I received an iPhone for my birthday! Angie got me one.
So far I have to say this is a very impressive device. I only have a few negatives and all of them can be fixed.
1) AT&T requires a physical street address when you activate the phone. There is zero reason that they need this. I need to see my first bill to make sure they mail it to my house. I thought about just not giving them a valid address, but figured it’s a binding contract and not worth the hassle.
2) Lack of internet chat client. the only chat client uses SMS. I am unable to chat with AIM/Yahoo/G-Talk users. This can be easily fixed by adding the ichat client to the phone.
3) Mail client is restricted to no more than every 15 minutes for checking email. I usually like to have it checked every 5 minutes.
As I mentioned all of these can be easily fixed. So far, those are the only complaints I have. That is very good for me, especially for a first generation product.
The positive things:
1) The phone works as a phone. It has not crashed or rebooted on me. I make a call, it calls, I can talk and people can hear me. This is the most important feature of a phone. Some companies have forgotten this basic imperative. I have not tried to do any fancy stuff, like 3-way calling or video voice mail yet.
2) The internal speaker works pretty well. I was able to listen to music, video, or online web video without any issues.
3) I like the way it organizes the SMS messages. Very ichat like… Hope they make this AIM/G-talk compatible soon.
4) The screen is incredible. I have never seen anything so sharp and clear in a hand-held device.