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Was the iPhone your first smartphone?
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I had a Palm Treo about a year prior to the iphone and HATED it! The speed was terrible, could barely use the internet, screen responsiveness sucked, bulk, etc. so I was really unsure whether I would like the iphone or not and hence one of the reasons I never bought the original. Now, I love my iphone! 
and dont think I could ever go back to a regular phone.
and dont think I could ever go back to a regular phone.Palm Treo 650. Still use it. For some things, the PIM apps on the Treo are still better than anything officially released for the iPhone. I also have PalmOS apps on it for which nothing equivalent is currently available in the iPhone App store.
Palm Treo 650 as well, it seems a lot if not most had a Treo as their first smart-phones. I loved my Treo, at the time it was more then I could of asked for, now I can't see myself without my phone. The two are very different but it's weird how each one I felt i could never live without.
...seems all four of the posters on this page had a Treo at some point.
...seems all four of the posters on this page had a Treo at some point.
I had the razr just before the iphone (and after my BB) I remember trying to bring up the internet---such drama and a little, tiny screen. And I think mine could have music on it, but again a complicated process.
Looking back on it, I LOVE, LOVE my iPhone...
Looking back on it, I LOVE, LOVE my iPhone...
I've had the Blackberry Pearl, Blackberry curve and Samsung Blackjack ii. Soon, I will have the iphone.
Yes the iPhone 3G was my first smartphone. It was fun for a while but then it got boring. I did like the Safari though...was the only real reason why I got it.
Now I got my first Blackberry...the 8900!
Now I got my first Blackberry...the 8900!
I used a BB before that and I really wished for an Apple phone before the iPhone came out. I've owned ever iPhone iteration because it's really that great. Before the iPhone others were ****** and pretty slow. When the iPhone was released, I got it on launch day and have never regretted that decision in 2007 till now.
I just had a regular phone before. A friend got the Iphone and let me play with it a little and I had to have one. Now I'm so in love with it, that if it ever died, I'd replace it with another iphone for sure. I could never go back to a regular old motorola flip phone.
Yes it was. In 2007, my first full fledged smartphone that ended up being a mini-computer with phone capabilities.
Actually... I'd hardly consider the iPhone, or most smart phones (at least on AT&T), to be phones. But yeah, it was my first smart ____ that was (kinda) on a cell network.
EDIT: oops, old thread-revival. My bad. Still, an interesting topic to consider, at least
It is okay, at least for me, made me read the thread. An interesting read to be sure.
I got the Cingular 8525 just after the Blackjack was introduced, December 2006, Cingular's 2nd 3G phone I guess. This was my first smartphone. It replaced a candybar Nokia that had replaced a couple of different Motorolla flip phones.
A week later the iPhone was announced. I didn't know about the iPhone, even though I had a Mac, I did not really care about smart phones at the time, I got the 8525 because it replaced my phone, my mp3 player and my Clie (a pda) I had been using pda's since the early 90's
Initially the iPhone did not appeal to me because of the lack of the app store, I used my Clie for eBooks and at the time that was unavailable on the original iPhone. After the app store debuted, and the release of the 3g iPhone, I was very interested, but was under contract. My contract expired, but due to my being out of work, I could not afford the 3g, when I was able to afford it, I figured the next generation would be out in less than 6 months, so I waited. I got a 3gs on release day, and have never looked back.
It is really quite funny that of the 4 managers at my restaurant, 3 of us have iPhones, the other has a Blackberry, and they all ask me how to make their phones do what mine does. I haven't been doing IT for 6 years, but with the iPhone I am so much more connected than ever before. I show them something and they are like "How did you know how to do that?" It is just that easy, well for me at least!
Chef Jay
First Smart Phone
The original iPhone was my first and I have had every version on release day - I also practice "hand-me-upping" - passing your outdated tech to your parents and siblings - so all are still in use. My original iPhone came back to me recently since my dad bout his own 3GS (he decided not to wait for mine next summer
Prior to the iPhone (the dark ages) I had a Sony Walkman Phone - trying to load my music was a nightmare - I've been on a Mac since 1993. It was simply not compatible for music without a lot of conversions from iTunes - but it did introduce me to mobile surfing. Now I cannot imagine not having access to the internet every time I need it. For me that is the power of the iPhone - connection.
It has also replaced many things and simplified my life - my landline, my iPod, my GPS, my pocket camera - all gone and not missed.
A word about MMS - the idea of using MMS (which has a text cost associated with it) when email is free and available seems silly. I've never missed the feature and have only sent 2 since it became available on the iPhone. The feature I am most interested in is tethering since that would allow me to dump the aircard and save $60 each month
The original iPhone was my first and I have had every version on release day - I also practice "hand-me-upping" - passing your outdated tech to your parents and siblings - so all are still in use. My original iPhone came back to me recently since my dad bout his own 3GS (he decided not to wait for mine next summer
Prior to the iPhone (the dark ages) I had a Sony Walkman Phone - trying to load my music was a nightmare - I've been on a Mac since 1993. It was simply not compatible for music without a lot of conversions from iTunes - but it did introduce me to mobile surfing. Now I cannot imagine not having access to the internet every time I need it. For me that is the power of the iPhone - connection.
It has also replaced many things and simplified my life - my landline, my iPod, my GPS, my pocket camera - all gone and not missed.
A word about MMS - the idea of using MMS (which has a text cost associated with it) when email is free and available seems silly. I've never missed the feature and have only sent 2 since it became available on the iPhone. The feature I am most interested in is tethering since that would allow me to dump the aircard and save $60 each month