Comments on: Quick iPhone Thoughts

By: Ian D

Ian D — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:04:09 +0000

Gordon – what do you mean by custom sounds & ringtones? I use iToner (Mac app) to load in custom ringtones. You can then select those ringtones in sounds menu in the settings. You can also assign different ringtones to different people in the contacts app.

Now that I’m looking at the iPhone I guess your meaning mail, text messages etc which you can’t add custom sounds too. Agreed – would be nice to change these too.

May as well throw in thoughts on typing. I found it a bit fiddly at first and was using one finger only…and also wasn’t too accurate. However wrongly typed words usually have an autocorrect option underneath which you can select by pressing space. Double tapping space enters a full stop and a space and over the last few days it has got easier to type, more accurate and I’m now onto two thumbs. I also find it a lot faster than a normal phone keypad so it’s win win. For those use to a blackberry it will probably be slow – I’ve seen some at work who are demon’s on their berry’s.

By: bob

bob — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:40:02 +0000

I might be in Shauna’s camp, I had a really hard time w/ the keypad when we (well, Larry) got the first version. And the battery life was really unimpressive. That’s gone downhill now, hasn’t it. Still , the interface is brilliant for browsing.

Still holding out for the next generation of G3 Crackberry, mainly because I’m so used to the keypad after years of using one version or another.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:16:20 +0000

Ohh and one downside. The inability to set custom sounds and ringtones which, given there are now a couple of iPhones in our office means there is a constant “is that me?” discussion. I’d even pay for an App that sorted this!

By: Gordon

Gordon — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:14:40 +0000

Steve, I don’t think you can unless you ‘jailbreak’ the iPhone and install a 3rd party app. Google will get you the details, although I guess something in the App Store may appear sometime…

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:57:55 +0000

Gordon,

You’re probably the man to answer this one then… can you connect it to a laptop (either wired/bluetoothed/wifi’d) to use the data connection? I currently have the brick which is the N95, but i’m thinking the iPhone might be a tempting replacement come February. The only downside is it’s only on O2, with whom I swore i’d never have another phone (they might say the same, of course). Kasia’s going to get one in September so I’ll have a play with it then.