Slog - Comments on Slog, Meet iPhone http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in I feel pretty safe in saying that this is the first Slog post written on an iPhone. I'd recount the hilarious story of how I came to have this phone, but it's too damn hard to type on this crazy keyboard. Learning curve aside, this thing is fucking cool.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:20:16 -0800 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:26:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by teddy b i'm SOOO jealous!! you'll have to keep us updated on how it is... should we start a pool on when it breaks?

]]> teddy b http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755385 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755385 Tech Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:42:14 -0800 Comment by Timothy I guess that makes mine the first comment from an iPhone...and yes, this thing rocks! :-)

]]> Timothy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755386 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755386 Tech Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:42:41 -0800 Comment by teddy b i'm SOOO jealous!! you'll have to keep us updated on how it is... should we start a pool on when it breaks?

]]> teddy b http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755387 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755387 Tech Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:42:52 -0800 Comment by dave second post on an iPhone- it does indeed rock for surfing the web!

]]> dave http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755394 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755394 Tech Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:12:01 -0800 Comment by John I love my iPhone, lots.

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755395 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755395 Tech Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:30:39 -0800 Comment by Brandon H I waited for 10 hours in Olympia for one thinking they would sell out and I gotta say the iPhone is badass. The keyboard works surprisingly well, especially compared to using the number pad on my old phone. It does help if you just trust it and not look at what you type (it's not easy though) and then recheck your text and edit with the magnifying glass (videos are at the apple website). My only problem is that you have to hit a button to access the period on another page rather than having it right there with the letters. And the P and O keys are finicky. Did Dan Savage get his iPhone or did he decide on the Razr?

]]> Brandon H http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755404 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755404 Tech Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:45:55 -0800 Comment by Mr. Designer *crying* I was hoping SLOG would stay iPhone free. Every 5th article on my RSS feeds are about the iPhone....which is still better than reading about Paris Hilton. Since I can't stand cell phones and enjoy talking on my 1978 princess phone that is plugged into a wall and has a chord I won't be buying an iPhone (electronic iLeash) anytime soon. It is sexy though and has a beautiful interface. Does the glass get greasy?

As an interactive designer, I am excited that the Safari browser is now on 3 different platforms, PC, Mac and the iPhone. I'm glad the websites I work on will actually look good on at least one mobile device.

]]> Mr. Designer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755419 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755419 Tech Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:56:27 -0800 Comment by mmbb you're so fucking cool, anthony.

]]> mmbb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755430 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755430 Tech Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:32:13 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Wow, rechecking my posts with a magnifying glass, that DOES sound cool!

Snark aside, how much do you dig that AT&T?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755477 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755477 Tech Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:43:37 -0800 Comment by patrick I am soooooooo jealous..i wish I could give more of my money to Steve Jobs so I could talk on the phone (and give ATT the permission to turn in my records to the Feds).

I'm so impressed.

I guess I'll just have to be content to drive around in my Hummer and throw my McDonalds garbage out the window for thrills instead of surfing the net for the availability of the WII in the palm of my hand. Damn!

God really loves America...we are so lucky. Bling!! Pussy!! OW!!

]]> patrick http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755496 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755496 Tech Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:49:34 -0800 Comment by Investigatory Journalist so sick of all this iPhone bullshit...

]]> Investigatory Journalist http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755520 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755520 Tech Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:21:57 -0800 Comment by Dianna I kind of have to agree with Patrick....the iphone is cooler than shit, but I don't want AT&T, so no iphone for me...

]]> Dianna http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755522 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755522 Tech Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:27:36 -0800 Comment by ASPCA What, no photos from Dan about iPhones in small places?

Dan, this is your franchise. Get on it!

]]> ASPCA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755587 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755587 Tech Sat, 30 Jun 2007 15:31:02 -0800 Comment by Jonah http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=1223


"But wait! Taking out Saddam means dropping bombs, and dropping bombs only creates more terrorists!

That's the lefty argument du jour, and a lot of squish-brains are falling for it, but it's not an argument that the historical record supports."

Dan Savage Oct. 2002

]]> Jonah http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755612 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755612 Tech Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:33:17 -0800 Comment by Anthony Hecht Fnarf, I've had AT&T/Cingular service for a couple years and never had any particularly serious problems. Certainly no more problems than I and others have with every other carrier I know of. I'm not a great fan of some of their business practices, but my application for sainthood was permanently rejected years ago anyway (unlike some other angels of sweetness and light in this thread).

]]> Anthony Hecht http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755613 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755613 Tech Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:35:47 -0800 Comment by AT&T SUCKS A few years ago (I'm still pissed) I had AT&T Expedia broadband. The only way they would accept payment was through debiting your credit card or checking account. One wedensday they debited my account, the next day they closed my account for non-payment. I will spare you my tale of hours on the phone on hold, and so on and on and on. There are plenty of big companies out there who give crummy service. AT&T ranks in the worst of them.
If AT&T was giving away IPhones with a signup I wouldn't do it.

]]> AT&T SUCKS http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755649 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755649 Tech Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:48:41 -0800 Comment by IGOTMINE Opus gets his IPhone

http://www.salon.com/comics/opus/2007/07/01/opus/

]]> IGOTMINE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755652 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755652 Tech Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:05:12 -0800 Comment by MORE AT&T SUCKS The phone and the network: I've long labored under miserable AT&T mobile service using lesser phones; now I can get unsatisfactory mobile service on my iPhone! Throughout San Francisco, AT&T signal strength varies wildly from place to place and from second to second. The first call I made on the iPhone dropped out briefly -- I was ordering take-out and had to repeat my order.

But you've got no choice. Apple has chosen AT&T as the iPhone's exclusive network provider. This week Working Assets, the phone company whose mission is to do well by doing good, put out a petition urging Steve Jobs to "unlock" the iPhone -- that is, to let people use it on any provider they choose. People ought to have the right to choose whatever device they'd like to use on whatever network, Working Assets argues. And if you're going to get stuck with a network, AT&T would likely come up last in your list. Here's a company that is currently fighting network neutrality, helping the NSA spy on Americans, and developing a way for Hollywood to police the Internet. As Cory Doctorow asks, "Honestly, is there anyone who believes that having a captive audience of two-year-locked iPhone customers will incentivize AT&T to behave better?"

]]> MORE AT&T SUCKS http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755654 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755654 Tech Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:12:57 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Not many iPhones here in Nelson, BC.

On the other hand, my old home town of Kaslo, BC, formerly pop 1000 (now something like pop 1500), now has a Computer Store!

Dude. I'll bet some of the tourists there already have their iPhones.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755702 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755702 Tech Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:53:27 -0800 Comment by 1999 was pretty great for seattle This post was made on a Speakeasy Rainmail terminal at the Sit 'n Spin. Green screen, pitcher of PBR, and my whites getting jacked by a crackhead from Kelly's on 3rd & Bell. Feature vs. Benefit trumps the iPhone by a mile.

]]> 1999 was pretty great for seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755830 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755830 Tech Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:35:57 -0800 Comment by rumor mill AT&T will only have the exclusive for a month or two and then it will open up for all the major cell services.

]]> rumor mill http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755865 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755865 Tech Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:02:21 -0800 Comment by Jonah http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=12237

]]> Jonah http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755873 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755873 Tech Sun, 01 Jul 2007 09:49:50 -0800 Comment by Crapwreck Uh oh... it looks like the iPhone is cool, fresh, and useful... Eric Grandy, we need you now! Shut them down!!

]]> Crapwreck http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755875 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c755875 Tech Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:01:02 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle can someone send text spam to Jonah?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c756030 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/i_feel_pretty_safe_in#c756030 Tech Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:26:38 -0800