sunvalleylaw
September 9th, 2008, 11:37 AM
My old Palm Treo was failing slowly, and it was time to re-boot. Because my office is all Mac based, the iPhone seemed a good fit with the ability to access my calendar, contacts, email, etc. instantly and have it be seamless with the apps I use on my computer.
I got it yesterday, and have to say I really like it so far. Negatives first, I will want a different set of headphones. The sound quality for listening to music is greats, but the mic for my voice on phone calls is not as clear as I would like. Easy fix. More concerning, you can't get phone insurance. I do active things. I immediately bought a hard case to protect it. I still will be very careful. I hope some insurance comes out sometime soon. The glass is beautiful, but smudgy right away as you would expect. I am going to get the semi-gloss plastic protector and install it. I saw it on someone else's phone and it looks good, and smudges less. The smudges are not a big deal if you clean your screen a lot, but I don't want to have to do that.
Good: The email, web, camera, phone, etc. seems to work very well so far. The music works great, and it was really fun to watch my favorite Neil Young "Old Man" vid on my iPhone. I also have all of Robert's lessons on the phone as podcasts.
Cool surprises: This thing is an excellent tool for a guitarist/musician. You can download "apps" for low or no cost to act as a tuner, a metronome, a beat per minute trainer, a pitch trainer, and there are others available. (things like a theory app, drum kits and machines, light shows, concert info, tons of stuff). I got a $9.99 Guitar tool kit that combines a decent tuner using the phone mic, along with a fret board that you can use to play guitar tones, a good metronome, and a chord app with 1600 or more chords. Also, you can get the Pandora app and listen to pandora wherever you have coverage, as part of the unlimited web access fee. AND I got "Cowbell Plus" which turns your phone into a Cowbell, plus about 30 other hand held rhythm instruments. You always need more cowbell. :AOK:
I will give more impressions as I go. I can say I like it so far!
I got it yesterday, and have to say I really like it so far. Negatives first, I will want a different set of headphones. The sound quality for listening to music is greats, but the mic for my voice on phone calls is not as clear as I would like. Easy fix. More concerning, you can't get phone insurance. I do active things. I immediately bought a hard case to protect it. I still will be very careful. I hope some insurance comes out sometime soon. The glass is beautiful, but smudgy right away as you would expect. I am going to get the semi-gloss plastic protector and install it. I saw it on someone else's phone and it looks good, and smudges less. The smudges are not a big deal if you clean your screen a lot, but I don't want to have to do that.
Good: The email, web, camera, phone, etc. seems to work very well so far. The music works great, and it was really fun to watch my favorite Neil Young "Old Man" vid on my iPhone. I also have all of Robert's lessons on the phone as podcasts.
Cool surprises: This thing is an excellent tool for a guitarist/musician. You can download "apps" for low or no cost to act as a tuner, a metronome, a beat per minute trainer, a pitch trainer, and there are others available. (things like a theory app, drum kits and machines, light shows, concert info, tons of stuff). I got a $9.99 Guitar tool kit that combines a decent tuner using the phone mic, along with a fret board that you can use to play guitar tones, a good metronome, and a chord app with 1600 or more chords. Also, you can get the Pandora app and listen to pandora wherever you have coverage, as part of the unlimited web access fee. AND I got "Cowbell Plus" which turns your phone into a Cowbell, plus about 30 other hand held rhythm instruments. You always need more cowbell. :AOK:
I will give more impressions as I go. I can say I like it so far!