iPhone v1.0 Bugs

68 reproducible iPhone bugs.

Many trivial UI issues that are reported. They may be inconsistent with user expectations, but not a big deal. I counted a few application crashes/hangs that should be addressed.

Sometimes you may want to wait for release 1.1 of a new technology but I don't think this list should prevent anyone from getting an iPhone.

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Tons of iPhone apps with a slick interface

This site is awesome if you have an iPhone. I counted 150 apps, and it looks perfect on the iPhone. This can also provide some good ideas and sample code for new applications. It's amazing that over 150 apps have been put up on the web in about 15 days.

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iPhone Buyers Have No Regrets..."Overwhelmingly Happy"

Early iPhone owners are overwhelmingly happy with their devices...In one of the first such studies, 90% of 200 owners said they were "extremely" or "very" satisfied with their phone. And 85% said they are "extremely" or "very" likely to recommend the device to others.


One quote from the article really surprised me...

The iPhone is extending Apple's reach, the survey says. Three of 10 buyers were first-time Apple customers. For 40%, iPhone is their first iPod.

First iPod for 40% of the purchasers??? That seems very, very high. It seems high because early adopters of technology seem to jump on things very quickly after release, especially when the media buzz is high. 40% have waited over 6 years to buy their first iPod?



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What s**ks about the iPhone and how it could be better

How does this list of iPhone sought after improvements add up next to yours? One self admitted Apple fanboy makes the call.A good review from a user that is very well balanced and based on over a week of real daily use. It's a must read if you're considering an iPhone.

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iPhone a True Threat to Windows Mobile

Apple is threatening to change the rules of the mobile handset game. "Microsoft's overwhelmingly dominant position in the desktop OS market has let it go ahead with proprietary systems and formats time and time again, keeping users locked in without being too obvious about it"

I'm a Motorola Q owner and still love the phone. I think the iPhone is very slick and would love to have one but there are several things I would give up.

Verizon Service and EVDO data network - I never have a problem with Verizon or getting very speedy data connections over EVDO.

PDAnet for Smartphone - With this wonderful tool, I can use the Q phone as a EVDO modem through a USB connection and Bluetooth connection (Bluetooth doens't work on Vista Yet).

Keyboard - The iPhone soft keyboard is nice and has some very smart features, but I do like the click feeling and the thumb typing ability.

Battery - I have two regular batteries and one extended battery. It's easy to change myself too.

NATIVE APPLICATIONS! - Readily available with plenty of options, competition and free trial software. There is also plenty of free stuff like themes, ringtones, etc. all over the internet.

I think it will be a while until Apply poses a real threat to Windows Mobile. It will have to get less expensive, more widely available on other providers and address the shortcomings I mention above.




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Top 10 apps from iPhoneDevCamp

Here are the top 10 most memorable apps from iPhoneDevCamp in San Francisco.

I'm surprised that they didn't include Appleopolis, unless it's too close to appmark.


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Even more apps...Appmark

Another site aggregator that allows you to collect your own favorites to be stored on their site. It brings the concept of "appmarks" or push button links to your favorites in a single page. There is a very easy interface for developer to add their websites as an "appmark". Check out the my link to add this site as an appmark.

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Apps, Apps, Apps....

The results of the barcamp for the iPhone are in and I must say there was alot of fine work done at the camp. The results are 47 web based applications of varying quality and usefulness. At the top of the list is Appleopolis.com, that is yet another list of web based applications. I'll be adding this site to the list once I get back to my mac mini to create the required artwork for submitting an application/website.

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iPhone Hackers Head Off To Camp This Weekend

iPhoneDevCamp just started on July 6th and is already showing some results. Check out the main site for information and links to their applications.

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Simple and cheap iPhone for your Grandma

What if iPhone was a simple iPod with a simple telephone functionality? Just these two functions and nothing more, but implemented real well? Now, that Apple have proved to the world at large that it can make a revolutionary phone, it may just go and build simple and cheap phone/iPod that my Grandma will understand. (New Apple patent)

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iPhone - Great keyboard punctuation shortcut from David Pogue

David Pogue gives us a great tip on how to quickly add numbers or punctuation with only one click, rather that the usual three. (i.e. Press the 123 button, press the punctuation/number, press the ABC button to get back.)

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Help Build the Ultimate iPhone Feature Request List; Continuously Updated

We invite you to add your ideas in the comments, and we ’ll add the ones we think are the best to the master list. (And if anything we bring up here actually is already possible in the iPhone, please let us know. We don’t claim to be iPhone experts yet). The list will be updated periodically as we continue to test the iPhone.

What a great list that people come up with. Many seem very reasonable and should be in a future release of the iPhone software... BTW: How will the software be updated? Automatically? Get an email notice to update?

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David Pogue - iPhone: The Musical

"And now the end is near, I'm sick to death of this old cellphone..."I think this is great and goes through the various reasons why some people NEED the iPhone... will wait for days on line... over pay.. for a bad network... but are happy.

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Cases, Cases, Cases....

Apple iPhone cases from $34 to $15. What surprises me is that there are only 24 on the Apple iPhone Store site. In fact, there are only about 41 products there. I thought there would be thousands and thousands of accessories available.

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First report of an iPhone crash

This was written about on msnbc but the JOEyGADGET site has more detail. Joe shows what he went through, how he tried to fix the phone, check out the iPhone Support FAQ and finally got a replacement at the Apple Store. An issue that he saw prior to his problem was the the iPhone felt very hot to the touch since he got it. This could be a big problem if it's with the battery since it is not user-replacable.

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Ten Reasons Why You Shouldn't Buy an iPhone

A good summary that you should think about before getting your own iPhone. The expense, AT&T and one that I didn't think of, the $175 termination fee if you decide to break the commitment with AT&T. I wonder if the iPhone 2.0 will be out on another provider?

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Apple Developer Connection: Web Development for iPhone

The following guidelines will help you prepare web content and design a website or web-based application for iPhone. If you are a seasoned web developer, there are probably just a few refinements you can make to ensure that your site looks great and works best on iPhone.Very strange but the site that tells you how to develop for the iPhone, doesn't render properly on my IE 7.0 but looks fine in Firefox.

The important page is here. A good overview of what you need to do to your site to optimize your site for the iPhone. I'll be looking it over today and make some modifications you my iphoneapps.mobi site to test it out. Oh yeah, don't forget to download Safari 3.0 in order to test properly.


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MadTV Nails Apple and Bush in One Skit

How MadTV managed to slam Steve Jobs and George Bush in one sitting!This skit is hillarious regardless of your political leaning. A very clever use of Steve Jobs and the "i" products.

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Top 25 Web Apps for the iPhone

A list of 25 iPhone applications that make life easier.. I don't know if they are the top 25 or just a list of 25. If there are any more, please add to the comments.

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IPhone.com has been acquired by Apple

I can confirm Apple has bought IPhone.com from Michael Kovatch. Michael would not disclose the sale prices but he said it was well worth it to sell. I know this was at...Well, if Apple wants to buy the highly valuable iphoneapps,com, dev.iphoneapps.com, developer.iphoneapps.com and iphoneapps.mobi please contact me. I'll hold out for a few iPhones, MacBooks and six figures..

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Introducing Snap Shots from Snap.com

I just installed a nice little tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more.

Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need, without your having to leave the site, while other times it lets you "look ahead," before deciding if you want to follow a link or not.

Should you decide this is not for you, just click the Options icon in the upper right corner of the Snap Shot and opt-out.

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Glitches? Not really. 2 out of 11 people polled.

Reuters is stating that there may be glitches with the iPhone. I don't think so. It's really with iTunes and the inability to activate the phone. I already blogged with the method to install iTunes 7.3 on Vista. Maybe this is really the culprit and not really any problem with the iPhone, except people absolutely loving theirs. As stated in the article:

"It's not like it's a computer, it's not like it's a phone, it's like a living sculpture in my hands," said Dale Larson, a mobile business consultant in San Francisco.

If you're having problems installing iTunes on Vista, check out this link:

Vista, iTunes 7.3 and VBScript...

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iPhone Manual online

All the information you'll need in this 124 page manual.

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Lucky....

To the cheers of the crowd, people walked the gauntlet with their brand new iPhones in NYC. I think it's kind of over the top, especially since these people are probably heading to the subway where I'd probably hide the box.

The interesting item in this link is that some people just strolled up at 7:15pm, walked in, bought the phone without a wait. I guess they had quite the inventory in NYC.

I just checked eBay and there are 661 items found for iphone in Cell Phones ranging from $15,500.01 down to about $624 for a 4GB version, $850 for a 8GB version. I suspect that you'd be better off taking a ride tomorrow to the local AT&T store to see what's availabe first.

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Vista, iTunes 7.3 and VBScript...

So you just got that new iPhone thing, sped home, downloaded iTunes 7.3 and installed on your new Vista machine (after all, if you're a techie like me, you need to run the latest and greatest on the best hardware). But you run into a problem. VBScript isn't installed by default by Vista.




Oh NO!!! how do I get around this and start using my wonderful new iPhone?????
Apple has already seen it with iTunes 7.2 on Windows XP. For Vista, there are a few more steps you need to do first.



Re-enabling the VBScript engine in Windows XP

If the VBScript is installed, it might not be registered within Windows XP. To re-enable the VBScript engine, follow these steps:

- click the Start Orb
- select All Programs
- select Accessories
- Right CLICK (very important) on Command Prompt
- Select Run As Administrator
- Follow the steps below...

On the Start menu, click Run.
In the "Open" field, enter the following command and click OK.
regsvr32 vbscript.dll
A message should appear stating that the "DllRegisterServer in C:\WINDOWS\system32\vbscript.dll succeeded."
Click OK and try installing iTunes or QuickTime again.
Note that the user needs to be logged in as the administrator or is a user with admin privileges for the step above.

You should see something like this when done.



When you load iTunes, you'll need to unblock the firewall.



Once this is done, go to Edit/Preference and setup you're iPhone stuff.



That should do it. Enjoy your new phone.

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MOBI Site - Good for the iPhone?

dot mobi sites are a new Top Level Domain (TLD) that is geared towards mobile devices. If you want to test out my blog on your shiny new iPhone... check out http://www.iphoneapps.mobi.

I know that the iPhone has a great browser and .mobi may not be necessary, but not everyone has a cool new phone yet. The advantage is that .mobi sites would not have to be zoomed and are made specifically small with small images. If you're on the "blazingly fast" EDGE network, maybe smaller web pages designed specifically for mobile networks would make sense.

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Apple official iPhone Accessories here!

The offical Apple accessories are listed with prices. I particularly like the travel cable for $29 that allows you to charge the phone and bluetooth headset with a simple cable.

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AT&T Stores Brace For Violent iPhone Shoppers

If you plan on stomping over other customers to get your iPhone fix, prepare to work your way through beefed up security and extra employees on hand to stop iPhone insanity. Violent shoppers!!! Maybe people who are crying or begging if they don't get an iPhone, but I hope it doesn't come down to violence. I suspect you'll be able to get one tomorrow if you just stroll over to a local AT&T store.

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