Comments on: iPhone 3G: First Impressions

By: buddy

buddy — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:30:13 +0000

On the contrary, I can hear the iPhone 3G quite well through my hearing aid set at telecoil. Don’t notice any noise. I have a profound hearing loss and wear one of the strongest analog hearing aids around. You need to go to an ATT store and try it out. Positioning the phone is critical and you’ll need to experiment to find the “sweet spot”.

By: mark cole

mark cole — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:06:17 +0000

I am a Mac fan but I have to admit, I’m very disappointed with iPhone 2. I do not own one and here’s why.

*AIM will disconnect when you switch application or put the phone to sleep.

*Cannot use email or aim in landscape mode.

*8 and 16 GB? What the heck? The new iTouch (iPod) comes with 32 GB and they’re basically the same thing.

*Push email is BS.

*No video chat.

I’m sticking with my BlackBerry even though I hate it. There are rumors that the iPhone will be most effective this September.

By: Joscasta

Joscasta — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:35:12 +0000

Its not hearing aid compatible. Apparently the FCC let Apple slide.. and stated that they don’t have to make it compatible.

http://www.phonescoop.com

By: Jeury

Jeury — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:25:16 +0000

I agree with you. I used my father’s owned Blackberry. it is not amazing for me because I got hurt my hands and some of suck feature , like limited features. everyone said BB is better that is part of impossible!
as other devices are best product mean which do you want. Iphone and Iphone 3G are nothing different. 90% people don’t use it cut copy to paste. that is true because I asked some people got iphone or 3G iphone

By: Darcy

Darcy — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:21:43 +0000

Let me put it this way, women can use the IPhone as a substitute for something else if they put it in their pockets!

By: Christian Vogler

Christian Vogler — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:00:56 +0000

3G video chat is widely used by the deaf in Europe. What else can I say.

Symbian has been around a lot longer than the iPhone, and has attracted lots of development, both native and Java-based. So, yes, the selection of applications out there that you can find with a little searching is amazing.

I am not interested in a “religious war” where everyone fervently argues why his or her choice of mobile is supposed to be the coolest. The iPhone is a good phone, but nothing more. Every mobile phone comes with its own limitations and tradeoffs, and your mileage may vary as to what you find acceptable and what you require of a phone.

By: Christian Vogler

Christian Vogler — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:51:35 +0000

As for the software, point taken, although I have not seen any issues with recent versions of Nokia’s PC suite.

I think I should remind you that the 3G iPhone is being launched worldwide, not just in the USA. Not having video conferencing capabilities is somewhat of a joke to people living in areas with decent 3G coverage. The USA are not even the largest mobile market in the world, so it makes little sense for Apple to cater to the lowest common denominator.

Irrespective of network coverage, it is still difficult to understand why the iPhone cannot even record decent video. This is really something that is very useful especially to deaf people on the road, and a feature offered by nearly every mid-range to high-end mobile phone. The Nokias that are comparable in price to the iPhone, for instance, can record 640×480 at 30 fps in amazingly good quality.

Don’t get me wrong, the iPhone is overall a good phone, and the touch screen interface was revolutionary at the time of its introduction. But it is not the best mobile phone/communication device out there, contrary to what the review claims. It does not even come close.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:40:07 +0000

What Hui said. I have tested video chat over WIFI on the Nokia 810 and it, in a word, sucked. So video chat over 3G networks is not quite there. For one thing, none of these devices will use a video codec optimized for motion (sign language). They typically use a codec optimized for voice/semi static images.

Second, “3rd party software selection amazing?” The iPhone App Store has hundreds of apps already on launch day, and many more to come soon. And it’s pretty easy to develop your own.

I’ll grant you one point though — video on the iPhone — why the heck not? It would be nice to be able to record video. A jailbroken iPhone can, I’m sure there’ll be apps that enable this soon enough…

By: hui

hui — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:39:09 +0000

yeah, and i wonder why my job still suck, i still can’t afford a house, the gas price is still rising!! food here still taste like ****, DC metro just never improves, bush is still ****ing things up, and our soldiers are still in Iraq.
i agree with you life just sucks with out the iPhone.

By: hui

hui — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:32:39 +0000

um.. i was a long time ex-nokia owner since 1999, and it wasnt hard for me to switch over from Nokia to iPhone. another important key on iPhone is the software integration with your computer, just plug in and sync, no endless issues to mess with.

as for the 3G/Video, the 3G network in US isn’t up to par comparing to else where, have you tried watching videos on 3G? i did, and it was unbelievably crappy, would apple build video conference app on iphone when 3G network isnt capable to do so? i think we already have answer to that.