iPhone for Geeks and Not so Geeks

I don't want to post on iPhone. It is ubiquitous on internet long before Steve Jobs said, that it was coming.Check out iPhone trends on Google Trends. By now, You must have got pretty much lot of versions on what is good and what is bad about iPhone. So what is new that will come here. Nothing!!

Don't you leave, I would not post this, if that were the case.

Check out the "iPhone in Depth: Ars Review". If you are wondering what Ars is, it is one of the few sites that I read daily. They have some great technical content and most of the posts rate very high on content quality. In this review they present a detailed review of iPhone and it's features. A must for all those who want to know this 2007 wonder. It is also a nice lesson in the thoroughness of a product review. If you ask me it is time worth spent to read the 11 page review. Some good quality videos also accompany the review.

The topics covered are as follows:
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• Introduction

• Unboxing
  Size Comparison
  

• Activation
• Syncing
• General usage

• Restoring
  Settings
  Screen Sensor
  Accelerometer
  

• The Keyboard
  EDGE
  Safari on the iPhone
  E-mail
  SMS
  Google Maps
  YouTube
  Other widgets
  iPhone as a phone
  

• Making calls
  Call quality
  Visual Voicemail
  Volume concerns
  

• iPod use
  Miscellaneous
  

• Camera
  Photos
  Bluetooth
  Calendar
  Notes
  Software
  

• State of the Hacks
  

• iPhone without AT&T
  iPhone files system
  No Apple TV here
  

• Stress Testing Autopsy Conclusion

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Update: Check out what Scooble's wife has to say about her iPhone.!!
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Apple I 2 iPhone - The apple journey

iPhone is the buzz word these days. With a reported sales of about 700000 over 3 day weekend. It is lame to call it a run away success. You can find a lot about iPhone (Just Google it). The photo below speaks for itself. (Apple Form Factor Evolution).(Click on the picture for a larger image)

Source: Core 77 Design Blog

iPhone as iPod

Many of you who want to have an iPhone are set back by the online activation and the lock in with AT & T.

Wait for a few minutes and think, is it necessary to use iPhone as a phone?

You can very well use it as an iPod, a Wi-Fi device, browse email, watch you-tube videos, show off to friends, play around with all the cool apps made for iPhone and a host of other things. The only thing you can't do is talk!!.

Now you might ask me is it possible?
Yes, it is very much possible. Check out this post my Amit at Digital Inspiration for more details. For you convenience I am reproducing the relevant parts over here.

For more information check this link iPhone Independance Day

"Lech Johansen (aka DVD Jon), who became world-famous after writing a DVD copying software, has published a hack to activate the iPhone without iTunes or the two year voice and data contract from AT&T.

Add "127.0.0.1 albert.apple.com" to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Download iPhone Activation Server to activate your iPhone for iPod+WiFi use."