kosertech

So, I bought an iPhone………………. I posted that I picked one up on Twitter and instantly got 20 replies and DMs inquiring about the status of ceTwit. Rest ashured I plan to continue work on ceTwit. It’s moments like that that make me feel how important a little application I wrote for myself has become to some people.

I have been using the iPhone for 2 days and am having fun. The AppStore is fun to browse and there are some nice apps. I’m using the wordpress app right now to type this up. My initial impressions are good but so far I’m really missing the today screen from windows mobile. What most people would agree is the ugliest part of windows mobile turned out to be what I find lacking on the iPhone. I can’t glance at the screen and see upcoming appointments and the last few SMS and emails. I have to launch into calendar to find out what’s coming up this afternoon. There is no denying the iPhone is dead sexy but I’m not sure that the loss in utility is worth it yet. Someone has probably written a summary application but without being able to map that to the unlock action I’m not sure what that would buy me, just another place to go digging for information that should be up front.

I was nervous about typing, but the reality is that that has been a non issue. I’m flying along almost as fast as I can type on my tmobile dash which has a great front facing keyboard. Battery life is kind of poor compared to what I’m used to on my ATT Tilt. I’m at 15% after about 12 hours of use with 3g off and a couple hours of wifi. I can live with that but would have traded another quarter inch of thickness for a larger battery.

I’m not going to completely dump all my current frustrations out as I think there may be solutions to many of them. One frustration I was having was having to finger swipe 200 times to get to the top of a web page. A quick question to Twitter and @funkatron and @ChrisHerbert replied I could just touch the title bar to jump to the top which was a real finger saver.

I’m going to continue taking notes on my observations and post now and then about my experiences. I’ll leave you with a parting shot of something I’m pretty annoyed with right now. The zoom bubble only floats above your finger as you approach the top of the screen it doesn’t float down to remain visible on the screen. It’s making placing the cursor at the top of the screen a very frustrating experience.

There is a game I’m having a great time playing Aurora Feint. It’s a total time waster and really shows off the platform. Another application I’m enjoying is eReader. A long time palm and windows mobile user I’m very familiar with the eReader format and am happy to be able to load my books onto the iPhone. You can get books form the eReader site or simply plugin a url to some books you already own/have and download them into the application.

Right now I’m leaning toward not returning it but I have 28 more days to decide. Stay tuned for more in depth analysis and hey, I might even get crazy and do a few software reviews.