Google/gmail has the ability to interact via video and voice now because you know, sometimes, as the promo says, reading ‘lol’ just doesn’t cut it. But wait … isn’t this email? If I wanted to talk to someone, couldn’t I pick up the phone? Do I want to video email someone when I just woke up and I’m in my sweats, negotiating a big deal while sipping a diet coke/pepsi (you choose)?
No, not really.
If you haven’t heard yet, there was a bit of a problem with the release of the second coming of the iPhone. The biggy being the fact that apparently AT&T’s servers crashed. With Apple requiring that the iPhone be activated in store, this was a MAJOR line holder upper! Because the new 3G iPhone is subsidized by carriers and with the plan to get all new iPhone owners on a signed, well, PLAN (aka contract), Apple wanted all phones activated in store. However, with major issues in the servers and the crash of iTunes, that plan was abandoned, allowing customers to proceed with the final activation at home.
Unfortunately, that didn’t work much better. Customers everywhere were posting on forums asking, ‘what am I doing wrong?!’ when the problem wasn’t with them but with the servers.
Another problem came with CURRENT iPhone users - an upgrade to the iPhone operating system was launched at the same time, moving up the the 2.0 model (a huge 225MB!), but that proved to be a problem as well. Unfortunately, current iPhone users who tried to upgrade found their phone unusable for a time as the operating system could not be fully installed.
This user, fortunately, decided to WAIT on upgrading anything and stayed completely away from iTunes over the weekend.
Now, with the initial release in the past, Apple has gone on to sell over 1 million units. So, I think it’s safe to say that the screw up at the Friday release has not turned many people away from one of the best pieces of consumer technology to come along for quite a while.
The new iPhone packs a nice array of new features:
Plus, with Apple showing that the iPhone is a priority in terms of updates (several of which greatly improved upon the original a year ago), there are LOTS more things that will be coming for the iPhone - something unheard of for all other cell phones.
But the iPhone really isn’t just a cell phone - it’s a portable computer that allows you to make calls and to me, it is the absolute BEST phone/computer available.
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