Sunday, 1 July 2007

FINALLY!

My phone finally got activated this afternoon after I spent several hours on hold for AT&T and Apple support. Interestingly, the AT&T support people were super friendly and knowledgeable, and the Apple people I talked to were pretty clueless.

I'm not going to do an in-depth review on the phone's features because so many other people are taking care of that. I will say that the device is everything I hoped it would be and more. It is an absolute pleasure to use.

In my upcoming posts I will be focusing on the technical capabilities and challenges of developing applications for the device.

...and waiting...

It's now almost 36 hours since I tried to activate my iPhone. I called AT&T yesterday, and actually spoke to a live person, without being on hold or having to go through a menu system. So they are doing something right.

I got the following email from them this morning: