It seems only fitting that the first post for What’s On My iPhone & Why should be posted directly from the game changing device that this site is about. To the unacquainted, it is difficult to adequately illustrate what an unbelievable device the iPhone actually is and the capabilities it has due to intelligent design and the integration of the App Store. The App Store is a remarkable feat in and of itself but the flexibility and options that it provided the iPhone are unparalleled.
Most of the time when reading reviews in technology magazines and websites, the reviews are done by a reporter or author who had a product submitted to them for their review. As such, in many cases you get a half baked review by a non-user.
This website is devoted to illustrating the real world functionality, options, abilities, fun and freedom that the iPhone allows from real world people using it in real world applications.
Prior to getting an iPhone, I was an avid or perhaps a better word would be rabid Blackberry user. To put it in proper perspective, I required all of my employees, staff members, friends and colleagues to get them. When the iPhone originally debuted, despite my desire to get one, unfortunately it didn’t support Exchange integration for real time email access. With the update to the iPhone 3G, that problem was solved and it now became a possibility. The next big concern was the lack of a physical qwerty keyboard. Having had Pocket PCs in the past and having played on some of my friend’s Pocket PC phones, I wasn’t sure I would be able to deal with the lack of a physical keyboard. Despite having hands the size of a gorilla, I had become somewhat of a speed typist on the Blackberry.
Thankfully, all of my concerns were unfounded.
To this day, I am amazed at all of the things that I can do with my iPhone. I have programmed websites, held WebEx’s, done deals, listened to music, watched movies, played games, checked the weather, streamed music to an Apple HiFi, taken and edited pictures, accessed my laptop remotely via Remote Desktop, used an HP12C financial calculator, driven thousands of miles using various navigation apps, checked TV listings, read the Bible, tracked expenses, paid bills, written Word docs and Excel spreadsheets, surfed the web, checked the score of the game, watched a live Florida Gators game, checked Internet bandwidth, found out what song was playing over the loudspeakers at Barnes & Noble, Tweeted, posted to my Facebook account, written blogs and posted with Wordpress, become a Jedi master, found nearby restaurants, read books, entertained my kids while standing in line at Disney World, Epcot and Animal Kingdom, and the list goes on and on…….all from my iPhone.
The Apple iPhone is more than a phone. It is more than a smart phone. It is more than a media player. It is a game changer.
Stay tuned to learn all the ways real people actually use it in their real lives…..
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