Day 3 With the Apple iPhone: Some Quirks and All
One thing is for sure: if you use your iPhone as an iPod or portable device for web browsing, there's not going to be much of battery life left on the device. Here's why I think this is not so bad: if you are used to the iPod (and I suspect most iPhone users are - except me), you automatically plug it into your laptop or computer's USB port.
Think about it: you come home, and plug in the iPod. Whether to sync or just to charge it, you are already used to this. And you're bound to do the same thing with the iPhone - charging it in the process. Very clever, Apple.
Some quirks that I encountered on Day 3:
Fast switching between portrait and landscape modes - when I don't want it
Today, I took out the iPhone on a little ride. And by little, I mean a 2 hour commute across a few towns in North and Central New Jersey. And found some interesting things about it. For example, when you're viewing a web page in Safari in landscape mode and the bus jerks a bit, the iPhone flips into portrait mode. No complaints about reading on the phone though - the display is crystal clear.
More after the cut.
iPod application unstable?
While Safari was open, if I had the iPod application running in the background, it stopped playing for no apparent reason at least three times in a three-hour period. But remember, this is iPhone version 1, so I would expect minor bugs like these.
Task switching
I am used to the Symbian/Series 60 interface, having used it extensively for over four years now. I like being able to switch between running applications by pressing on the menu button a couple of seconds.
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