Yep I Drank the Kool-Aid!! [Setting Contexts]

I bought an 8G iPhone on the first available weekend. For weeks before I was saying I was going to wait - and yet, Saturday morning I’m in (and out) of Apple Soho in 10 minutes with my shiny new gadget and case.

Impressions after two weeks - it’s exceeded all my expectations. My Twitter feed that first weekend was full of hyberbole (even from usual low-key developers) but it really lived up to the hype.
- It’s easy to navigate with the touch screen (the “Calamari” commercial is a real-time example)
- Developers (especially after iPhoneDevCamp) have been churning out new apps
- The iPod sound is so clear, a definite step ahead
- The Text Feature is fun (looks like iChat bubbles) and I’m using it so much more than previously
- The Web app (Safari) turns horizontally and vertically (I really like the the keyboard input while on it’s side)
- While the keyboard was a little challenging at first, I was a pro after just a couple of days.
- The battery life (I have heard others have had issues) has been great. I turn off the Wifi when I’m not using it as I think the sniffer uses a lot of power
- I have a lot of email accounts and all are now on (except work, I need help from my Network guys on that)

Favorite Applications (so far) -
- Mockdock (an online dock for iPhone apps)
- PocketTweets (Twitter on the iPhone)
- gOffice (Microsoft Office for iPhone)
- Meebo (Chat client that includes AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, etc.)
- Ta-Da (37Signals Ta-Da - to do list maker)

Resources -
- Top 25 Web Apps for iPhone (Rev2.org)
- iPhone Appr
- iPhoneDevCampsApps(BarCamp.org)
- Macenstein.com’s test for dead pixels
- iPhone Typing Test
- Simple Spark

Acknowledgements -
These resources and applications have been gathered from a number of places, including my Twitter feed, Pownce, Daring Fireball, The Macalope, Scobleizer, TUAW, and probably more.

Thanks to everyone who shares resources/apps/etc!

I am slowly incorporating the iPhone into my GTD system - more as it becomes ingrained.

Original post here: jquig99

15 July 2007 | 37Signals, Software, Ta-Da, Twitter, apple, applications, iphone | Comments

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