iphone vs mytouch

[TonyPSchaefer]

Originally Posted by ggood

Have you tried just asking your IT person or persons? Here's an apple support article:

That was, I think, Day 2 of ownership. The friendly gentleman informed me that we do not support iPhone mail syncing. I was hoping there was another way that I was missing.

Then again, it's not something I should be pursuing. I mean, it's not like I WANT to carry my work around with me.

[ggood]

Originally Posted by TonyPSchaefer

That was, I think, Day 2 of ownership. The friendly gentleman informed me that we do not support iPhone mail syncing. I was hoping there was another way that I was missing.

Then again, it's not something I should be pursuing. I mean, it's not like I WANT to carry my work around with me.

If they don't allow it in their server settings, then the only thing I can think of is to set up automatic forwarding of all your mail to another account. You'd also want to copy your work account on all mail sent from the phone that was work related. Probably more trouble than it's worth. There is no good reason not to allow it, especially with all the remote wipe and other admin options they now have for the iphone.

[lefat1]

All great contributions, now, I'm a fairly savvy kinda guy, but what about usability? I mean things most people use all the time on their smart phone. Like camera quality, syncing with internet via wi-fi or bluetooth. Will I need my engineering degree to do all these things. I like "KISS" kind of devices. Seems the MYtouch has extra mechanical buttons and I was told its really the G1 without the mechanical keyboard. Also, arguments against the iphone are that it can't multitask, iphone doesn't do texting, etc w/o some other app. needed.

[efusco]

Originally Posted by lefat1

All great contributions, now, I'm a fairly savvy kinda guy, but what about usability? I mean things most people use all the time on their smart phone. Like camera quality, syncing with internet via wi-fi or bluetooth. Will I need my engineering degree to do all these things. I like "KISS" kind of devices. Seems the MYtouch has extra mechanical buttons and I was told its really the G1 without the mechanical keyboard. Also, arguments against the iphone are that it can't multitask, iphone doesn't do texting, etc w/o some other app. needed.

The iPhone is amazingly intuitive. I've only had to look up how to do a few things. It automatically selects wifi vs 3G, BT is a breeze, customizing takes a few taps. I'd never used an iPhone before getting mine and was installing apps, moving stuff around, setting up e-mail, etc. in minutes.

B/C I had an older ATT phone it took a bit to get my iPhone activated, but if you're coming to it fresh it'll be all set for you. I also had to get a new iPhone b/c of a battery charging problem, but customer support from Apple was fantastic, and it took less than an hour to set up the new phone EXACTLY the way my previous phone had been set up via iTunes...only thing I had to do was put in passwords.

Photo quality is what you'd expect from a cell phone. They're usable. In good light they're fairly sharp and contrasty, in poor light they're crap. You have to learn how to hold it steady when shooting b/c it seems to be pretty motion sensitive. The video is fun to have as well.

I enjoy streaming my music via BT to a wireless headset that I can wear with my bike helmet when I ride my e-bike around, then I can also answer calls via that headset. The phone rides in the wire basket on the front.

Reading Priuschat is difficult since Danny hasn't worked out the kinks for the Priuschat mobile for the iPhone yet, but most other sites are a breeze to access.

[mojo]

You mean like making a phone call?
After reading about the Iphone dropping calls I cant risk it.
Reading the Touch Pro 2 forum , previous Iphone owners say the Touch Pro 2 is like a mini laptop while the Iphone is like a toy.

Originally Posted by lefat1

All great contributions, now, I'm a fairly savvy kinda guy, but what about usability? I mean things most people use all the time on their smart phone. Like camera quality, syncing with internet via wi-fi or bluetooth. Will I need my engineering degree to do all these things. I like "KISS" kind of devices. Seems the MYtouch has extra mechanical buttons and I was told its really the G1 without the mechanical keyboard. Also, arguments against the iphone are that it can't multitask, iphone doesn't do texting, etc w/o some other app. needed.

[ggood]

+1 to Evan's comments.

It always had a texting program, but it didn't do MMS before. ATT just turned that feature on though, so even that is not an issue.

The lack of mechanical buttons is what makes it infinitely customizable, from a programming point of view, and allows the large screen. I can see where someone who does a lot of texting and e-mailing might prefer a mechanical keyboard, but now that the virtual keyboard is available in landscape mode in most programs, I find it hard to believe one or the other is really easier.

They are claiming the droid is really slick and almost as thin as the iphone, even though it has a slide out keyboard. Competition is a wonderful thing.

The only time I miss multitasking is not being able to use certain music programs, like pandora, while I'm doing something else, like internet. But then there's the ipod for that. For texting, you now have push notifications. From the Apple perspective, this is a feature rather than a flaw, as part of their KISS design philosophy. I'd personally like more flexibility and less nannying by Apple, but for the vast majority of people, it probably is a good thing.

Originally Posted by lefat1

All great contributions, now, I'm a fairly savvy kinda guy, but what about usability? I mean things most people use all the time on their smart phone. Like camera quality, syncing with internet via wi-fi or bluetooth. Will I need my engineering degree to do all these things. I like "KISS" kind of devices. Seems the MYtouch has extra mechanical buttons and I was told its really the G1 without the mechanical keyboard. Also, arguments against the iphone are that it can't multitask, iphone doesn't do texting, etc w/o some other app. needed.

[TonyPSchaefer]

Originally Posted by efusco

Photo quality is what you'd expect from a cell phone. They're usable. In good light they're fairly sharp and contrasty, in poor light they're crap. You have to learn how to hold it steady when shooting b/c it seems to be pretty motion sensitive. The video is fun to have as well.

As I said above, my mom was able to figure out how to work my iPhone very quickly. It is very intuitive. When I was setting it up at home, it was going through the screens and one of them said something like, "hey, there are some wireless networks. Which one is yours?" When I selected it, I got a field for entering my WIP code and *BAM* I'm in. It sounds so trivial but when I set up my wireless network from a PC perspective there were drivers and settings and confusion and manuals involved. My wife's MacBook was equally as easy.

As for pictures, here's Wrigley at night.

[eagle33199]

Originally Posted by lefat1

All great contributions, now, I'm a fairly savvy kinda guy, but what about usability? I mean things most people use all the time on their smart phone. Like camera quality, syncing with internet via wi-fi or bluetooth. Will I need my engineering degree to do all these things. I like "KISS" kind of devices. Seems the MYtouch has extra mechanical buttons and I was told its really the G1 without the mechanical keyboard. Also, arguments against the iphone are that it can't multitask, iphone doesn't do texting, etc w/o some other app. needed.

The iPhone is, hands down, the most usable and intuitive phone i have ever owned or used.

As for multitasking... you're correct in that 3rd party apps can't multitask, which can be a little annoying if the apps take more than a few seconds to load. However, the built in apple apps can multitask. You can use Safari while listening to music, check your calendar while on a phone call, etc. The lack of third party multitasking is, in my opinion, a very, very small negative - i have not yet been in a situation where it was anything more than a slight annoyance. Texting is easy, quick, and intuitive, and sending pictures (now that it is enabled) is a breeze (as is receiving pictures, saving them to the phone, and downloading them to your computer).

[lefat1]

You guys are selling me on the iPhone, no doubt. Any mytouch people out there wanna play in?

[lefat1]

Originally Posted by lefat1

You guys are selling me on the iPhone, no doubt. Any mytouch people out there wanna play in?

Guess not! Iphoners, did I read that the ringer is very low, no matter what ring tone you're using? And what about the no connection to iphone apps with voice?