Detailed iPhone review0
JR posted in Devices on July 10th, 2007
Ars Technica has released one of it always excellent and detailed reviews; in this case about the iPhone.
Fifteen pages detailing the physical strengths and weaknesses of the iPhone and the software triumphs and failures. It includes a remarkable durability test that includes everything from being stepped on to dropping it from a 3rd story window.
Their balanced verdict is that the iPhone is a mixed bag. In the areas where the iPhone excels, it is at a level far above all the competition. The failures, like e-mail, appear to almost be an afterthought compared to the other functions. Because of the incomplete appearance of the mail application, there is hope that it will be greatly improved in a later software update.
Me? I’ve been using a Nokia N800 for about 6 months and recently changed my Bluetooth-connected cell phone to one which can use an HSDPA network connection in addition to WiFi. It gives me a lot of what the iPhone can do and is getting more and more software released for it by the week. I’ve got time to see what the iPhone can become.