Impressions.
June 30th, 2007
John Gruber’s initial impression:
Overall day one impression: the iPhone is 95 percent amazing, 5 percent maddening. I’m just blown away by how nice it is – very thoughtful UI design and outstanding engineering. It is very fun.
I’m getting like 165 Kbps on EDGE, down at the shore. Either AT&T really did roll out a network upgrade or those EDGE doubters were idiots.
I’m kind of amazed that this thing lives up to the expectations I had for it. It’s an amazing device.
It is like a piece of advanced alien technology sent back five years in time. There’s nothing else like it, and just like the iPod, every hardware manufacturer in the world is going to try to mimic it, with comically tragic results. Shiny hardware is not enough — it’s the software, stupid.
Dan Benjamin also has some thoughts on his Twitter page:
EDGE is pretty decent, used it quite a bit yesterday and it wasn’t bad - certainly not as bad as the critics made it seem
just want to say that the iPhone keyboard had pretty much a 0 learning curve for me, it just worked as expected (or rather, better than)
It’s looking like the only real problem for most people is going to be the network speed. I’m anxious to see more real-world testimonials of how day-to-day use is.
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July 5th, 2007 at 10:43 am
KL has one. I can set up a conference if you need. =)
July 5th, 2007 at 11:17 am
How is he liking the network speed? That’s the one thing I see being a problem. I mean, I don’t see myself browsing the web that much, but the times I am, I don’t want to be waiting any longer than you would for dial-up.
July 5th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Well, I played with it today (awesome, btw). It seemed to be kind of slow, but not super, super slow. Also, if you’re anywhere near a WiFi hotspot, you can just use it instead. Apparently, the Apple Store at Perimeter Mall has a free hotspot you can use.