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Some quick unordered thoughts on this thing they call the iPhone

Sep 14, 02:55

  1. It’s small, light, and fun to use
  2. EDGE is slow, but OK for your basic web. Maps over it are a bit rough, and I think YouTube gets super-compressed to the point of not being worth watching. 802.11 is great though.
  3. The Official Ringtone Policy is a load of crap. Sadly, many will fall for it1.
  4. Multi-touch is cool, but the screen is a bit small for it at times. I tend to inadvertently bump the screen, sending the map bouncing around.
  5. The CPU is pokey. It’s amazing that OS X is running on this thing, but Safari is S L O W compared to the desktop version. JavaScript animations are not happening. That being said, it runs the crazy JavaScript I’ve been working on at work perfectly.
  6. When scrolling around in Safari, I see a lot of the checkered not-rendered-yet areas.
  7. You can zoom in to close in Google Maps and see “image not available” squares. Why zoom isn’t limited to available imagery I don’t know.
  8. Double-tapping in Safari to zoom to a text column works surprisingly well on most sites. I find I like to read text in the vertical orientation a bit more- the type is smaller, but there is less scrolling.
  9. Speaking of, one must be careful when scrolling in Safari. I have some trouble keeping the text centered once I’ve double-tap zoomed in.
  10. Where Is The To-Do List. A-hem.

1 I was going to write this rant about it, but Mr. Gruber beat me to it. So go read his article.