Comments on: I Got an iPhone, but…

By: 良い亭

良い亭 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:24:20 +0000

“a user interface designed for aliens”

At last, a user interface I can use! And I have the alien registration card to prove it! Does it take a command language based on regular expressions?

By: britto

britto — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:14:11 +0000

Root cause is probably due to the test mobile (alternate phone) they provided. Is it possible to return the iPhone after proving it to softbank.

I am using a softbank phone, bought it because its free to call other softbank users (and most of my friends had one). My experience is that the signal reception is mostly *bad*.

By: Jon Van Dalen

Jon Van Dalen — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:38:28 +0000

I find AT&T’s service here in the states is not that great, but the iphone hardware itself is amazing and the features do work really well. I don’t get the signal strength I am used to, but I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been so glad to have a real web browser, a google maps, and a real email client that types fast.

By: John

John — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:38:34 +0000

So now you are stuck with it? Geez…

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:45:52 +0000

Tried a friends iPhone for a day. Great interface — completely useless features for me.

Took it back and got a Blackberry. Not as stylish, but it simply works. No crashes, exceptional signal level and really good voice quality. It doesn’t sync with my MacBook, but at least it works.

It’s all about personal use. The iPhone was a great media / phone device. It was not a PDA. Good luck! Not sure what you’ll do if you can’t return it…

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:11:17 +0000

Hi Jeffery,

This is a bit off topic for this iPhone post, but I am trying to post my photos online and have the EXIF data diplayed like yours. What are you using to disply this at the bottom of your images ?

I currently don’t worry about it on my personal blog, but I about to shoot my first wedding in 3 weeks, and then another 2 weeks later. I’m putting together my website, which is almost all I have left to do. I have 95% of my workflow sorted, but want to display my images (both weddings and potraiture) with the EXIF data showing.

Any advice would be great.

Thanks

Doug

By: Prodoc

Prodoc — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:32:50 +0000

Sounds like you didn’t activate the phone by means of your PC and iTunes

I wish it were that simple, but it was activated for me at the store. When I walked out, I had a great signal. —Jeffrey

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:25:04 +0000

I think Apple kind of laid an egg with the 2.0 software. Our two original iPhones both got a lot worse for signal quality with the 2.0 software update, and the 3G phone I bought wasn’t any better. The 2.0.x updates helped maybe a little, but not much. We’re all hoping that Friday’s 2.1 update brings us back to 1.x levels.