So I have an iPhone now, as have 60% of Stockholm’s inhabitants. It’s no longer a very interesting thing to say.
I moved to the iPhone from the Nokia E61, which I still think is a really good phone for its time. Here’s some random thoughts on the differences.
The iPhone excels at music playing and gaming. I’m not that big a fan of differnt social networking apps, but the web browser is miles better. Basic stuff like alarms work better. SMS rocks.
I miss having a physical keyboard though, but this is something I think I’ll get used to in time.
What the E61 was better at was multitasking, and IRC and Twitter apps. I used WirelessIRC and Gravity both by Jan-Ole Suhr, and they rocked. I use Rooms for IRC and Echofon for Twitter, and neither app has the ease of access and navigation that WirelessIRC and Gravity has.
However, it should be noted that these were the only apps I purchased for the E61. Purchasing software is so much better and easier on the iPhone it’s not even possible to compare.
Another thing I miss is the ability to “remote control” the phone from the computer. While Nokia PC Suite and its successor Ovi are a horrible conglomeration of ugly little apps, at least they made it easy to browse content and most especially read and write text messages from the desktop. I can’t really complain about iTunes syncing but I do wish there was something for Messages on the desktop.