I have already professed my love for the iPhone.\u00a0 Only cheap women and stiff drinks are better on a lonely night.<\/p>\n\t
Even though I just recently plopped down $400+ for iPhone 1.0, I still thought I might upgrade.\u00a0 I watched a gaunt Steve Jobs in his little black turtleneck deliver the keynote on the iPhone 2.0 with great anticipation.<\/p>\n\t
Alas, it is not to be.<\/p>\n\t
The iPhone 2.0 does have wireless high speed Internet, and true GPS positioning….but:<\/p>\n\t
iPhone 1.0 will still connect to a wireless LAN at high speed if one is avlb.\u00a0 The positioning function on the first iPhone is pretty darn adequate, and it was mentioned that 2.0 still doesn’t have turn-by-turn GPS, like the Garmins do.<\/p>\n\t
There are other functions the new iPhone has too, and some that I’d like…..but they’re all software related.<\/strong> I can just wait for the new firmware to come out and I’ll have that functionality too…no need to upgrade.\u00a0 That’s what’s so yummy about the iPhone compared to other phones:\u00a0 it continues to get better even after you buy it.\u00a0 As mentioned, its really a little computer, not a cell phone.<\/p>\n\t Here are features that I’ll get with the new firmware:\u00a0 push email, search contacts, save photos from web, VPN, better support for viewing Office documents, and my favorite:\u00a0 third party applications.<\/p>\n\t Here is what it doesn’t have…that I’d really like; however, these will be software upgrades not hardware, so I’d still not have to buy iPhone 2.0:\u00a0 wireless modem capabilities (so I could use it as a mobile internet connection for a laptop), cut and paste, MMS instead of just SMS, iDisk (that’s my term, but I’d like to be able to use it to store files other than mp3s).<\/p>\n\t So what would make me upgrade?\u00a0 A better camera (the camera is unchanged).\u00a0 The camera on iPhone 1.0 is not bad under certain conditions, but its not ready to replace a stand-alone digital camera yet.\u00a0 Its very convenient not to have to take a camera to a party or a gathering, but always have a good camera handy (because its your phone).\u00a0 I would take more pictures under more candid conditions.\u00a0 I’d be willing to pay for that.<\/p>\n\t At least iPhone 2.0 got rid of that stupid recessed headphone jack.\u00a0 That’s the only thing I don’t like about it.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have already professed my love for the iPhone.\u00a0 Only cheap women and stiff drinks are better on a lonely night. 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