil] one million [/DE] iPhones.](http://blogs.business2.com/apple/2007/07/report-1-millio.html) > [@](#): > > Less than a week after its debut, the iPhone is sold out at all Apple (AAPL) retail stores except two, according to the company’s online iPhone availability tool. > [@](#): > > The number of iPhones Apple had stockpiled at its 164 stores last Friday is still a closely held secret. But an unconfirmed report at the website waitingforphone, quoting an anonymous staffer in ATT Mobilty’s Commerce Group, suggests that AT&T (T) may have already fulfilled more than 1 million iPhone activations. > > Macrumors, which reposted the 1 million figure, suggests that the July 4 holiday may have delayed restocking shipments. [VOIP for iPhone.](http://www.freeyouriphone.com./) [UK partner for iPhone.](http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/05/news/international/iphone_uk.reut/?postversion=2007070510) > [@](#): > > Mobile phone operator O2, part of Spanish telecoms group Telefonica, is poised to clinch a deal to be the exclusive network partner for Apple Inc.'s iPhone in the UK, newspapers said Thursday. > > The Financial Times cited unidentified sources familiar with the matter as saying O2 would be the first European mobile operator to reach an agreement with Apple (up $3.61 to $130.78, Charts, Fortune 500) for iPhone in one of the industry’s most sought after deals in years. > > The Times of London newspaper, without citing sources, said the final contract was expected to be signed imminently. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/194 "2007-07-05T19:18:47Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] [VOIP for iPhone.](http://www.freeyouriphone.com./) [/QUOTE] Web-based VOIP? How does that work? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/195 "2007-07-05T19:20:22Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Web-based VOIP? How does that work? [/QUOTE] Presumably via wifi. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/196 "2007-07-05T20:17:04Z")
They still are out at my store. They best get on the stick. People _are_ fickle, and will lose interest. Me, for one. ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/197 "2007-07-05T21:25:33Z")
I wasn’t too thrilled with the “2-4 weeks shipping”, either. Nice thing to say, but I didn’t think they really meant it. Looking like the 17th before I get my phone. What Apple should have done, was allow online orders prior to the launch and then ship those orders starting on launch day. But noooooooo. (I’m not bitter.) ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/198 "2007-07-05T21:38:32Z")
[QUOTE=Common Tater] I wasn’t too thrilled with the “2-4 weeks shipping”, either. Nice thing to say, but I didn’t think they really meant it. Looking like the 17th before I get my phone. What Apple should have done, was allow online orders prior to the launch and then ship those orders starting on launch day. But noooooooo. (I’m not bitter.) [/QUOTE] No, what they should have done is sell to all the walk-in customers first, then start shipping the online orders. Online orders are pretty much “bird-in-hand” for them. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/199 "2007-07-05T21:40:29Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] They still are out at my store. They best get on the stick. People _are_ fickle, and will lose interest. Me, for one. [/QUOTE] Apple is saying most stores are getting new shipments daily! Get there at 9 AM and [check availability the night before](http://www.apple.com/retail/iphone/). /Enabler ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003/200 "2007-07-05T22:08:26Z")
[QUOTE=Boscibo] Apple is saying most stores are getting new shipments daily! Get there at 9 AM and [check availability the night before](http://www.apple.com/retail/iphone/). /Enabler [/QUOTE] I was there yesterday, but I didn’t really expect any on the 4th, but I did check that availibility last night and there were only red dots (no iPhones) on the lists. I went by today and there were none. If there’s a green dot tonight I’ll be there early tomorrow. If not, I’ll probably order online and have it sent to my job. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-iphone-is-absolutely-brilliant/410003.md?page=11)