My first Apple .....

I finally took the plunge and got myself a sexy, shiny 16GB Apple iPhone for RM 2170. And iLove it!

I got this beauty on 19th April 2008 and the first thing I did with it (after testing out the features etc. of course) was to go online and started downloading photos of Album Art to be used for the Cover Flow, like shown below:

Almost every night since 19th April 2008, I was online looking in Amazon.com, Google and Wikipedia looking for the best album covers in the best resolutions possible. Yes, call me a "perfectionist".

I was comparing multiple pictures whenever possible, looking to use the best one. Maybe its not "perfectionist" but another term.....

2 weeks later, with 466 photos worth 112 MB, I finally completed my task. And that's only for the 600+ favourite songs I have on the iPhone, which is about 1/4 of my MP3 collection. I suppose there's more work to be done.

Yes, the iPhone took up almost all of my free time to the extent that I have not blogged lately.

Some colleagues have been absolutely impressed with how the thing works, one of them even said that if he wants to get one, he'll let me know.

I loved looking at the reactions on their faces when they were trying it out. Jaw-dropping, swear-inducing *Holy shit! Look at that!*, to the more usual *OMIGOD*.

As I mentioned before, some of the phone functions were terrible. Unable to delete individual sms. The text messages are arranged in such a way that it appears to be a conversation, displayed via speech bubbles. Deleting an sms would wipe out the entire "conversation".

The phone was also unable to forward sms, unable to send MMS.

The camera also didn't have any features whatsoever! No special effects, no fancy BestPic function, not even a zoom!

Thank god all the 3rd Party Applications allowed fixes for all the issues I mentioned above.

As seen in my last post, the 2 Megapixel camera takes decent shots with good lighting:

The photos above were taken at the Management BBQ, at my colleagues place in Bandar Bukit Puchong called "The Heron Residency".

More pictures taken from the garden/house compound/outdoor:

Overall, I'm extremely pleased and impressed with my new phone. The seller gave me a free screen protector and also a rubber case to protect it. It's not that the case makes it look ugly, but the phone looks completely different (better) without the case.

With the casing.....

Free.....

I might probably go get a new screen + body protector for the iPhone called the Invisible Shield. It's a thin, transparent film used to protect the iPhone all around.

Apparently, these come with a lifetime guarantee and I've seen it going for RM 99 on Lowyat.net sales thread. The people who manufacture the Invisible Shield uses the same stuff to protect helicopter blades.

Check out the videos below to see the abuse it can stand:

Invisible Shield - Scratch Test, Water Proof
Invisible Shield - Strength Test (Bowling Ball)
Invisible Shield - Strength Test (Gym Weights)

Hey, if it can protect swirling helicopter blades, withstand even the drop of a bowling ball, it must be good enough for accidental scratches, isn't it?

Invisible Shield Website

I got this 2 days ago:

I don't know what made me do it, but I paid RM 385 for a game that comes with a safe deposit box (with working lock and keys), a keychain, artbook, game soundtrack and a duffel bag. The standard edition costs RM 170.

It's one of the most anticipated games to come out - very good reviews and ratings but I didn't spend much playing it.

Even though I was caught in the madness which is the iPhone, I did have time for "The Dark Knight" though. I hear a new trailer is expected within the next few weeks. In the meantime, the following images were released:

Drool-worthy.....

Can hardly wait!