iPhone – Typing, Fingerprints, Crashing iPod

I have weathered 6 hours in line to purchase my iPhone today. I think it is only fair to review it after thoroughly using it so I will wait until Sunday to do so. Check back then for my review.

First impressions are it is an amazing piece of hardware.

UPDATE I -

While I will not be willing to drop, srcratch or otherwise potentially damage my iPhone to see how well it stands up to things, PCWorld has done it for us. While the screen does get fingerprints, they are not noticeable and a wipe on your pants or shirt cleans it right up. Honestly, I don’t think you could avoid fingerprints on something which is entirely a touchscreen so it’s a non-issue for me. I am frankly amazed at the stress results, I guess the optical glass Apple decided to use was worth it! Check out the stress test yourself.

UPDATE II -

I have recorded a short video in an attempt to dispell any misconceptions which are floating around the Internet concerning typing on the iPhone. As you can see from the video below, typing on the iPhone is quite a bit different than typing on a Treo or a Blackberry. Instead of having the predictive type guessing what you are typing and attempting to predict it, the iPhone simply waits until you’ve typed the word and attempts to correct the word taking into account that you may have hit the wrong key when typing. It works very well and if you trust it, you can type faster than on any other Smartphone. I have seen numerous other videos and reviews saying that it is so difficult to type with two thumbs and the only way to accurately type is with one finger, but if you simply trust the phone and not worry about hitting the proper key each time, the iPhone almost always figures out what you were typing and it’s a simple matter of hitting the SpaceBar to have it choose the word. Take a look at the video and you will see what I mean.

The last misconception is a fingerprint issue. You can see at the end of the video, while they are visable on the iPhone when you have the screen turned off, when on you can’t see any smudges or fingerprints whatsoever. Again, I think this is some concern left over from the iPod, much like the scratches. Apple has certainly done their legwork in producing a product which performs as expected you just have to give it some time.

UPDATE III -

I have found my first “issue” with the iPhone. I was listening to my iPod, Beastie Boys “Ch-Check it Out”, when I switched over to Safari, which is the iPhone’s web-browser. When the virtual keyboard presented itself so I could type the URL of the website I wanted to go to, my iPod stopped playing. I went back to the iPod and hit ‘play’ again and the iPod faithfully started playing again. As soon as I accessed the virtual keyboard in any program however, the iPod crashed. It turned out the sound from the keyboard ‘clicking’ was causing the iPod to crash. I promptly called Apple, who had me do a software reset by holding down the Lock button on the top of the iPhone and the ‘Home’ button at the bottom for ten seconds. Fixed the problem and it hasn’t done it again. So if your iPhone’s iPod is crashing when you access the virtual keyboard, do a reset and it should solve the problem.

http://PoppeLawFirm.com Hans

Finis, great iPhone update. Take a look at this post from the New York Personal Injury Law Blog: http://www.newyorkpersonalinjuryattorneyblog.com/2007/07/iphones-attorneys-and-ethics.html
Any thoughts on the ethics issued raised by the new iPhone’s requirement it be returned to Apple to recharge the battery (fully loaded with potential client information)?
Hans Poppe
http://www.technoesq.com Finis Price

There is a difference between sending the phone in for a replacement battery, which would presumably be done prior to the phone not even turning on anymore and when the phone is sent in for servicing, which would be done when the phone is inoperable.
If you send the phone in for a battery replacement, enough charge should be there for a hard reset, thus clearing your client’s information.
If you are sending it in because the phone isn’t functioning and needs a repair, then your client’s information is gone anyway. Just as when your computer dies and you must send it in for repairs if your tech guys can’t fix it.
Jess

Rebooting fixed both of my problems. Thanx a bunch for posting how to do it.
ngroove

I couldn’t resist leaving the comment about the former post. I don’t know if your speaking from what you assume or if your actually using your iPhone in that way. Personally there is fingerprints all over my phone and it is quite noticeable, and no, the optical glass on the iphone does not work that well when you rub it on you your jeans. That is like saying, take your $400 dollar pair of eyeglasses and rub around and your done. There is actually a couple of good cleaners out there. One I found called iKlenz is actually made for the Optical Glass and comes in a nice travel case with a high grade cloth.

Thanks for your other post comments though as you have given me a couple of other ideas to think about that I haven’t heard anyone else mention.
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iphone really crashed the ipod, in fact many ipod owners switch to iphone because of the touch screen edition