Apple explains iPhone keyboard in new movie
Apple has posted a new iPhone movie, this time focusing on one of its most contentious features - the
virtual keyboard. Critics have cited the lack of a physical keyboard as one reason why the iPhone could fail.
However the first iPhone reviews - published this week - have largely exposed such concerns. Walter Mossberg at The Wall Street Journal said the virtual keyboard was a non-issue . He said he was typing as fast on on the iPhone after a week's use as he had been on a Palm Treo he had been using for years.
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Apple iPhone: first reviews - part 1
The first reviews of the Apple iPhone have appeared online in the US, ahead of the product's launch this Friday, 29 June.
Walter Mossberg,
writing for the Wall Street Journal says:
"Our verdict is that, despite some flaws and feature omissions, the iPhone is, on balance, a beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer. Its software, especially, sets a new bar for the smart-phone industry, and its clever finger-touch interface, which dispenses with a stylus and most buttons, works well, though it sometimes adds steps to common functions."
Mossberg reserves special praise for the iPhone's battery life, build quality and its high resolution display. He also says that the lack of a physical keyboard is a "non-issue".
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AT&T iPhone rate plan rates: unlimited data included
The
iPhone page on the Apple site has the details for the rate plans; you can find info for new individual and family plans, plus rates for existing customers. The one message that's central to all of the plans:
all of them include unlimited data, meaning you can surf the web, send e-mail and more to your hearts content over the EDGE connection.
From a pricing standpoint, the cost is basically included in the plans. I tried to do a direct comparison to the other major GSM provider here (T-Mobile) and the closest plan match is the 1000-minute plan of T-Mo at $59.99 and the AT&T 900-minute plan at $79.99. AT&T does include rollover minutes, while T-Mo offers the MyFaves...there's a few differences like that, so it's not a one-to-one. Adding a data plan to the T-Mobile account bumps you up $30, or $10 more than the AT&T plan, but it includes the T-Mobile Hotspot plan for WiFi as well as usage of the EDGE service. The AT&T plan also includes 200 TXT messages, where the T-Mobile plan doesn't.
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