{"id":136,"date":"2008-09-15T20:15:04","date_gmt":"2008-09-15T20:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/09\/15\/iphone-second-impressions\/"},"modified":"2008-09-15T20:15:04","modified_gmt":"2008-09-15T20:15:04","slug":"iphone-second-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refraction.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/09\/15\/iphone-second-impressions\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone Second impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago I posted up a few initial thoughts<\/a> about my iPhone 3G<\/a>.  Without reading back through the post, I think it’s fair to say that my opinions were mixed.  Although I loved the device itself, the silly battery life made it hard to use as a day to day phone.  Now I’ve had the iPhone for a few weeks I thought I’d jot down a few more thoughts.<\/p>\n

So do I still like it…?  Yeah, I do.  It really is a great little device, and it’s really changed the way that I use my mobile.  I’ve used smartphones for email, calendar and contacts for years, but mobile browsing has always been something that I’ve done only when I needed to – like checking train times or something like that.  I guess at first cost was a barrier, but I’ve also realised that the general usability of the devices and the browsers played a big part.<\/p>\n

Although the iPhone is physically bigger than something like the HTC Diamond, all that extra screen size makes it so much more usable for browsing or running applications.  I now spend much more time browsing when I’m on the move.<\/p>\n

That’s not to say all is perfect on the browser front… Although the Safari browser on the iPhone is ok, for me it’s very much a love-hate relationship.  Yes it’s probably the best mobile browser so far, but it crashes faaaaaarrrrrrr to often for my liking, and the lack of support for flash etc is a real pain.  <\/p>\n

The traditional mail, calendar and contacts tools are also pretty good.  For me the Calendar particularly stands out, as the interface is much better then the Windows Mobile equivalent.  Although I have seen a few ‘ghost’ appointments where previously re-scheduled meetings still appear in their original times on the iPhone, but not in Outlook or on WM.  Very odd, but repeatable on a number of iPhones at work.<\/p>\n

I’ve also seen a slightly worrying security issue with the iPhone and Exchange Activesync…. I’m not going to post the details until I’ve had a chance to check it out with MS and Apple, but it’s a little weird to say the least.<\/p>\n

Apart from that push email from exchange works very well indeed, though I’d still like to see a ‘working hours’ style option to set the hours that push email is working and when it should go to manual.  I used that feature on WM to both stop myself checking work email at weekends and save a bit of battery power over night.  It seems like a strange thing to leave out.<\/p>\n

Other things I can think of… the lack of MMS doesn’t bother me too much as email or twitter do the job for me anyway… copy and paste – what were Apple thinking by leaving that out?!…  I’m also puzzled why I can’t record video…  <\/p>\n

Overall I still really<\/em> like the iPhone.  It really has changed the way I work for the better.  There are problems that Apple need to fix but I’m sticking with it… for now<\/a>… :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago I posted up a few initial thoughts about my iPhone 3G.  Without reading back through the post, I think it’s fair to say that my opinions were mixed.  Although I loved the device itself, the silly battery life made it hard to use as a day to day phone.  Now I’ve … <\/p>\n

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