Still much joy!
Yesterday, I went for lunch in Jubilee Place shopping centre (Canary Wharf) with a friend who also has an iPhone.
Yes, a bit sad, but the purpose was to test the iPhone with The Cloud, the WiFi hotspot network that’s free for iPhones.
It was very good, very fast. Certainly as fast as my home [...]
Yesterday, I took the shiny new toy to work. There is WiFi in the office, but I don’t have access yet, so most of play was over GPRS/EDGE.
Again, some notes, in no particular order:
Everyone wanted to have a look.
I wasn’t the only one in the office with one (remember this is the first working day [...]
Just some thoughts on the the iPhone after one day. For the record, I’ve not tried to ‘unlock’ it or otherwise tamper with it, nor do I intend to.
Very pleased with it, but here are a few bullet points in no particular order:
It’s slightly heavier than I expected
The virtual keyboard and general multi-touch goodness works [...]
Quite impressed so far, though the typing is going to require some getting used to.
Will need some more play time before making any real opinions.
iPhone has been announced in the UK and it’s a bit disappointing, I think.
No 3G, so we’re stuck with slower EDGE
Free WiFi via The Cloud, so that’s not soooo bad. ‘Unlimited’ data plan might prove a bit limiting though
Very expensive at £269 + £35/18 months - competing phones are free + cheaper + free toys
O2 [...]
At the Ultimate iPhone FAQs List, Part 2, Jobs apparently says:
Javas not worth building in. Nobody uses Java anymore. Its this big heavyweight ball and chain.
I wonder if he was referring specifically to the iPhone or more generally… and if he’d stopped taking his dried frog pills?
