To I-Phone or Not to I-Phone
Is the new I-Phone valuable to sales reps?
The new I-phone is out and unless you live under a rock, everyone is talking about this cool looking cell phone. But is it worth all the hype?
I thought about this as I took my run the other day, with my ipod video in hand. Since my husband gave this to me for Christmas 2 years ago, as the first intro of the ipod video, I have suffered through the ipod NOT shutting off, and now it shuts off my music mid run. This is all after I had the original one replaced by ipod, and it is so darn buggy, I ended up with a Nano to replace it for my runs. I now dock the main Ipod, as it seems to be fine in docking stations, but not on the go.
Plus at a hefty $499 price tag, and running on the AT&T network, it would not be a wise decision for me, just based on my location. My husband had AT&T a few years past, but the network is not “baked” in my area OF Bucks County, so we constantly lost calls. Most people in are area have Verizon, even though they are a pricier carrier- due to the reliability of the network.
I expect that the i_Phone will branch out to other carriers, and mature in the technology, and at that time, I might take it for a spin. But as I ran with an Ipod the other day- minus music, the idea of having an iphone minus the ability to make calls is not very attractive. See what some other journalists have to say….
David Pogue had to learn to "use the force" while tapping out letters on the iPhone's virtual keyboard, but overall gives Apple its due: "As the ball player Dizzy Dean once said, 'It ain't bragging if you done it.'"
Walt Mossberg and Katherine Boehret said concerns about the lack of a physical keyboard "turned out in our tests to be a nonissue." After taking the iPhone to Starbucks, airports, and Fenway Park, the verdict: "Despite some flaws and feature omissions, the iPhone is, on balance, a beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer."
Edward Baig pointed out that the iPhone may not be for everyone: "It's pricey. It lacks certain features found on some rival devices… Your employer may prevent you from receiving corporate e-mail on the device." But he still reveres it as a "prodigy," and likes the idea of not having to schlep around with an iPod and a cellphone in your pocket.
Steven Levy was pleased he didn't have to crack a manual to use any of the iPhone features, and got a satisfying run of baseball scores, Neil Young concerts, YouTube videos and weather conditions before his battery ran out.
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