I purchased my iPhone on July 9th so have been working with it for two weeks. My overall analysis is that it is hard now to imagine being without it. It is really great. Dan Stanzione used to ask folks to gauge technology by asking, "Is it CB radio or color TV?" The iPhone is definitely color TV!
I hope in a series of posts to discuss my experience with each of the major modules, Listing what I like and what I do not like. The first module under the microsocpe is iPhone mail.
I like the fact that mail only downlaods 25 messages at a time, this seems sensible. I also like the delete feature when you are triaging mail - one sweep of the finger and then touch confirmation. I like the clarity of the screeen, the ease of scroling and the interface to mail folders. I use the mail application a lot. Viewing word attachements is very easy.
Things that could be improved:
1) I use TextEdit a lot on OS X. I was unpleasantly surprised to discover if you attach a TextEdit rtf file to an email iPhone mail can not read it. The only way I can read the rtf file using iPhone mail is to load it into Word an dcreate a new file in word format, then attach that new file. Not cool.
2) Many emails have embedded html. Although the html renders well, if you turn the iPhone to lanscape mode, it does not swap the display to landscape mode, unlike the Safari browser.
3) I tried to forward a large email to another system (a picture) and the system would not accept it because of the size. Unfortunately, there is no outbox on my iPhone mail system so I cannot cancel it!
If the above are just operator errors - please correct me and tell me how to do it with the existing iPhone. Also it would be great if you would add what you like and would like to see added or changed in the iPhone's mail system. Later!
Not like I am talking to myself, but yesterday I tried to send another email that did not work (I ma having problems with a certain address and am sure it is not related to iPhone). When the second email failed, suddenly an Out box appeared - go figure! So item 3 has a work around or it might be me -- has anyone else experienced this problem?
Posted by: Gregg Vesonder | July 26, 2007 at 07:38 AM
Yes, I am experiencing the same thing. I have had a few messages that failed to go through for one reason or another. The messages are still there (mail tries to send them every time I start the application) but the outbox comes and goes, seemingly at random but there's probably a sequence of events that cause it to (re)appear.
Posted by: Jarrod | September 19, 2007 at 02:42 PM
I was having the same problem and found the following to resolve the issue. Not sure why Apple doesn't make it so the outbox just shows up all the time!
A workaround to resolving this state with the device reporting "Cannot send" email alerts is to force the Mail application to display those messages in the Outbox or Draft folder by placing iPhone in airplane mode (or turn Wi-Fi OFF for iPod touch), and then try to send a message in Mail. This will force the mail message(s) to re-appear in the Outbox/Draft folder where you can then delete the message(s). Note that if you have multiple email accounts on your device, you may need to check each mail account for these hidden mail messages in you Outbox/Draft folder.
Posted by: Jim Graham | August 17, 2008 at 11:07 AM
jim graham...you are awesome... I had the same problem and it fixed this decidedly anoying problem. thanks!!!
I love my iphone!!!
Posted by: william | October 20, 2008 at 06:48 PM
I tried that solution but it still won't work. The body of the message says "This message has not been downloaded from the server." Any ideas???
Posted by: Josh | November 07, 2008 at 06:46 PM