redemption song

steph and i popped over to the apple store in emeryville at 8am yesterday to see about acquiring a couple of those newfangled iPhones 3G. now that we've had them for a day, some quick impressions:

3G destroys EDGE, the fact that they didn't launch the dumb thing on the 3G network is mind-bottling.

size matters; i find it somewhat easier to grip the larger form factor.

the flush headphone jack means i can finally use my good headphones on-the-go again. here is another case of "WHY WASN'T THIS ON THE FIRST ONE?!" i feel strongly that jonathan ive's design awards for the first iPhone should be revoked. or at least asterisked.



MobileMe redeemed itself. i didn't have time to go home and sync before work, so i simply entered my account info on the phone and WHAM! CONTACTS! EMAIL! BOOKMARKS! no work calendars however, since you can't sync calendars you subscribe to over the air. for unexplained reasons. jerks.

GPS is really neat, now i get why GPS nerds are always trying to show off their devices. steph tried out "current location" while we drove over the bay bridge and as it zoomed in and actively tracked our movement on the map she began laughing maniacally. that is not hyperbole, i dearly wish i had a video clip of that moment to share.

the app store is a little weird if you have a shared iTunes library with multiple iTunes accounts, some apps have to be revalidated for each phone and some don't. i *really* wish they'd just ditch the DRM, at least on free apps.

still no MMS? really, Apple? this thing does almost everything else, why the heck can't i send and receive picture messages?

well, there you have them, a few brief thoughts regarding iPhone 3G, aren't you glad you read them all? now be a good american and go buy one.