debcook

2008-07-21 20:57:11 

Early this morning I checked the tracking on FedEx so I knew that for a fact my iPhone was almost home. I repeatedly checked it through the morning – hoping that I could get away from work long enough to pick it up once it was delivered to the AT&T store. Finally, at about 12:30 PM I got it in my possession.

I have not had a lot of time to play with it yet but I can report on my first impressions.

• It is gorgeous!
• It is close to the size of my 8525 except that it is much thinner
• Most of the menu items are pretty much intuitive
• Email was very easy to set up – mine is a POP account
• Typing was easier on my 8525’s QWERTY keyboard
• This beautiful touchscreen is going to stay quite dirty.
• Surfing the web is so much better on this 3G iPhone versus my 8525
• I do not want to share – people can look but I don’t want them to touch

So far my experience with my 3G iPhone has been limited – only two calls so far. I’ve surfed around and looked at the different menu items. I like having them all right in front of me.

I set up my email account by simply touching settings – mail - typed my name – typed my email address – typed my password – the iPhone found my account and my email messages were downloaded.

I checked my AT&T stock quote by simply touching the stock icon and adding it to the list of stocks. Unfortunately it was down.

I flipped through – ooh that is so fun – the App Store just to see what is there. I noticed a pedometer for $1.99; a grocery list maker for $4.99; a Zen Garden for $1.99 and eBay Mobile is free.

Under “News” I found an App called Byline. It sells for $9.99 but it would be a good investment if you read several blogs and RSS feeds. This App syncs your choice of sites and gets them ready for you to read even if you are offline.

I can see that I have a lot to learn and a lot to decide upon. Tomorrow is another day and I will pick up where I am leaving off tonight.