17::11::2007

Well I have finally got my hands on my Iphone.

Went to the Apple store and bought one, it was a moment of madness paying £269 for a small box (usually we are given products to test). As I hurried out of the store down 3 escalators a passer by stunned me by asking "you just bought an Iphone?" wow not even out of the box an It's already attracting attention!

Well after calling 3 to cancel my contract (I only asked for the pac code but they were insisted in marketing me for a further 10 mins (N95 900 mins lots of text 90 mins vid calls all for £35) they were unhappy to see the Iphone win the day I had been with 3 since launch. Currently using an N73

My pac code arrived within 15 mins The drive home took half an hour and within 10 mins I had activated my phone. Tip if you are to move your existing no to 02 you should enter the pac code on activation... through Itunes. Well I signed up for £55 per month for 18 months ....

Wifi was automatically picked up, calling was fine I smudged the front a lot. The only thing i have not set up is the visual voicemail as I'm waiting for my existing number to transfer (26th November).

You tube videos are brilliant. Web browser is "Off The Hook" in terms of use but is missing FLASH I have managed to remote control my MacBook and my PC.

There are some applications installed which are with some features not up to usual mobile standards sms to multiple recipients, cut paste etc but the flow of how everything works is easy to work. Itunes/Google maps is amazing as ever.
The camera on the other hand is not up to much- Just home there is an update to fix the fuzziness of images.

I had no problem hooking up my kulmedia@mac.com email but my exchange email which is with fasthosts was not quite as easy.

19::11::2007

IPHONE Settings should be done through IMAP for FASTHOSTS ACCOUNTS
Settings >Mail>NEW


Name
Address (email in full)
Description (i used email in full)
Incoming section
Host exchange.livemail.co.uk
User Name (email in full)
Password (yours)

Outgoing SMTP section
Host smtp.livemail.co.uk
User Name (email in full)
Password (yours)

On authentication both ssl incoming and outgoing are off.

should work fine!

So far I have got the IPhone to do what i needed I have sync'd with my Macbook for music and my PC for my exchange calendar, no major issues apart from some recurring entries.

19::11::07

Went to a business network meeting at a restaurant my peers were impressed.

24::11::07
Case for Iphone
As I am coming closer to my Iphone becoming my only phone, I had to purchase a case well I had read the reviews but when in store i just could not decide which one to go for. I really liked the cheapest one in terms of just protecting the back of the phone but as I lead a very active work/life in some harsh conditions (have you ever been to a bhangra gig?).

In the end i went for the iSkin Revo Nighthawk. When fully clothed with the VISOR It makes my Iphone look like a stealth fighter as opposed to a fashion accessory which is not a bad thing. You see I may be a branding/marketing business pro, one thing that i took into consideration is that while its nice to look at, i want to use my Iphone all day everywhere (lots of calls / emails) and sure when i am out at a launch party I maybe tempted to loose the stealth fighter look but for me its doing the job. With the case you get a privacy screen film protector which is anti glare works well and is smudge free!

Well for now everything Iphone wise is working fine, When I'm in Birmingham I get EDGE which covers 30% of the UK population I think, shame i cant get it where I live but when you have wifi its not really too much trouble. I did get free wifi at the Apple store and when you come accross "the cloud" wifi you will be asked for your mobile number, my number has not transferred yet but apparently you only need to do this once.

Cant wait till the 26th !

More to come!

kamal

kulmedia@mac.com