iPhone Ca-raziness!

Andy

http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2007-6-29-pa-iphone

"Don MacAskill, CEO and "Chief Geek" (actual title) of the photo sharing Web site Smugmug had set up camp with four of his co-workers in the early afternoon.

"Our strategy was to get here early and buy as many as they'll let us," he said. He plans to buy the iPhones for all 26 of his employees.

MacAskill said a generator would soon arrive to supply power for the group's impromptu sidewalk office.

"Just in case the shoe store wants their power back," he said, indicating the line of power cords tracing back to Footwear, Etc.

"We're hoping to ship a new product tonight," he said. "

Baldy here with Bill Atkinson:



More here

nikos

Andy wrote:

"Our strategy was to get here early and buy as many as they'll let us," he said. He plans to buy the iPhones for all 26 of his employees.

Are you one of those lucky 26?

Rhuarc

I think he forgot to zeros after the 26. THat should have read "all 2600 of our regular DGrinners"

nikos

Rhuarc wrote:

I think he forgot to zeros after the 26. THat should have read "all 2600 of our regular DGrinners"

I believe that there's a 2 per person purchase limit so if there are 4 peeps there from DGrin, that'll equal 18 disappointed employees

Terrence

That is some serious commitment. Taking care of us from a sidewalk sit-in for iPhones! Thanks guys.

David_S85

If i were to get an iPhone, could i plug it iNto my iPC?

gus

I just noticed baldys shirt

Skippy

gus wrote:

I just noticed baldys shirt

Makes a body look good don't it Gus .... Skippy
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Andy

iPhone early review
1) setup - instant and easy. It uses iTunes (you gotta update iTunes)...

2) I ported my # from T*Mobile - that was all driven through iTunes - quick and simple, took just a few minutes online.

3) The phone was activated immediately.

4) The iPhone finds your wifi - easy and simple

5) Browsing, email, maps all that jazz - simple and effecient.

6) Typing - still new at it - probably need to get used to it but it appears to be OK

7) it's freaking cool!!!!!!!

Andy

Some more news stories:

http://blogs.business2.com/thirdscreen/2007/06/want-free-pr-he.html

http://www.cnbc.com/id/19506195
(the Zooomr group - wearing Smuggy hats )

http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/29/technology/iphone/?postversion=2007062915

http://origin.mercurynews.com/ci_6261313

thebigsky

I see Anandtech have already pulled one apart, sacrilege.

Warning, you might find these images distressing:-

iPhone disassembly

Charlie

wxwax

Macworld

ShepsMom

Verizon doesn't offer IPhones, i wouldn't mind having one, but then again, i'm an Apple nut, keep me away!!!!

peestandingup

wxwax wrote:

Macworld

Yup, they also forgot about no tethering to a laptop, no bluetooth file transfers, no folder structure/finder, no unlocking to work with ANY other sim cards besides AT&Ts, & on & on. All smartphones can do these things & are considered "the basics". Heck, even most low end phones can do these things plus what else was mentioned.

Its a great phone, but that AT&T deal crippled the hell outta it. No way, not for $600 anyway. Why they didnt just sell it only at the Apple Stores unlocked & had a worldwide launch is beyond me. They could have sold a TON.

wxwax

peestandingup wrote:

Yup, they also forgot about no tethering to a laptop, no bluetooth file transfers, no folder structure/finder, no unlocking to work with ANY other sim cards besides AT&Ts, & on & on. All smartphones can do these things & are considered "the basics". Heck, even most low end phones can do these things plus what else was mentioned.

Its a great phone, but that AT&T deal crippled the hell outta it. No way, not for $600 anyway. Why they didnt just sell it only at the Apple Stores unlocked & had a worldwide launch is beyond me. They could have sold a TON.

So to sync a datebook or a phonebook with your computer, you have to go through the internet?

patch29

wxwax wrote:

So to sync a datebook or a phonebook with your computer, you have to go through the internet?

It comes with a dock (just like an ipod) and syncs via itunes.

wxwax

patch29 wrote:

It comes with a dock (just like an ipod) and syncs via itunes.

I should have recorded you two months ago. You're talking yourself into one, I can feel it.

Andy

patch29 wrote:

It comes with a dock (just like an ipod) and syncs via itunes.

Rather easily, I might add

patch29

wxwax wrote:

I should have recorded you two months ago. You're talking yourself into one, I can feel it.

I already know a few people that have an iphone. I am feeling left out. :cry

patch29

Apple planning host of iPhone updates before Leopard release. If they are true it would be nice.


more info here.

Terrence

So...were people sleeping out purely to have them on the first day or is there an expectation there will be stock shortages? There's no shortage of them from what I see around my area. Just about every Apple store has them.

The stories of people paying for spots in line and for other to wait for them is pretty silly. Maybe I'm just no fun anymore.

peestandingup

Terrence wrote:

So...were people sleeping out purely to have them on the first day or is there an expectation there will be stock shortages? There's no shortage of them from what I see around my area. Just about every Apple store has them.

The stories of people paying for spots in line and for other to wait for them is pretty silly. Maybe I'm just no fun anymore.

No, it is pointless. That is unless some people were just waiting in line for the "experience".

Our store had a line of like 200+ people at 6:00pm. By 8:00, anyone could just walk in freely & buy one, play around, etc. But AT&T stores are def sold out, so I guess for those people not around any Apple Stores would be SOL.

Zanotti

Andy wrote:

Some more news stories:

http://blogs.business2.com/thirdscreen/2007/06/want-free-pr-he.html

http://www.cnbc.com/id/19506195
(the Zooomr group - wearing Smuggy hats )

http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/29/technology/iphone/?postversion=2007062915

http://origin.mercurynews.com/ci_6261313

Andy:

How come they get the red hats and we customers can't?

Andy

Zanotti wrote:

Andy:

How come they get the red hats and we customers can't?

Yeah, our hats through our gear store kinda suck

But there is: http://www.cafepress.com/smugmug/2281472

Ben is working on getting red hats available - and oh by the way, if we ever meet at a SmugEvent, we'll have a red hat for ya

Zanotti

Andy wrote:

Yeah, our hats through our gear store kinda suck

But there is: http://www.cafepress.com/smugmug/2281472

Ben is working on getting red hats available - and oh by the way, if we ever meet at a SmugEvent, we'll have a red hat for ya

Hell, I'll fly up to NYC and take you to lunch at Peter Luger's for a hat! ((OK, maybe two hats, but we'll drink too!))



Z

PS: Last time I saw HarryB, his was looking a little ratty as well......

darryl

I can't believe nobody volunteered this info or even asked the question:

*What does SmugMug look like on an iPhone??*

- Do all/any of the styles work?
- Does the slide show work?
- Can you upload directly from the device and the web upload tool?

Man! :-}

Andy

If anyone doubts the Apple-engineered magic, look here:
http://www.pcworld.com/video/id,545-page,1-bid,0/video.html#

pretty darn durable!

antrieb

I had a feeling you'd be the first to get your hands on one of these dad!

Andy

darryl wrote:

I can't believe nobody volunteered this info or even asked the question:

*What does SmugMug look like on an iPhone??*
- Do all/any of the styles work?
- Does the slide show work?
- Can you upload directly from the device and the web upload tool?

Man! :-}

Very easy to enlarge web pages


Yeah the Slideshow works


The auto rotate thing is way cool.


Yeah, the styles work, SmugMug, Traditional, Slideshow - I didn't try the others .

Andy

antrieb wrote:

I had a feeling you'd be the first to get your hands on one of these dad!

Andy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xXNoB3t8vM&mode=related&search=