For iPhone users: How do you like it (so far)?

[Musicdiddy]

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Originally Posted by Quaddy /img/forum/go_quote.gif with the new itunes release, manual drag and dropping is now supported with the iphone, so its just the same as using/syncing a 5g ipod! sorry if that wasnt what you were meaning.

That's great, I didn't realize that.

Thanks Quaddy.

 

[bhd812]

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Originally Posted by saint.panda /img/forum/go_quote.gif That's not so good since I usually put my phone on silence/vibration. Can anybody else comment on this?

it could also be that i am not used to it as of yet, my i930 had a powerful vibration going on though.

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Originally Posted by Musicdiddy /img/forum/go_quote.gif I am about to press the button on one of these but before I do could I please ask one question...........I understand that you cannot transfer music from iTunes manually but can you select certain albums or tracks to synch over to the iPhone? I currently have almost 30gb of music stored on iTunes so I wondered if I will have any control over what I can transfer to the iPhone.

YOu can sync all your music if you choose or you can create a playlist (i named mine iphone v1) and manually drag and drop your music files into the playlist. its the same thing as using a playlist on an ipod. coverflow still works of course and you can still select your music by artist or album or anything like you would normally on your ipod.

 

[bhd812]

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Originally Posted by Quaddy /img/forum/go_quote.gif yeah mine resides in a case as well as its invisible shield, the way i got round this, was to buy a cheap apple universal dock off ebay and order a sendstation dock extender now i can just drop it on and take it off its dock just like when it was new in its case, much easier!

yeah i was going to do this actually, any cheapo docks you recommend?
i need two of them (one for my computer and one for my bed). i went so long needing a dock for my ipod that i made one out of a 2x4 one day...it didnt work out so nice as planned...hahaha

 

[Quaddy]

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Originally Posted by bhd812 /img/forum/go_quote.gif yeah i was going to do this actually, any cheapo docks you recommend? i need two of them (one for my computer and one for my bed). i went so long needing a dock for my ipod that i made one out of a 2x4 one day...it didnt work out so nice as planned...hahaha

well i had to buy two also

the cheapest i could find were here, but i am in the uk, so i guess thats a different ballgame (they are brand new and shrinkrapped)

and i had to order two sendstation extender docks from the states!

 

[gbx2006]

When some of you say that the sound quality of the iPhone sucks, do you think using the iPhone's LOD would sound as good as an iPod 5 gen LOD?

Hope this makes since.

I am thinking of getting a portable amp for my iPhone, but I do not know if it would be a waste of money if I did not plan to use it with a different source.

 

[bhd812]

i was playing around the other day and i hooked the iphone using the stock cradles line out to a mini to rca adapter from radioshack and being fed using enigma rca's to the RSA B52...
i must say for a phone this is one hell of a source, frontal soundstage as expected but lots of micro details coming from the left and right channels..weird but very fun and enjoying to listen to. it was a surpise for sure!



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Originally Posted by Quaddy /img/forum/go_quote.gif well i had to buy two also the cheapest i could find were here, but i am in the uk, so i guess thats a different ballgame (they are brand new and shrinkrapped) and i had to order two sendstation extender docks from the states!

thanks man!

 

[jgonino]

I just took an RCA to mini cable and hooked it up to the stock cradle. I ran the RCA's to my PPX3. Wow, this thing has some serious kick! I was really surprised how great this sounded.

I can say for sure my standard setup is a fair bit better, but for a phone, it kicks some serious butt!

 

[gbx2006]

I am glad to hear that. I think I am going to give a Headsix a shot with it and see what happens.

 

[sohels]

I have a Macbook and the syncing is excellent. I haven't carried out the jail break yet and I don't intend to. In my opinion it offers great utility as it is. Best phone or perhaps best gadget I've ever owned. By quite a margin.

 

[Zanth]

How easy is it to enter data into the unit on the fly? I am thinking of times when I would need to take notes or enter a phone number etc. I suppose with safari, I could just log into my gmail account and use Google Docs but I would prefer something more concrete from Apple themselves.
Ideally this thing would provide a stylus and permit something like Palm's graffiti.

 

[azt33]

From what I have read on other forums, you are not able to edit in Google Docs. Can someone confirm this please? This would kind of be a dealbreaker for me...

 

[kugino]

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Originally Posted by Zanth /img/forum/go_quote.gif How easy is it to enter data into the unit on the fly? I am thinking of times when I would need to take notes or enter a phone number etc. I suppose with safari, I could just log into my gmail account and use Google Docs but I would prefer something more concrete from Apple themselves. Ideally this thing would provide a stylus and permit something like Palm's graffiti.

the touch keyboard takes some getting used to, but one can become very proficient and fast...i'm getting better every day. it's way better and faster than palm's graffiti...and i love not having a stylus to lose. it's a phone - why wouldn't you be able to input a phone number on the fly?

i don't know why you need to use google docs to take notes...there's a note app as well as tons of other web-based apps that allow you to take notes and to-dos (like ta-da list by 37signals). and soon apple will release their SDK that will allow developers to write native apps for the iphone...

 

[Al4x]

bejeweled on the iphone is ace cause you use your finger to contol the gems

 

[Wodgy]

Google Documents may not be editable directly (I don't know, I don't have an iPhone), but you can create custom forms to pipe data directly into to Google spreadsheets:
macosxhints.com - Create easy 'tracking' apps for iPhone via Google Docs
Really cool stuff. For instance, you might use this to create a mileage log for your car.

 

[gbx2006]

The keyboard does take some getting use to. When you are on the web the screen rotates to widescreen, and it makes typing easier since the keypad is larger. When answering emails or text messages, the screen does not rotate so the keypad is smaller, making it more difficult to type. I feel this was a design flaw by apple, but is a small price to pay for such an amazing device.

If you are undecided about purchasing an iphone, I would wait until may. There is a rumor that a new iPhone will be released in may that will have GPS, faster 3g Internet, a 6 megapixle camera, plus who knows what else.