Comments on: Yet Another iPhone Post – My 1st Impressions on v2

By: Chris Leckness

Chris Leckness — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:47:28 +0000

I just got the “official” 2.0 rom installed tonight. I’ll use it tomorrow and see how it goes.

By: Rishad

Rishad — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:52:42 +0000

Battery life is pretty much as everybody expected with 3G. Remember Apple’s excuse for no 3G on 1st gen iPhones? It was the battery life.

I have to say I’m impressed with the number of apps/games they released on the very first day. I agree that there are a lot of crappy software there but those will always be there for any platform. I think given the hardware capabilities of the iPhone/ipod touch, we will see some pretty amazing apps/games within the next 8 to 12 months.

By: James Fee

James Fee — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:24:27 +0000

Ways to make the battery on the iPhone run down.

1. Use the Edge network for long periods of time (3G will be even worse)
2. Push email (change it to Fetch in the settings and it will increase the battery life). Yahoo was killing my wife’s iPhone until she changed it from push.
3. Stop using it while you are sitting on the toilet.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:30:56 +0000

Would you say the battery life is any worse than other phones with push?

Apple’s published “talk time” is 5 hours which is pretty similar to or better than many Windows Mobile smart phones. Even the Blackberry Bold is rumored to be taking a battery life hit for 3G.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:10:20 +0000

I agree there’s a lot of “dumb” apps out there right now – but as time goes on and some of the big guys get added to the store – like Alex Kac @ Webis and Ilium – the quality will definitely improve.

Glad exchange is working out … I wish I still had one to connect to just to give it a go, but I think I’ll just settle for using MobileMe and see how that pans out.

By: Chris Leckness

Chris Leckness — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:46:39 +0000

Before long, there will be 100 of everything for the iPhone too I suspect. Windows Mobile/PPC has been around for years, iPhone Apps… 1 day :)

It’s not the dupes that bother me, it’s the amount of stupid apps like the tip calcs. They should separate the store into Paid Apps with sub cats Stupid apps and premium apps. :)

Yes, 3rd party app support was a complaint. Time will tell if Devs making iPhone apps will put out some nice apps.

My “biggest complaint” with the iPhone initially was Exchange Support, not apps. They nailed Exchange support this go around. I am quite pleased.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:31:26 +0000

Wait a second … Now I fully understand the battery thing. No issue there.

BUT – wasn’t one of the biggest complaints about the first iPhone software that you had no choice in applications? Wasn’t that one of the many arguing points about it … there wasn’t any 3rd party apps. Now that there is third party apps – the first complaint is that there’s too many duplicates? Have you looked around Windows Mobile softwares? There’s like 100 of everything!