Author: Steve Riggins

Very nice indeed, I’m going to sleep better knowing how much abuse they put the phone through and it came out ok. Watch

I am going to make these posts shorter and more often just so its easier for others to track updates. Pros You get a nice little “E” or WiFi icon in the status bar for Edge or WiFi. Really easy to tell which network you are currently on. Setting per contact photos and ring tones… Continue reading iPhone Impressions Part iii

So of course all of us new iPhone users made a bunch of calls last night to play with our toys. I checked my bill this morning and found that all of the calls had been billed against my 5,000 night and weekend minutes, not my unlimited mobile to mobile. Oh AT&T, you sly dog.… Continue reading Be careful with those mobile to mobile minutes

haha the Verizon booth bit is great. Watch (But he won’t be recording cruddy video on that iPhone, it can’t do video at all! 🙁 )

Pros Conference calls rock. It is so easy to add people to a call, or go private with just one. Amazing. I paired my Jabra JX-10 headset. After finding bluetooth (Settings-General) it simply found my headset that I had put in pairing mode and listed it. I tapped the Jabra, entered the code and wah… Continue reading iPhone Impressions Part II

Non-ATT Carrier: “Hello Mr. Riggins, it is nice to meet you. I’m sorry to hear you are leaving, would you like to tell us why?” Me: “Would you like to guess?” Non-ATT Carrier: “You got an iPhone?” Me: “Yep!”

OK this is going to take a long time to write up. I’m tired as hell so let me get some talking points down on paper: Cons Let me do the cons first because its a short list The speaker is weak, weak, weak. Even on full volume, while in a restaurant we could only… Continue reading iPhone Impressions

10:23pm Whew! What a day! First off, let me say a huge thanks to my excellent girlfriend Elizabeth for coming and swapping batteries for me, to John for coming to Wash Sq to buy his phone and hang out all day, to Starbucks for all of the free goodies, the Washinton Square mall staff and… Continue reading Apple launches the iPhone!

Talk about a home run. $3 cheaper than my current t-mobile plan and unlimited data, rollover minutes and 200 SMS minutes. Check out the plans!

I stopped in at an Apple store tonight to discuss iPhone launch logistics, as many of us will be there at 8am or earlier. The nice floor guy had no info but listened to my ideas and sent me off to the manager. The manager of the store informed me that there will be no… Continue reading The madhouse that will be iPhone launch

Apple has released a 20 minute iPhone demo movie that anyone, anyone who thinks they handle the small details should watch. The iPhone is going to blow people away. Seriously. Even with the stuff its missing. Apple has a winner. A huge winner.