Ok Donna, here’s the post. When I heard about the iPhone I figured it would be similar to an iPod. Very slick but overpriced. When I finally played with one I realize it was VERY slick and overpriced but it’s also about the neatest tech toy I’ve ever bought. Steve Jobs introduced it as 3 devices in 1. It’s a phone, an iPod, and an internet browser. As any of those by itself it probably wouldn’t be all that cool but to put them in the one device makes it something special. The browser is a real browser and not one of those mini-browsers you get on other smart phones. When you look at a web site it looks exactly like it does on your PC only much smaller. But, you can zoom in and out really easily and it’s actually possible to see everything on a page in a size you can read. The screen is extremely crisp.
It also has Google Maps integrated so that you can search for something like a restaurant, auto parts store, etc. and then when you find one you want to call you can do it with a few touches of the screen. Really quite cool. You can also switch to satellite maps and see the same resolution you see on your PC.
The iPod part is probably the same as any other iPod but I’ve never had one so I’m not sure. It will do songs, videos, podcasts etc. One cool thing is if you are listening to a song and you get a phone call it mutes the song, lets you answer the phone and then when you hang up it goes back to where the song paused. Again quite cool.
You’re probably wondering if it’s worth $500 or $600. Probably not to most people and I was pretty sure I was one of those people until I actually played with it for a bit. It’s got a lot of OHHHHHHHHHHH factor if you know what I mean.
