Broke down and got an iPhone 3G

[halik]

I just signed up for sprint with the intent of reactivating my $30 SERO plan. The sales rep said it's all good and sold me instinct. Well as it turns out, they won't let you add SERO anymore so sprint forced me to get a 59.99 400 minute plan.

Efff dat.

Picked up an iphone 3g with 20% plan discount through my employer. I'm liking it so far, except for the plastic back plate. My old iphone's metal door were a lot better. Anyone got any killer apps?

 

[crimson117]

Facebook is one of my favs. There's also a free Sudoku game. And it's not an app, but I really like using Google Reader via Safari (you can even set google reader to format external links for mobile browsers).

 

[Aimster]

Sprint Instinct > Apple Iphone

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Aimster
Sprint Instinct > Apple Iphone

You're most definitely on crack - I've got both on my lap right now and there's no fricking way instinct is better.

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: Aimster
Sprint Instinct > Apple Iphone

haha. Thanks for the laugh man!

 

[Aimster]

Sprint Internet > AT&T 3G

Sprint Navigation > Iphone Google POS
Sprint T.V
You can send and receive picture messages on the Instinct. NOT with IPhone

The hell does the IPhone have over the Instinct?

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: Aimster
Sprint Internet > AT&T 3G

Sprint Navigation > Iphone Google POS
Sprint T.V
You can send and receive picture messages on the Instinct. NOT with IPhone

The hell does the IPhone have over the Instinct?

Why are you thinking about buying an iPhone, if that's really how you feel?

 

[Aimster]

Originally posted by: Muadib

Originally posted by: Aimster
Sprint Internet > AT&T 3G

Sprint Navigation > Iphone Google POS
Sprint T.V
You can send and receive picture messages on the Instinct. NOT with IPhone

The hell does the IPhone have over the Instinct?

Why are you thinking about buying an iPhone, if that's really how you feel?

I didn't buy it nor did I buy the Instinct

I will buy one soon

 

[Pepsei]

why get instinct when HTC touch diamond will come out in a few weeks? i'm glad it came out in hk and europe first so they can iron out all the bugs.

 

[S Freud]

How did you get out of your contract with out the early termination fee? Or did you just pay it?

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Aimster
Sprint Internet > AT&T 3G

Sprint Navigation > Iphone Google POS
Sprint T.V
You can send and receive picture messages on the Instinct. NOT with IPhone

The hell does the IPhone have over the Instinct?

What's the point of having broadband connectivity when you have no software to use it? Iphone is better because it's got a regular browser on it, so you can actually use the internet.

I've had sprint tv on my treo since 2006... it's a pay-for service and useless on all fronts. Plus you can email pics even from iphone 2g.

Full brower + contacts/calendar + real mp3 player + maps with yellow pages + bloomberg real time stock data + pandora + ....

Instrinct is just a regular commodity cellphone (not a smartphone) with a touchscreen display. The only edge over iphone is the vibrating touch screen thingy.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: S Freud
How did you get out of your contract with out the early termination fee? Or did you just pay it?

30 days trial period. I got out of tmobile before that because they raised the sms rates.

 

[Aimster]

meh

Looks like I'm getting the Iphone

Reason being everyone says the instinct sucks. I guess it just looks better on paper

I hope I dont regret this. 2 year contract.

 

[pm]

SwirlyMMS is a complete MMS replacement app for the iPhone - BUT it's not released on the new 2.0 firmware yet. But it worked great on the previous firmware. It is $8.
http://www.swirlyspace.com/iph...s/mms/screenshots.html

As far as the Instinct vs. iPhone - for what it's worth, I flew in from San Francisco two days ago and sat next to a doctor who bought and returned his Instinct. He got a Treo instead. His opinion pretty much matched Halik's - which is that it's basically a phone with a touchscreen. He seemed pretty impressed with the iPhone - especially how crisp the movies looked.

Still, my advice would be to go to the Sprint store and play with an Instinct a bit, and then try an iPhone and spend some time trying things that are important to you on both of them.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Aimster
meh

Looks like I'm getting the Iphone

Reason being everyone says the instinct sucks. I guess it just looks better on paper

I hope I dont regret this. 2 year contract.

well you have 30 days to try it

 

[aphex]

Sorry but having played with the Instinct and given it serious consideration, it's sadly not as good as the iPhone IMO. Its nice, don't get me wrong, but I enjoy the iPhone considerably more.

 

[A5]

I like my HTC Touch with SERO - it's not better than the iPhone, but it costs me a lot less money ($99 upfront + $30/mo) and it does a lot of neat stuff. It's too bad my 30 days are up before the Touch Diamond comes out though

 

[dougp]

Originally posted by: A5
I like my HTC Touch with SERO - it's not better than the iPhone, but it costs me a lot less money ($99 upfront + $30/mo) and it does a lot of neat stuff. It's too bad my 30 days are up before the Touch Diamond comes out though

Return it, get a cheaper phone - your 30 days start over.

 

[kevinf2090]

nokia nseries phones> iphone and instinct. lol

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: Aimster
Sprint Internet > AT&T 3G

Sprint Navigation > Iphone Google POS
Sprint T.V
You can send and receive picture messages on the Instinct. NOT with IPhone

The hell does the IPhone have over the Instinct?

What's the point of having broadband connectivity when you have no software to use it? Iphone is better because it's got a regular browser on it, so you can actually use the internet.

I've had sprint tv on my treo since 2006... it's a pay-for service and useless on all fronts. Plus you can email pics even from iphone 2g.

Full brower + contacts/calendar + real mp3 player + maps with yellow pages + bloomberg real time stock data + pandora + ....

Instrinct is just a regular commodity cellphone (not a smartphone) with a touchscreen display. The only edge over iphone is the vibrating touch screen thingy.

Okay. For one, the Instinct just came out. You would really expect the first version to be the shit? Get real. I didn't like the Instinct either but give it time. Second neither the Instinct nor the Iphone are smart phones, IMO. Compare one of them to the likes of a BB - no comparision. They're both toys.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Cdubneeddeal

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: Aimster
Sprint Internet > AT&T 3G

Sprint Navigation > Iphone Google POS
Sprint T.V
You can send and receive picture messages on the Instinct. NOT with IPhone

The hell does the IPhone have over the Instinct?

What's the point of having broadband connectivity when you have no software to use it? Iphone is better because it's got a regular browser on it, so you can actually use the internet.

I've had sprint tv on my treo since 2006... it's a pay-for service and useless on all fronts. Plus you can email pics even from iphone 2g.

Full brower + contacts/calendar + real mp3 player + maps with yellow pages + bloomberg real time stock data + pandora + ....

Instrinct is just a regular commodity cellphone (not a smartphone) with a touchscreen display. The only edge over iphone is the vibrating touch screen thingy.

Okay. For one, the Instinct just came out. You would really expect the first version to be the shit? Get real. I didn't like the Instinct either but give it time. Second neither the Instinct nor the Iphone are smart phones, IMO. Compare one of them to the likes of a BB - no comparision. They're both toys.

How is the iPhone not a "smart phone" by your definition? And I disagree, none of the phones you mentioned are toys IMO.

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/.../whatissmartphone.html

A Smartphone combines the functions of a cellular phone and a handheld computer in a single device. It differs from a normal phone in that it has an operating system and local storage, so users can add and store information, send and receive email, and install programs to the phone as they could with a PDA. A smartphone gives users the best of both worlds--it has much the same capabilities as a handheld computer and the communications ability of a mobile phone.

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

The two and only two phones that I mentioned were the Iphone and the Instinct which I believe to be more toys that any typical smart phone. Can the Iphone connect to Outlook Exchange?

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: Cdubneeddeal
Can the Iphone connect to Outlook Exchange?

They are working on it.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Cdubneeddeal
The two and only two phones that I mentioned were the Iphone and the Instinct which I believe to be more toys that any typical smart phone. Can the Iphone connect to Outlook Exchange?

Yeah, including email push...

 

[pm]

Originally posted by: Cdubneeddeal
The two and only two phones that I mentioned were the Iphone and the Instinct which I believe to be more toys that any typical smart phone. Can the Iphone connect to Outlook Exchange?

While I don't consider the iPhone to up to Blackberry status as a enterprise smartphone, it is rapidly moving in that direction. With the 2.0 firmware - which supports Outlook Exchange, data purging, has hooks for encryption, and supports 802.1x certificates, has support for reading office apps in email - the iPhone has definitely moved a step up from a toy.

My corporation - which has >100,000 employees - has started trials of the iPhone running firmware 2.0 as a business-class smartphone alternative to a Blackberry.

Gartner Research reported in the last day or so that they have certified it as enterprise ready as well - although they have a bunch of caveats.
http://www.appleinsider.com/ar...ed_enterprise_use.html

The Gartner report is interesting - the iPhone barely makes their cut. There's a number of issues remaining. The biggest issue that I have with it is the lack of encryption. I'd like to encrypt the email data with strong encryption and strong password and there's no support for this.