iPhone one point oh.

I still think to myself, there’s gotta be alien technology in there. The touch screen and UI is responsive, intuitive and, well, fun! email – flick. calendar – spin. photos – stretch. On top of its phenomoninal interface, the phone gets great reception–I’ve been getting 3-4 bars within the Verizon dead zones at ZMO, Bakehouse, and Creamery buildings. Voicemail is stored directly on the iPhone, making it easy to retrieve and manage. Contacts and calendar sync up with our Exchange server, using of all things, iTunes as the conduit. Email with the Exchange server uses some pretty antiquated and insecure protocols, so I’m forwarding a copy of work email to gmail and pulling it from there. I can always use webmail via safari if I need to work directly with the Exchange server. As for attachments, Excel, Word, PDFs all render beautifully. I was able to view the PG DOR with no problem on the iPhone screen (seriously).

Here’s my wish list of things that will make it an even more productive office tool:

I’d like to see better Exchange server integration. While the current sync for contacts and events is good enough for me–I sync it with my laptop when I get in the office. The ability to push mail and sync wirelessly would be nice, and is something that is essential for some ZCoBbers I know.

I would like to be able to copy and paste between applications on the iPhone. I foresee a software update to enable this and perhaps spawning a new gesture to learn.

From third party developers, I’d like to see a good encrypted password keeper like SplashID.

As for bugs, I really haven’t experienced too much. Safari was crashing on me, and a simple reboot fixed it. More reports to come.