iPhone Docked

I wanted to put down some early thoughts on why I can’t see myself switching back to Windows Mobile after getting the iPhone.
Just having switched in the last month I am certainly a late iPhone adopter. When it first hit the market I thought it was an overhyped expensive device for the Apple Elite and did not see the appeal right away.
I had just gotten my first Windows Mobile smartphone a Motorola Q9h Global and was not interested in shelling out $600 anyway. So I used the Q for about 15 months, then while listening to the guys over at Mobile Tech Moment  and Mobility Today constantly repeating the phrase “ It’s simple, intuitive and it just works” I thought maybe I should give it a try so when at&t had the 8gb refurbished for $99.00 I jumped on it, I arrived two days later in pretty much good as new condition, setup and activation was a breeze, and it was up and running in minutes.
My biggest complaint about the Q and WM 6/6.1 was that syncing podcasts daily was never very convienent (I downloaed into iTunes, imported into Windows media player then sync’d to Sansa e260 for daily podcast listening). As I am on the road in sales and spend about 6 hours a day behind the wheel, I like to have easy access to my listening material, and the iPhone has made this a much more pleasant experience. Everthing syncs easily and clears off the phone on the next sync after I have finished listening to it, Mobile Media Player was a nightmare to navigate and find the songs you wanted to listen to.
Application installation was not always straightforward: some worked through active sync but some had to be copied to the device and then run. However, on the iPhone, application installation is just simple and intuitive.
Video playback on the Q was lousy at best, choppy with constant lockups. Now, no matter if I stream Youtube or watch a movie or TV show loaded on the device, the video is a big bright fluid experience.
I’m looking forward MMS on 3.0 as it would be nice to send images from the field to my production shop when they have a question about a particular installation but it’s not something I “miss” as it never worked on the Q.
I thought I would miss the physical keyboard but it really only took a couple days to get used to the onscreen touch keyboard.
The only thing I can see myself still using my Q for is the rare occasion when I need to tether my laptop out on the road, but even this is negated by the much richer web browsing experience, better signal strength at my home and outstanding media functionality provided by the iPhone has led me to the conclusion that the only “iPhone killer” will be the next generation iPhone.

Bob Brobst
Twitter:  @ApexMI
rhbrobst@gmail.com

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