I can't believe I held out so long (props go out to Mark Malone at Apple for pushing me over the edge). My iPod Touch has been awesome. Wifi is ubiquitous where I live. Just today, I spent the morning working at Whole Foods (where wifi is free and fast -- speedtest.net reports 4mbps down/ 256kbps up... not bad for free as in beer). Had the laptop on doing coding, while the Touch kept me up to date with email, tweets, and IM.
I'm discovering lots of cool GTD techniques too now that I have the Touch... I'll blog about that soon.
Jake
· 1 year ago
Dude, plz keep the wiki updated with your thoughts. I can't wait for the semi-GPS feature of Google Maps plus directions. So awesome.
Scotty
· 1 year ago
I'd hold out for version 2 personally. Some things I would miss from my Treo 750 if I switched today:
General "One handedness" -- you can do almost everything with one hand on a Treo, not sure that would change with the current form-factor of the iPhone however which appears to need 2 hands for almost everything.
3G - Wifi is great when free and available but not if you're in the car (as the passenger of course), out walking around in a park etc.
A2DP (for BT Stereo Headsets) -- great while exercising, but bad for Apple silhouette marketing/branding which relies on those little white cords connecting your device to your ears.
Streaming Audio (goes hand in hand with the above) -- internet radio is great, get local stations from anywhere or pure internet radio for free
3rd party apps (hopefully the SDK will take care of this), like Slingbox, TomTom, a SplashID equivalent for storing passwords etc.)
Ability to cut and paste..
there are others but those are probably the most important to me...and might be to others as well, once you get a taste of them it's hard to give them up :)
davidhaimes
· 1 year ago
I've been adding comments to this blog and reading comments on my blog while in the line at the Bakery in Oracle HQ, using our corporate Wi-Fi I had to break off to demo it some other people in the line too.
This is what I have been waiting for since I saw my first WAP phone in 1999 in the UK and said - that's not the internet.
Jake
· 1 year ago
I skipped over the whole Treo thing (see my older posts on my iPhone for history), but my wife didn't. I was never impressed by her Treo, in fact the web piece looks so janky, I vowed to never use the mobile web.
The iPhone changed all that for me with how it handles Interwebs. Plus, deploying web apps as apps (e.g. Google Maps) turns out to be a killer feature (sorry Johan, killer attitude) for mobile.
Scotty's coming from a different angle, and I've heard a fair amount of noise about feature/feature comparisons. Let's face facts, Apple can't get everything right, so there are bound to be gaps.
Frederik at Jajah
· 1 year ago
Jake,
thanks for the mention, it is highly appreciated!
And yes, Jajah allows you to make VoIP calls with your iPhone or iPod touch without installing any software or the need of jailbreaking it. Simply point your iPhone's or iPod touch's browser to http://iphone.jajah.com and place ultra low cost international VoIP calls. Wi-fi is not necessary, an EDGE connection is totally fine.
Regards to you and all your readers, get back to me anytime if you have any questions or feedback,
Frederik
(frederik[at]jajah[dot]com)
Jake
· 1 year ago
Thanks for the response Frederik. I didn't realize Jajah worked over an Edge connection too, and I will update the post. I have yet to try it out, but I will eventually. Looks sweet.
Fabrizio Capobianco
· 1 year ago
Hi Jake, great you are mentioning SyncML as a need for the iPhone. If you want to try a well-designed (not humble) iPhone SyncML open source client, I would suggest you take a look at this: http://www.funambol.com/solutions/iphone.php.
Cheers,
fabrizio
Jake
· 1 year ago
@Fabrizio: Thanks for the tip.
Meg Bear
· 1 year ago
Jake, any info on when iphone will have a GPS? That would be a huge help for my "sense of direction disability".
Jake
· 1 year ago
@Meg: If you believe the video from Gear Live, the 1.1.3 version will have near-GPS using Google Maps Mobile and the Maps app.
So, the Map app will know your location with a decent accuracy, making it much more powerful for directions. That's probably the top feature I've seen for 1.1.3.
I haven't heard other rumors about GPS on the iPhone, but I suspect it will be soon, i.e. within the next year.
All Comments
I'm discovering lots of cool GTD techniques too now that I have the Touch... I'll blog about that soon.
General "One handedness" -- you can do almost everything with one hand on a Treo, not sure that would change with the current form-factor of the iPhone however which appears to need 2 hands for almost everything.
3G - Wifi is great when free and available but not if you're in the car (as the passenger of course), out walking around in a park etc.
A2DP (for BT Stereo Headsets) -- great while exercising, but bad for Apple silhouette marketing/branding which relies on those little white cords connecting your device to your ears.
Streaming Audio (goes hand in hand with the above) -- internet radio is great, get local stations from anywhere or pure internet radio for free
3rd party apps (hopefully the SDK will take care of this), like Slingbox, TomTom, a SplashID equivalent for storing passwords etc.)
Ability to cut and paste..
there are others but those are probably the most important to me...and might be to others as well, once you get a taste of them it's hard to give them up :)
This is what I have been waiting for since I saw my first WAP phone in 1999 in the UK and said - that's not the internet.
The iPhone changed all that for me with how it handles Interwebs. Plus, deploying web apps as apps (e.g. Google Maps) turns out to be a killer feature (sorry Johan, killer attitude) for mobile.
Scotty's coming from a different angle, and I've heard a fair amount of noise about feature/feature comparisons. Let's face facts, Apple can't get everything right, so there are bound to be gaps.
thanks for the mention, it is highly appreciated!
And yes, Jajah allows you to make VoIP calls with your iPhone or iPod touch without installing any software or the need of jailbreaking it. Simply point your iPhone's or iPod touch's browser to http://iphone.jajah.com and place ultra low cost international VoIP calls. Wi-fi is not necessary, an EDGE connection is totally fine.
How it worlks: http://blog.jajah.com/index.php?/archives/251-J...
Regards to you and all your readers, get back to me anytime if you have any questions or feedback,
Frederik
(frederik[at]jajah[dot]com)
great you are mentioning SyncML as a need for the iPhone. If you want to try a well-designed (not humble) iPhone SyncML open source client, I would suggest you take a look at this: http://www.funambol.com/solutions/iphone.php.
Cheers,
fabrizio
So, the Map app will know your location with a decent accuracy, making it much more powerful for directions. That's probably the top feature I've seen for 1.1.3.
I haven't heard other rumors about GPS on the iPhone, but I suspect it will be soon, i.e. within the next year.
You might also want to check out SyncJe for iPhone at http://nexthaus.com/iphone
Not free, but syncs Contacts, Cal, Notes, and has Automatic Sync.
The other clients listed sync only contacts, or only cal, etc.
Please let me know if there are any questions,
Lou