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(VIDEO) iPhone interface complete walkthrough
engadget.com — "It's not like you need any clearer a picture of what to expect from the iPhone interface at this point, but we'll show you some real world use of the device in this walkthrough as we churn through just about every app and option the iPhone's got."
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- superpixel, on 10/11/2007, -7/+9nicely done!
- Bobaliki, on 10/11/2007, -3/+37would be perfect but for his hand getting in the way
- jasdf, on 10/11/2007, -7/+0I'm sure his hand is in his own way.
- lazyeyesam, on 10/11/2007, -7/+1that's what she said
- geoken, on 10/11/2007, -14/+6It seems really laggy.
- Wilson, on 10/11/2007, -9/+6And he crashed Safari by focusing a text field :P
- fazedure, on 10/11/2007, -19/+3Nice iReview for an iExpensive iStupid cell phone
- winnch, on 10/11/2007, -10/+19I love my iPhone, it's a great product. The UI is extremely snappy, the battery will get you through the day, and it's just a lot of fun. My Blackberry Pearl looks like a dog now...
- SWiG, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Agreed. I also favor it over the BB 8800. Will miss the GPS, but it sucked in the car anyways.
- furmanvt, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3where is the bottle opener and electric razor feature?
- bloodredxxx, on 10/11/2007, -13/+6hmm.. a walkthrough huh... for using a phone? must be really compicated, err.. special
http://webfindr.com/cat/technology/ - NiGHTSChao, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11This is like the 7th iphone interface walkthrough thats been posted on digg
- lgc90, on 10/11/2007, -5/+16When the iPhone came out on friday, a family friend was purchasing two. One each for his 10 and 11 year old son and daughter. I know, unbelievable. But anyway, they were chosen by a news team to be filmed activating the iPhone through iTunes, showing even a kid can do it; well, not so much. What ended up on the news was embarrassing to say the least. First, nothing worked because they were running the old iTunes, and then again because they hadn't updated to 10.4.10. Not big issues, but they took a while to download, and we were all waiting. Then the real problems started. The daughter had an at&t number already, but we had to spend another 15 minutes looking for a corporate id number instead of a social security number, because her phone was actually part of her mom's corporate at&t account. When we finally got the number, iTunes told us that the number could not be used on an iPhone because it was a corporate number. Bummer. So then I suggested trying the son's; big mistake. The son had a verizon number on his father's family account. This wouldn't have made things *too* difficult, but the father wanted to stay with verizon, so essentially, we had to make a new at&t account, just for this 10 year old kid.... yeah. Of course, his credit wasn't previously established with at&t, so the only option was to go to an at&t store, or make the iPhone a prepaid phone. They chose the latter, and iTunes said to wait for up to 6 minutes. After waiting for about 15 minutes, iTunes said the process would require more time, and that they would be emailed, presumably within the notorious 6 hours. Then, I left.
My personal experience was, much, much, much easier, and in fact, nearly instant. It went down like this:
1. update iTunes
2. plug in iPhone
3. select my "situation" (transfer old verizon number to current at&t family plan)
3. type in old verizon number and personal info (out of contract, so no fee!)
4. pick a plan & agree to terms
5. wait (about a total of 5 seconds)
6. sync iPhone (just like an iPod)
Now, for some thoughts about its features:
sms: simple, organized, beautiful, practical
calendar: not really anything special, but it still works and looks nice
photos: seamless w/ Photo via iTunes, beautiful juicy slideshow effects, love "flicking"
camera: unexpectedly good quality, iPhone recognized in iPhoto as camera
youtube: integrated w/ youtube urls, not sure if/how i can rate videos
stocks: just like on dashboard
maps: address book integration, beautiful juicy animations, "pseudo" gps
weather: just like on dashboard
clock: similar to iPod, has stopwatch, timer, and alarm
calculator: effective, GUI a little strange, I haven't checked for PEMDAS
notes: wish I could/knew how to change font, cool delete animation
settings: wish I could add ringtones (even if I had to buy them off iTunes for $0.29)
phone: haven't used conference or visual voicemail yet, nice big keypad, can't type for a contact
mail: I keep getting my own sent messages as new ones back in my inbox (gmail problem?)
safari: the phone's true killer app (IMHO), inline videos too (fill the screen when played), EDGE is actually very fast
iPod: really is the best iPod ever made, beautiful juicy animations, I just wish there was more memory- oOLiquidNightOo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6i have an iphone as well and i'm happy with it for certain. i agreed with most of what you had to say here until the end, "EDGE is actually very fast". that's just not true. adequate? maybe. are you sure you weren't tied into an open wifi network when you were testing? again, i'm more than happy with the phone but the EDGE speed is "OK" at best. still thanks for taking the time to post your thoughts/review.
- dignews, on 10/11/2007, -13/+2Dude create your own blog and post this there don't put it in digg comments, if people like your opinion they will submit it to digg
- arniola, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0"mail: I keep getting my own sent messages as new ones back in my inbox (gmail problem?)"
I saw "always cc myself" or something like in the settings part of this video, could be the problem. - haylcron, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1It's not a cc thing... it's how gmail handles messages. If you use the web interface, you see both messages you sent and messages you received, all of these messages get sent through POP mail. There is no way to get rid of them (that I've been able to find) unless you set a filter (which is impossible on the iPhone). Hopefully google will fix this soon.
- creep303, on 10/11/2007, -12/+5Still no HSDPA = still not worth buying
- creep303, on 10/11/2007, -13/+2No HSDPA = not worth buying.
- ProAm500, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1How does SlingPlayer run on the Iphone...If it runs as well as it does on my Mogul, I might consider the switch......oh wait......
- revital9, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1More iPhone reviews on the web and on your mobile phone: http://www.hooqs.com/iphone---reviews-and-opinions/17021,19417
- valdet, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0That video is good quality. I wish I had some dollars to buy one like that in Albania. :)
- horizontaleight, on 10/11/2007, -6/+8Coming up next, we get exclusive shots of the iPhone sitting in a shoebox! Followed by continued coverage of people discussing the iPhone and its future destinations like: a laundry basket, on top of a dresser, and some other neat stuff. iPhone!
- catwh0re, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0sign me up!
- jonr, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Nice knuckles!
- igbert, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0download slow for me, just downloaded the embedded flv instead
http://stadium.weblogsinc.com/engadget/videos/iPhone/interface-walkthrough.flv - MeltingIce, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3What's wrong with Apples official iPhone walkthrough? http://www.apple.com/iphone/usingiphone/guidedtour.html
- FetalSage, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3They're both great, the guide being more professional. But it's still good to see how an 'average' user uses the iPhone.
- matude, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3What's wrong with video section?
- cpk121, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0Yeah, they made a videos category for a reason. Buried as wrong section.
...but really, buried as iphone
- cpk121, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0Yeah, they made a videos category for a reason. Buried as wrong section.
- houndeyex, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1...and then he crashed Safari. Owned.
- tnoy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1If it were a microsoft product, we'd probably have 3 or 4 stories on the front page JUST about the crash.
- Diorhomme, on 10/11/2007, -4/+0Ryan is fat.
- thomas040, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2"and then we can see coverflow"
uhm noooo, your f***ing hand is in the way...
retard - DjOverEZ, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2Am I the only one who actually wants one less now that I've seen it in action?
- tnoy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I want one more now, but not enough to override its downfalls.
- coldfusion1970, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I want one more now, but i'm in the UK :-(
- matrage, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0with the exception of the phone Ive been doing 90% of this stuff on a palm for the last 4 years. WHAT IS SO GREAT ABOUT THIS IPHONE? I agree the more I see the less I want one. Now that new Nokia device hmmmmmmmmmmm that looks interesting
- djspike, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2To me the most interesting part is that Engadget employee's cant trade tech stocks...
- mal1964, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I would like to see more browsing on that video it looked a little slow, and it was in range of his own router.
- mrjoanofarc, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Probably the dullest and most lifeless iPhone review I've seen so far. I stopped at about ~12 minutes, because I realized if I ever owned the phone, it would probably be more fun finding these things out myself.
- MaceSoul, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Nice Comic Sans on the notes section. What's forward thinking designer decided to go with that jackass font?
And where are the games? Am I the only one who plays games on my phone? - Poon007, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Too bad his fat monkey hand is in the way.
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