So I got my iPhone 3G on Friday morning and have been using it for a few days now. I have never used one before, don't use an iPod or even a Mac computer. The iPhone was incredibily easy to use and without using and manuals quickly had a most everything working and downloaded a bunch of apps from the app store.
Over all, the iPhone just is really nice to use and in many ways very easy, polished and intuitive. In other ways, it is still missing some key features in my book:
- Sort and filter email be date, sender, etc.
- Select more than one mail at a time to delete, move, copy. Yes I know you can go to edit and select messages to work on, but you still have to select them one at a time. In Windows Mobile you can just run your finger over multiple messages to complete this.
- Deleting duplicate contacts in bulk. Doing them one at a time is just painful
- A task manager. I would like to see some list that shows me which apps are running, how many resources they are using, battery usage and stuff like that. Also to shut down running apps
- Better calendar integration. I tried to click on and open calendar items, but just does not seem to work.
- The battery sucks! I am not getting more than about 6 to 7 hours of battery time. I think I have to turn off the push for my Exchange email. This is much less that I was getting on my Windows Mobile phone.
I do like the phone, the iPod MP3 and camera and the overall "feel" of the phone. Went to the Apple store in the maill (which was jam packed) and bought a rubberized case, but was unable to get a phone car charger for it yet. I ordered one for 5 bucks on Amazon and will see it if works.
All in all, things are OK but I am going to withhold my final verdict for a while yet.
