I said I’d review the iPhone and I’m going to do that…sorta…I will say I absolutely love everything about it. I’ve drained the battery daily. Which I guess is a testament to the weak battery and draining aspects of 3G but it’s all good.
Speed: 5/5
3G is damn fast. Now that it’s rolled out in Lafayette I can surf in the fast lane. I’ve loaded all my favorite sites in a matter of seconds, way better than EDGE. WiFi works well too, have only used it a couple times..Bought a song on the iTunes music store. Very easy to navigate, quick download…
Usability: 5/5
Apple really hit a homerun with their UI. It’s slick, fast, and sexy. I can call, e-mail, chat, surf, play music, record voicenotes, etc all within one package. That’s amazing. Name me one other company who has put a product that can do so much at once. With the SDK came a myriad of great apps. I personally use Twitterific, Facebook, AIM, Pandora, PhoneSaber, and Band a lot. They were all free except for Band (which was only $10, totally worth it)
Affordability: 3/5
Although it has come down a lot in price, you still won’t see this in everyone’s hands anytime soon. I’d like to see the iPhone nano but I doubt that will be coming out anytime soon.
Overall: 5/5
It’s great, it does everything I need it to do, the only features I wish it had was Flash/Java support, a clipboard (is it really that hard?!) some sort of word processing app, video recording/chat capability, and skype. Some of these will be forthcoming, some won’t but I’m okay with that. Like I said, I drain the battery daily, I use the heck out of it, and it was worth every penny!