Some lingering iPhone questions I haven't heard answered anywhere...
So I'm thinking about getting an iPhone, but a few potential dealstoppers keep coming up and I haven't seen much info on it even though it's coming out in less than two weeks. Maybe some of you readers can help.
- Is there an airplane mode where phone functionality is shut off? The one place I find myself watching tv/movies on my iPod is on planes. Given the simple interface, so far I haven't seen or heard that there are preferences menus that'd let you easily shut off your wireless phone functionality and just use the device as an audio/video player inside aircraft where phones are prohibited. Most smartphone/PDAs have this option.
- My existing iPod dock on my computer and the car charger/adapter I already have will work fine, right? When it was first announced, I believe Jobs said the iPod connector on the bottom was standard, but I've heard about companies making iPhone adapters for cars and I'm sort of unclear if I just simply use my existing Belkin iPod charger in the car (which also has audio out that I wire into my car stereo). I hope it all works.
- The interfaces all look fantastic, but is the music player going to be something I can use by feel? Currently I use an iPod in my car and I place it on a mount right next to my steering wheel. I barely have to take a finger off the wheel to change songs and I barely have to glance at the iPod to do it, letting me keep my eyes on the road. Given the iPhone interface, will I be able to change songs by simply clicking on the right side of the screen? Or am I going to be required to use CoverFlow at 65mph?
- Has AT&T announced their data plans for it? I can't believe it's less than two weeks away and no one seems to know if it'll be $40 a month or $50 or $60 or more for unlimited data and a few hundred monthly minutes. They really do seem to be rushing this to market if they're not openly sharing the plan pricing in advance.
- I've heard that every AT&T Wireless store in the US should get about 20 phones to sell on the first day, but I'm still concerned about availability. How is the 4Gb/8Gb split going to be in their inventory? 50-50%? Is the 6pm launch really going to happen? Should I line up in the afternoon? Can I get all my credit check/plan forms filled out before 6pm so I can just have the phone and leave the store at 6:01PM?
- Is there going to be a "turn off CSS" option in Safari for the iPhone? Sideways scrolling blows and I'm not going to use safari much if I have to point and drag all over the screen to read anything. I actually like my Blackberry Pearl's browser because it ignores CSS and displays text versions of sites that are easy to read and navigate quickly. (also, I hope there's a Gmail app coming soon for the iPhone, I'm not even going to use the default email client)
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