Browsing Tag iPhone

Recently, the folks at Research In Motion (RIM) were kind enough to supply me with a Blackberry Torch.  Now as an iPhone user, I was a bit skeptical about the phone. I really, really like my iPhone.

Being the risk taker I am, went to my local AT&T store to get the phone activated. While waiting in line (has anyone been to an AT&T store without a line?), the person behind me started commenting on the Torch.  “I have heard wonderful things about it, I wish I was able to get one.” Now, keep in mind, prior to getting this, I knew nothing about the Torch, so I was surprised he knew about it. Once getting home, my 12 year old son, could smell the phone enter the house.

“Sniff, sniff…. Dad, did you get something new? What is that in the box? Did you get a Torch?”

“Time out, how do you know this is a Torch?’ I asked

“I have seen ads, for them. Let me try it.”

He quickly rips it out of my hand and starts showing me the features. Are you kidding me? The kids was all over this thing.  Slides it up to display the keyboard, starting taking these amazing crisp photos and making videos!.

“Son, do you think I might be able to use it?” I humbly ask.

“Sure, but if you need any help just let me know.” he says.

I think to myself, no doubt I will be asking him for a lot of help. I quickly sit down and attempt to load some apps, take a photo, create a video & zoom in. Yep, that is correct. I needed no help for son #1!!  This thing has such simple  navigation it is crazy. Oh did I mention the flash? Love it. (hey I only had an iPhone 3).

I took the phone with me around town and tested the GPS. Now, this might sound strange, but I found it to be a lot more accurate then my iPhone. Am I the only one with issues with GPS on the iPhone? Same goes with the mp3 player..much better on the Torch.

So, overall this phone rocks.I am not saying that for the benefit of the RIM folks, it really does.  If I did not like it, I would say so.  Heck, I could go on about the cool features and scare you off, but you can just read about them here.

Also, I reached out to them via Twitter at there BlackBerry account and the response time was really good. That is something that really impressed me, as other companies seem to not be on top of it.

So, this is going to be the first in a series of totally different blog posts. I have enough notes on things I want to talk about, yet they are not enough for their own blog post. Some are social media related others are not. Some are deep others are not. Some makes sense others well don’t. Maybe you have the answer, cause sometimes I get things wrong.  So lets start with the iPhone and iTunes, shall we? Ill share these thoughts in list form, as people like lists…

-Why does my iPhone not let me change the ring for new mail or text to something else? I can do it for phone calls but not for text or email.

-Why does my iTunes shuffle feature seem to play the same songs over and over but not others? Its SHUFFLE right?

-Why is the iPhone and the iTouch cost almost the same price for the 16gb? Why would you just not get the  phone and not active that feature?

-Why does the date icon on my iPhone change to reflect the date, yet the weather icon always says 73 degrees. If they can do it for the date, how hard can it be for the weather?

-Why when I am sending a text my phone number options so home, fax, business, etc numbers, shouldn’t just the mobile number show up as an option? It is not like I am going to send a text to a fax.

-Why when I delete a song in iTunes that I bought from iTunes, download it again for free? I paid for it, you should have a record of it. What am I missing here?

-Why when in iTunes does the iTunes plus songs show up first? I know your going to say it is because they are $1.29. I get it. They want me to pay for the more expensive one. Fine.  Why do they make it so hard to find the $.099 versions?

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