iPhone: A down to earth - decent review part 2
One of the most appealing things I’ve seen in the iPhone is the “visual voice mail†option, which shows you the names or at the least the phone numbers of people who have left your voicemail. Conference calls can be made and also the speakerphone can be turned on and off. iPhone can sync with a calendar or address book on a computer.
You can stream videos from the popular video engine YouTube, display individual pictures or slideshows, or write in a notepad. Also you can access weather reports, stock prices. But let’s not overwhelm Apple’s developers. iPhone doesn’t have certain attributes and features available on the competitors. There’s no instant messaging, only standard text messaging. While its two-megapixel camera took excellent pictures in our tests, it can’t record video. Its otherwise excellent Web browser can’t fully utilize some Web sites, because it doesn’t yet support Adobe’s Flash technology. Although the phone contains a complete iPod, you can’t use your songs as ringtones. There aren’t any games, nor is there any way to directly access Apple’s iTunes Music Store.
Pictures look terrific on the iPhone. IPhone runs Apple’s Safari browser. Sliding your finger moves the page around. Rotating iPhone lets you view a page widescreen. IPhone syncs bookmarks off a PC or Mac.
No one has mentioned before, how can you activate the cellphone. It’s quite simple. You just activate it in the store where you purchase it. Whether you’re an existing AT&T customer or a newbie, Apple wants you to activate iPhone and pick your wireless plan at home through iTunes, without having to wait in line.
There’s a one-time $36 activation fee, and you must sign up for a two-year service agreement with AT&T.
If you’re an AT&T customer, you can replace a handset on your account with iPhone or add a line to an existing account. You can also transfer an existing mobile phone number from another wireless provider.
So is this mania really worth it? Surely iPhone developers can’t meet al the groovy high-tech demands, but I believe they’ve done a good job so far.
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