Jeff Bennett's Blog

When the iPhone was introduced in July 2007 there was quite a build up of interest and buzz. There were lines of Apple fans outside of Apple and AT&T Wireless stores across the land.

I got swept up in the hoopla as well and purchased the original iPhone. I was amazed how easy it was to register and activate the iPhone through iTunes. I also very quickly got acclimated to the touch screen and many functional icons that offered access to the phone, email, sms text messaging, web browser, weather, YouTube, iPod, calendar and more. The digital camera was also of high quality and with the integrated email and sms it was very easy to share photos with your friends and family. I loved the iPhone.

For me there were a few glaring issues though with the iPhone. First was the fact that the iPhone operated on an older network platform which was sub par. The second was the lack of integration with my company’s email that my Blackberry performed so well. Email speed and efficiency is so important to me I had to go back to the Blackberry for productivity purposes. The third was the power of the battery and its ability to support the iPhone under heavy use.

I have watched the evolution of the iPhone and recently jumped back to try it again. I am so delighted that the new email integration has allowed a seamless integration with my companies Exchange server. In addition, there is now an opportunity to upgrade to a new iPhone that supports the AT&T 3G network. Also, third party developers have also built new applications for the iPhone to expand the functionality greatly on the iPhone. I stepped up to the new 3G phone and can attest to it’s increased speed. I love the applications as well – I can now access my LinkedIn and Digg accounts, and hundreds of other apps, right from my iPhone.

The only question for me is that I am not sure if the battery can hold up to my heavy use as of yet but it looks like this generation of iPhone’s has a more powerful battery. Time will tell on this point.

Ask anyone who I have worked with over the years – ask my kids – they will all tell you that I have been a Blackberry addict. I am very glad to now have my new iPhone as it brings everything I had with the Blackberry and so much more. I am thinking that I should check out these new Apple PC’s now.