Got it!

The line

What an iPhone line looks like from the front!

Well I got the iPhone today. I woke up at 5 AM and got there around 5:30. There was only 3 other people there for about 3 hours, then a bunch of people came flooding in the line. At around 8:45, they told us that there were only 20 iPhones for sale, and they only had the 8Gig model in stock. I was disappointed that I wouldn’t be able to get the 16Gig, but I figured I would make due with the 8Gig.

I’m LOVING the iPhone. It’s so sleek, very nice touch screen, and there are no problems from what I see. I had an issue that I wasn’t able to get onto the 3G network, but that was fixed with a new SIM card. I transferred all my contacts over, and pretty much made the iPhone my own. The app store is up and has a few really cool apps that I’ve been trying out. The New York Times app is very good for news updates, and the UrbanSpoon app is awesome for when you can’t figure out where to eat, or if you don’t know of any nearby restaurants if you’re traveling. The only other apps I’ve downloaded that I haven’t tried are the AIM and Facebook apps, but I can assume that they will do their purpose. I set my phone to push messages from my Gmail account every 15 minutes, and that’s working perfectly.

The only thing I am uneasy about is the fact that I got a 8Gig. I thought I could make due, however my music takes up essentially all 7 gigs of the available space [about 1Gig is Apple firmware, etc.].  This leaves essentially no room for videos, movies, let alone apps. I’m so tight on space that I wasn’t able to update an application until I got home to do it via my PC (That app was only 1MB). I’m about to call AT&T about their return policy and when they plan on getting another shipment of 16Gigs in. If possible, I’d love to pay the extra $100 for the extra 8Gigs.  I don’t think that will be a problem, because their return policy is for 30 days after you buy the phone, and you can switch out phones completely.

But yea. Everything else is working perfectly and awesomely. So far, so good!

~ by zephean on July 12, 2008.