[Touch HD General] Ikkari:
There are so many threads about how great the iPhone is,

i had to add one how overpraised it is ;)

Don't get me wrong it's a solid device but, there is no light without

shadows.

So i decided to post my personal opinion and impressions about the iPhone,

i actually had one for 6 Months before i sold it and got my Blackstone.

And my girlfriend still has one, so i have to deal with it every day :(

I don't want to start a discussion, this is just my story!

I won't spend to much words on the great things...we all know them ;)

When i first got it i wasn't real into smartphones, the were manly big and

ugly and without a cheap data plan not much more useful then any other

phone. I only got 4 iPhones to make a quick buck :D

But somehow i was impressed, the screen was shiny, big and crisp.

The interface was responsive and intuitive so i decided to keep one.

Also my girlfriend managed to coax one from me :(

But as longer i used the iPhone it really started annoying me:

-The first thing annoying my was i had to use iTunes to get my mp3's on it

why i just couldn't i just copy them, my old Samsung had this function!

-Also I couldn't set a normal mp3 as ringtone ...without to google a full hour finding a free solution!!!

-I couldn't copy my phonebook from my simcard without extrenal software!!

(a firmware upgrade fixed that later)

-Then i realized my 300$ etymotic ER4 headphones didn't fitted in the 3,5mm headjack WTF it was immerged !!( i had the 2G, Apple managed to fix that with the 3G)

-It had Bluetooth but i was shocked when i noticed the it could only be

used with headsets, sorry no file transfer with other mobiles!!

-There was no MMS

-I couldn't leave apps like Fring in the Background, there is an app in Cydia "Backgrounder" for this (But it ****ed up my whole phone twice, i had to hard rest)

-I couldn't save a phone number from a SMS to my phonebook

-I couldn't shoot a video clip, crycorder was still beta and without sound :D

And when it came out i could shoot them but had no easy way to back them

up or copy them to my PC, ssh is a pain in the ass!!!

-There was no solution to play a avi or a divx, i had to re-encode

every movie ...i'm not a fan of that i takes sooo much time !!

-Once i was abroad and wanted to add only one movie for the journey!

When i connected it to the iTunes of a friend of mine it told me that

it was already synced with a other iTunes, and had to ERASE my whole

library (mp3 and movies) to add justo ONE movie :mad:

-And i hated the restricted apps from the Appstore!! My girlfriend

has a 3GS now with skype and she can't talk on the go, because

Apple and ATT feel like that!!! ( i know there is a app in Cydia but why i have to patch every basic feature :( )

So i sold it and got a HTC Blackstone, it's not perfect, we all know

that, there isn't a perfect phone!!! But when i directly compare it with

iPhone i really LOVE it, it's the best phone i ever had!! And XDA-Dev helped

a lot to improve it, it's relay shining now!! A WinMo isn't for everyone but

for a gadget freak like me it the best at the moment!!!

And don't get me wrong the iPhone is a great phone, it opened me and many others the path to smartphones! And it pushed the whole smartphone market in the right direction, maybe the Blackstone wouldn't exist in this form without the iPhone, but it's just NOT THAT PERFECT!