| Getting Ready for the Apple iPhone |
[27 Jun 2007|11:50am] |
Unfortunately this checklist is mostly good for people outside of Vermont and in AT&T service areas. Hopefully us Vermonters will be able to part-take in the 'iPhone experience' soon though.
The most important step to getting ready for the iPhone is getting yourself an iTunes account. If you already have one, great! If you don't open up iTunes and select the iTunes Store from the sidebar on the left of the window. There will be a little Sign In button located right below the search bar, click on that and choose Create New Account from the little window that pops up. Follow the instructions to create an account.
The iPhone is a phone, iPod and web device all in one so before it comes out there are a few things you can do to get your files (video, audio, etc...), iPhone ready. If you're already using iTunes to manage your music and movies then you're off to a good start. You music in iTunes is already iPhone ready, if it's in iTunes, its ready to go! If you have a large music library it might be best to make a few playlists of several hundred songs.
Your movies might need to be converted to the correct size and format specifications but I have a feeling there might be a small update to iTunes that lets you easily do that. They already have a 'Convert selection for iPod and Apple TV', I don't see why they wouldn't add iPhone in there.
The next thing you can get ready for your iPhone is your bookmarks. The iPhone will sync with your bookmarks in Safari so for those FireFox, Camino users out there, it might be wise to at least export them from FireFox or whatever browser you're using and to import them into Safari. I already use Safari so it's not going to be an issue for me. Something I am interested in is if the iPhone will keep all my bookmarks in the folders I've made or if it's just going to list them in one big list. I sure hope it keeps the folders, I have over 400 bookmarks!
iPhone can also sync your contacts which is great. I read that it will also keep them in the groups you've created which can make finding them a lot easier, unfortunately you cannot use the groups when composing emails. I can see that feature being in a software update though cause I use that feature a lot when I need to email a specific group of people. My current mobile phone doesn't have this ability to every time I get a new phone number for someone I have to input on the mobile device and on my computer, having the ability to sync is going to be great! You can also choose which groups you want to sync, so in my case I may sync all my friends and family but I would not sync the people in my work group.
The next thing you could do to get yourself ready is setup a few albums iPhoto with some of your favorite pictures. The iPhone can carry thousands of photos but if want to be up and running as fast as possible I would choose a couple hundred or so. I can't wait to try out the two finger resizing!
Email on the iPhone should be very simple for users of the Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, AOL, and .Mac Mail services. If you don't happen to use any of those services, it's okay, there's a great chance that you can still use email. The iPhone supports almost any industry standard POP or IMAP service. So it's best to know your username, your password and your incoming (POP/IMAP) and outgoing (SMTP) server addresses.
Getting yourself ready for the iPhone is a simple process, especially if you've been using Safari, iPhoto, iTunes, Apple Mail and Address Book. The iPhone will seamlessly integrate and sync with all of these applications. I can't wait to get my hands on an iPhone to try it all out!
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| iPhone Thoughts via Engadget |
[27 Jun 2007|12:26pm] |
The mobile version of OS X or whatever it is the iPhone runs takes up 700MB of the device's capacity. Damn son!
I can understand how this might ruffle some feathers and how most cell phone operating systems are much smaller then this. But when you think about it, this is in-fact running OS X not some slimmed down crummy mobile OS. It's to bad the iPhone comes in such small sizes though because that's about 1/4 the entire storage space on the 4GB model and about 1/8th of your storage space on the 8GB model. I don't think it would be that bad had Apple put larger amount of storage into the device (15-20GB).
There's no way to cut, copy, or paste text! WHOA! Big, big mistake.
This is something I don't think I will have to much an issue with. I am definitely seeing that other people who doing a lot of text input having some issues with this. I am sure there will come a time when I wished the iPhone had this ability but I do not see it as a major concern right at the moment.
No A2DP support. That, friends, is such a huge bummer right there.
I actually had no idea what A2DP until reading this article. I searched and found an answer and while that technology sounds great, I again don't look at it as being a major concern of not being implemented right now.
Sorry, music can't be used as a ringtone -- even if it's just a raw MP3. No additional ringtones will be sold at launch.
This is something I can agree with. I wish that you could use your own MP3s as ringtones. While it's not a major deal, it's just something cool that should be implemented. I can definitely deal with the built-in ringtones for now. I personally hate hearing people with the latest gangster rap songs as their ringtone.
On a PC the iPhone syncs with Outlook for calendars AND addresses! Noice.
Nothing I really car about, I don't use Outlook or Windows. Great for Windows users though. I would expect this if they're going to say it works with Windows.
It supports Exchange in some capacity, according to Walt, but he doesn't exactly say how.
Again nothing I care much about, but it's great that it's there.
Pogue again confirms document file reading -- but not editing -- for PDF, Word, and Excel (only).
I had actually had been wondering if the iPhone could view PDF files, I have a few eBooks in the PDF format so this is great news. I don't plan on getting Word or Excel files on my iPhone so it's not much of a big deal for me. The only writing I plan on doing on the iPhone is quick notes and todos which can be accomplished through the notes application. I am wondering how that would sync if at all with OS X.
Adobe Flash support is officially out. It's just not in the browser. Neither is there any other kind of embedded video support. Sorry everybody, that's that.
This is a disappointment to me, cause I could definitely see myself playing some flash games on the iPhone. I am sure there's more then enough (and plenty more coming) YouTube videos converted for the iPhone. This also means I can't watch Foamys Tech support videos.
It will take snaps, but won't record video. How can Apple love YouTube as much as it does and not realize cellphone-shot movies make up a sizeable chunk of the crazy crap you find on there?
I am not to worried about the iPhone's inability to record video. As long is can take some pictures, I'm fine with that. It is a phone after all not a video camera. I do see a video recording feature being implemented in the second revision of the phone, along more storage space to hold video.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/
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| The Digg for the iPhone |
[27 Jun 2007|08:38pm] |
While I am about 80% sure on getting the iPhone (8GB version) I'm just not toally convinced. I've read Mossberg's, Pogue's and the reviews on Newsweek and USA Today and they're quite convincing. This may be a silly way to decide on whether or not I purchase the iPhone on Friday at 6PM, but why not?! It's fun!
Should I get it or should I not? Let' the Diggers decide! If this gets 3500 or more Diggs in 2 days, I will purchase the 8GB iPhone...take many photos of it, and show you.
I actually plan on this not working, I am sure people will just bury the story, but it's worth a try!
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| The Digg for the iPhone |
[27 Jun 2007|11:08pm] |
While I am about 80% sure on getting the iPhone (8GB version) I'm just not toally convinced. I've read Mossberg's, Pogue's and the reviews on Newsweek and USA Today and they're quite convincing. This may be a silly way to decide on whether or not I purchase the iPhone on Friday at 6PM, but why not?! It's fun!
Should I get it or should I not? Let' the Diggers decide! If this gets 3500 or more Diggs in 2 days, I will purchase the 8GB iPhone...take many photos of it, and show you.
I actually plan on this not working, I am sure people will just bury the story, but it's worth a try!
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| iPhone Thoughts via Engadget |
[27 Jun 2007|11:09pm] |
The mobile version of OS X or whatever it is the iPhone runs takes up 700MB of the device's capacity. Damn son!
I can understand how this might ruffle some feathers and how most cell phone operating systems are much smaller then this. But when you think about it, this is in-fact running OS X not some slimmed down crummy mobile OS. It's to bad the iPhone comes in such small sizes though because that's about 1/4 the entire storage space on the 4GB model and about 1/8th of your storage space on the 8GB model. I don't think it would be that bad had Apple put larger amount of storage into the device (15-20GB).
There's no way to cut, copy, or paste text! WHOA! Big, big mistake.
This is something I don't think I will have to much an issue with. I am definitely seeing that other people who doing a lot of text input having some issues with this. I am sure there will come a time when I wished the iPhone had this ability but I do not see it as a major concern right at the moment.
No A2DP support. That, friends, is such a huge bummer right there.
I actually had no idea what A2DP until reading this article. I searched and found an answer and while that technology sounds great, I again don't look at it as being a major concern of not being implemented right now.
Sorry, music can't be used as a ringtone -- even if it's just a raw MP3. No additional ringtones will be sold at launch.
This is something I can agree with. I wish that you could use your own MP3s as ringtones. While it's not a major deal, it's just something cool that should be implemented. I can definitely deal with the built-in ringtones for now. I personally hate hearing people with the latest gangster rap songs as their ringtone.
On a PC the iPhone syncs with Outlook for calendars AND addresses! Noice.
Nothing I really car about, I don't use Outlook or Windows. Great for Windows users though. I would expect this if they're going to say it works with Windows.
It supports Exchange in some capacity, according to Walt, but he doesn't exactly say how.
Again nothing I care much about, but it's great that it's there.
Pogue again confirms document file reading -- but not editing -- for PDF, Word, and Excel (only).
I had actually had been wondering if the iPhone could view PDF files, I have a few eBooks in the PDF format so this is great news. I don't plan on getting Word or Excel files on my iPhone so it's not much of a big deal for me. The only writing I plan on doing on the iPhone is quick notes and todos which can be accomplished through the notes application. I am wondering how that would sync if at all with OS X.
Adobe Flash support is officially out. It's just not in the browser. Neither is there any other kind of embedded video support. Sorry everybody, that's that.
This is a disappointment to me, cause I could definitely see myself playing some flash games on the iPhone. I am sure there's more then enough (and plenty more coming) YouTube videos converted for the iPhone. This also means I can't watch Foamys Tech support videos.
It will take snaps, but won't record video. How can Apple love YouTube as much as it does and not realize cellphone-shot movies make up a sizeable chunk of the crazy crap you find on there?
I am not to worried about the iPhone's inability to record video. As long is can take some pictures, I'm fine with that. It is a phone after all not a video camera. I do see a video recording feature being implemented in the second revision of the phone, along more storage space to hold video.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/26/iphone-facts-from-the-first-reviews/
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| Getting Ready for the Apple iPhone |
[27 Jun 2007|11:10pm] |
Unfortunately this checklist is mostly good for people outside of Vermont and in AT&T service areas. Hopefully us Vermonters will be able to part-take in the 'iPhone experience' soon though.
The most important step to getting ready for the iPhone is getting yourself an iTunes account. If you already have one, great! If you don't open up iTunes and select the iTunes Store from the sidebar on the left of the window. There will be a little Sign In button located right below the search bar, click on that and choose Create New Account from the little window that pops up. Follow the instructions to create an account.
The iPhone is a phone, iPod and web device all in one so before it comes out there are a few things you can do to get your files (video, audio, etc...), iPhone ready. If you're already using iTunes to manage your music and movies then you're off to a good start. You music in iTunes is already iPhone ready, if it's in iTunes, its ready to go! If you have a large music library it might be best to make a few playlists of several hundred songs.
Your movies might need to be converted to the correct size and format specifications but I have a feeling there might be a small update to iTunes that lets you easily do that. They already have a 'Convert selection for iPod and Apple TV', I don't see why they wouldn't add iPhone in there.
The next thing you can get ready for your iPhone is your bookmarks. The iPhone will sync with your bookmarks in Safari so for those FireFox, Camino users out there, it might be wise to at least export them from FireFox or whatever browser you're using and to import them into Safari. I already use Safari so it's not going to be an issue for me. Something I am interested in is if the iPhone will keep all my bookmarks in the folders I've made or if it's just going to list them in one big list. I sure hope it keeps the folders, I have over 400 bookmarks!
iPhone can also sync your contacts which is great. I read that it will also keep them in the groups you've created which can make finding them a lot easier, unfortunately you cannot use the groups when composing emails. I can see that feature being in a software update though cause I use that feature a lot when I need to email a specific group of people. My current mobile phone doesn't have this ability to every time I get a new phone number for someone I have to input on the mobile device and on my computer, having the ability to sync is going to be great! You can also choose which groups you want to sync, so in my case I may sync all my friends and family but I would not sync the people in my work group.
The next thing you could do to get yourself ready is setup a few albums iPhoto with some of your favorite pictures. The iPhone can carry thousands of photos but if want to be up and running as fast as possible I would choose a couple hundred or so. I can't wait to try out the two finger resizing!
Email on the iPhone should be very simple for users of the Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, AOL, and .Mac Mail services. If you don't happen to use any of those services, it's okay, there's a great chance that you can still use email. The iPhone supports almost any industry standard POP or IMAP service. So it's best to know your username, your password and your incoming (POP/IMAP) and outgoing (SMTP) server addresses.
Getting yourself ready for the iPhone is a simple process, especially if you've been using Safari, iPhoto, iTunes, Apple Mail and Address Book. The iPhone will seamlessly integrate and sync with all of these applications. I can't wait to get my hands on an iPhone to try it all out!
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