Friday, July 06, 2007

iPhone Saves and Glitches

Had my iPhone for almost a week now and thought I would share some notes...

Saves...

1. Someone at the office needed a phone number, I had it on the iPhone, so didn't need to go back to my desk to find it.

2. We are off on a short vacation, and I was able to make a list of what we needed to bring, find the hotel we are staying at, add it to my bookmarks, add it to Google maps, find the route to get there. Oh what a machine!

3. The most important save so far... I need to travel around town for work and thought I knew where I had to be. I wouldn't have opened my computer, turned it on, waited, opened my iCal, waited, then looked up my schedule. But since I had the iPhone, I just double checked. Needless to say, I was dead wrong about where I was going, so as far as I'm concerned, this purchase has just paid for itself!

Glitches...

1. Sometimes I will be looking up Google Maps and the phone just decides to go back home. Not sure if I am doing something or not. A minor inconvenience, but troubling.

2. The phone refuses to accept the WEP password for my Apple Wireless at home. I have no friggin' idea why and it is irritating. Not that I need to be online using the iPhone at home... the Mac is used for that, but still, what's the problem? EDGE is not as bad as some think it is, I seem to be able to get mail, go online, etc, relatively fast, so I have no problem with it. Not sure how it would work out in the boonies, but in the big city it seems to do just fine.

3. I recorded a Custom Greeting which is fine, but it won't let me re-record it now. It has the record button visible, but won't record. No idea how to delete the custom one and replace it. Anyone have any ideas?

4. As always, I hate the little to no help guides offered by Apple. I know these things are fairly intuitive, but there are things that need to be documented. I've downloaded the help guide, but haven't gone through it with a fine tooth comb yet. Hopefully it will give more insights.

All in all, this tool is just right for what I need.

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