iPhone: a short review and how I use it

First of all I need to say that this products deserves every cent I paid for it. It’s a phone, a tool and a gadget. It’s a product designed the typical Apple way but it goes beyond this. It must be the best Apple thing ever made.

What I like in iPhone

• It is so easy to use it.
  I couldn’t imagine it could be used by a child. But recently I tempted to give it to a child of 3 years old (!) to see what she could do with it. She immediately loaded the Photos application and she started navigating from photo to photo. After a few seconds she had discovered how to zoom in and out a photo. That was amazing!
• This iPhone stood by me when I needed most.
  Thanks to its perfect synchronization with my email accounts it helped me be prepared for a tough call I was about to receive. I don’t know how I would have reacted if I hadn’t seen a relevant email first.
• It helps me stay informed to what’s happening in my virtual life when I am not there.
  During trips I can stop worrying if I don’t have my computer with me. Simple as that. I have heard millions of stupid arguments against technology. People complain that technology has made our life more complicated. Nonsense. What I know is that thanks to this device I remain calm.
• I play chess. Again!
  One game per day. I love Caissa Chess app. It must be one of the best apps for iPhone. I missed chess all these years. I still miss a real opponent. Anyway, this app is the best alternative.
• I like the camera of my iPhone.
  People interpret digital cameras as megapixels only. Wrong. The resolution is only a feature. iPhone has a decent camera even though it is not the best in the world. I took some photos of which I can be proud of.
• Google maps work perfectly well regarding the two major cities, Athens and Thessaloniki. You can count on these maps. I do.
• It is a beauty.
  Enough with the politically correct comments. Enough with what is beautiful and what is not.

What I ‘d like to be different

• Greek interface.
  It’s pathetic not to be able to send emails in my mother language. I live in Greece, I am Greek and I demand a greek interface. Apple, what are you gonna do about it? How about you Vodafone?
• Vodafone.
  Vodafone has exploited us badly. We pay a lot of money per month and Vodafone give us practically a lot of SMS and a few MB bandwidth in return. Many Vodafone employes still don’t know what this thing is about.

OK, iPhone is an extremely successful product. Obviously. I see, sometimes clumsy, efforts of other brands which try to implement some of the features iPhone provides. When it comes to user interface Apple knows better than anyone out there. That’s why we love it.