The first on-line review of the iphone has already hit the net, and it is extremely predictable review. It comes from the New York Post writer Glenn Fleishman who touches on every complaint that has been talked about right here from jump.
One of the complaints is that the iphone doesn't come with 3G (third generation) technology which allows faster internet surfing. This was talked about from the first day it was introduced, and was addressed by Steve Jobs stating that the 3G chips were not available when they were designing the iphone. He also complains that the screen size is to small to read Internet information and compared it to a small laptop, which doesn't make sense because it is a CELL PHONE!!! Why not compare it to say..... Another cell phone?
In his defense he does state that it's a technical marvel, but follows that up with "it's a nice ipod". In the end he states that people should wait until the next iphone model which should be a better product. I would have to agree with that, but for a review of the most awaited gadget in a decade, I kinda expected a little more information than what we got.....
Read the entire article after the jump. [New York Post via Crunchgear]
2 comments:
Howdy, author of that article here. It wasn't intended as a review, but the Post labeled it as such. I think that made my analysis sound much snippier than it was.
"He also complains that the screen size is to small to read Internet information and compared it to a small laptop, which doesn't make sense because it is a CELL PHONE!!! Why not compare it to say....": One of Apple's marquee features for the iPhone is the ability to view Web pages and documents attached to email in Word, Excel, and PDF format. But the iPhone doesn't reformat (or offer a formatted/reformatted option) for viewing. The iPhone is more like a laptop in so many ways, running a full-blown operating system, even though it's mostly like a smartphone. The comparison of screen size was in context of these reading activities, which Apple promotes. Because the screen is so small relative to a laptop (versus relative to an ordinary smartphone or cellphone, where it's enormously larger), it's still very hard to read documents.
Some browsers intended for mobile devices and some "documents to go" software actually make it possible to read something without dragging back and forth, back and forth.
Read the reviews by Pogue, Mossberg, and others, and you'll hear the same complaint about navigating within documents and pages. Strangely, neither of them talk about the experience of reading on the device, which (due to email, SMS, browsing, etc.) will be a key use beyond calling.
Glenn, thanks for responding. I know that you certainly are not in control of what the NY Post labels your articles, and it makes sense what you have to say about the iphone. The Post kinda hung you out to dry by stating that it was a review.I felt that comparing it to the smartphone is a good choice to compare it to.
Please don't get me wrong, I feel the same way that you do about most of what you have written. I just didn't feel that it wasn't anything that wasn't covered before the iphone was released. You were one of the lucky few who got there hands on an iphone, before its release. I was just looking for a little more information from you about it, if it was a true review. But I see that wasn't the kind of article that you were writing.
Thank you for clearing that up.
Thanks for stopping by Glenn, and please don't let this be that last time.
Nelson
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