So I got an iPhone 3g 8 gig. Wait let me back up....
Before owning an iPhone I was one that could justify NOT getting one. I mean I use a phone to call people and answer calls - not much more. I would say iPhone is overkill and just for Apple lovers.
Well, where I work, we are a preferred partner of Apple (and Dell, and HP, and Sun, and Toshiba and...you get the point). We got special pricing on the phone and coincidentally my contract on my current cell phone had expired and was getting a ton of calls from them to renew. The time seemed right for a change.
So I got an iPhone 3g 8 gig. I have to admit I am very impressed.
#1 The speaker phone is amazing - I mean it is loud and clear and I can set my phone down on the coffee table and sit back in my couch and talk. Not that that is a big deal but more of a bonus
Now the interface and webbrowsing is nice with touchscreen and all and the tilting of the screen - but everyone know about that so not new news there
#2 Jailbreaking the phone to use 3rd party apps is unbelievably simple. Literally takes about 1 minute to do. And to my surprise, jailbreaking is reversable but I wont go into that.
Now with jailbreaking and the iphone Apps store, I am totally set with gadgets and games on it
#3 Google app on iPhone. When you run this, you can say "where is Wolverine playing in threatre?" and it will give you a listing of places its playing around you. Most links have a MAP button which will give you a map from where you are currently to that threatre. I mean talking here, not typing
#4 Cheap gas app. For those of us with cars, this is a cool app. It will show you a list of gas stations around which you can sort by price or by difference. It shows prices for all grades of gas and also will give you a map to that gas station from where you are
#5 Jaadu VNC. If you dont know what VNC is, google it. For those that do, this is awesome. You can vnc to your computer - which the screen is shrunk down so you can see the desktop, but when you need to, you can do that "pinch/unpinch" to zoom in and out. I also setup my router/firewall to allow access in from the outside
*Oh, yeah. It seems the iPhone will tap off of Wireless G hotspots or someone broadcasting, then revert to 3g network. In my house, I got that speed test app that shows downloading speed on the iphone, i get 6100k down and 480 up. Outside of my house (3g) I get about 700k down and 200k up.
#6 Midomi app. Here is something really cool. Ever have a song stuck in your head and cant think of the words? You can hum it into this application and it will give you guesses as to what it is. If you can sing a piece of a song for at least 10 seconds, it will give you artist and song. Or if you turn on radio and you hear a song but dont know who it is - hold this up to it and it will tell you.
#7 Cool radio apps (if you like them) - AOL radio, Y! Music is cool. They give you 1000's of differnt types of streams. I also download POLICE SCANNER - this listens to Polcie, Fire and EMD radio chat. When I hear something on there like a fire or accident, I can go to the TRAFFIC app and usually see the congestion in that area
#8 Typical apps but cool none-the-less. Such as ebay app to monitor your buying/selling. Craigslist search app, Talking GPS with streat names spoken, Weatherbug with doppler radar, picture camera, video camera, TV Guide app (called Whats on), app that lets you see xbox live friends if they are online or not and send them a message if you want.
#9 And of course games. Now here I am 80% thrilled with and here is why. Some games that require joystick (Galaga, NES emulatorm, etc) give you an area on the screen to - so your control is not that accurate or responsive. Like Mario Bros. It took me like 3 guys to jump over that first mushroom head thing. Games that use a mouse, this is better, like Wolfenstien 3d. And customer games that take advantage of the tilt is good. Labyrinth 3d - try to get ball through maze and avoid holes in the way or even shake the iphone to jump over an obsticle.
Anyways I am pretty happy with it
*Oh yeah, it does movies and mp3's too. *WTF is DRM????? hehehe
and the really bad part of the iphone is you need to keep cleanig the screen. It gets smudgy really fast.
Before owning an iPhone I was one that could justify NOT getting one. I mean I use a phone to call people and answer calls - not much more. I would say iPhone is overkill and just for Apple lovers.
Well, where I work, we are a preferred partner of Apple (and Dell, and HP, and Sun, and Toshiba and...you get the point). We got special pricing on the phone and coincidentally my contract on my current cell phone had expired and was getting a ton of calls from them to renew. The time seemed right for a change.
So I got an iPhone 3g 8 gig. I have to admit I am very impressed.
#1 The speaker phone is amazing - I mean it is loud and clear and I can set my phone down on the coffee table and sit back in my couch and talk. Not that that is a big deal but more of a bonus
Now the interface and webbrowsing is nice with touchscreen and all and the tilting of the screen - but everyone know about that so not new news there
#2 Jailbreaking the phone to use 3rd party apps is unbelievably simple. Literally takes about 1 minute to do. And to my surprise, jailbreaking is reversable but I wont go into that.
Now with jailbreaking and the iphone Apps store, I am totally set with gadgets and games on it
#3 Google app on iPhone. When you run this, you can say "where is Wolverine playing in threatre?" and it will give you a listing of places its playing around you. Most links have a MAP button which will give you a map from where you are currently to that threatre. I mean talking here, not typing
#4 Cheap gas app. For those of us with cars, this is a cool app. It will show you a list of gas stations around which you can sort by price or by difference. It shows prices for all grades of gas and also will give you a map to that gas station from where you are
#5 Jaadu VNC. If you dont know what VNC is, google it. For those that do, this is awesome. You can vnc to your computer - which the screen is shrunk down so you can see the desktop, but when you need to, you can do that "pinch/unpinch" to zoom in and out. I also setup my router/firewall to allow access in from the outside
*Oh, yeah. It seems the iPhone will tap off of Wireless G hotspots or someone broadcasting, then revert to 3g network. In my house, I got that speed test app that shows downloading speed on the iphone, i get 6100k down and 480 up. Outside of my house (3g) I get about 700k down and 200k up.
#6 Midomi app. Here is something really cool. Ever have a song stuck in your head and cant think of the words? You can hum it into this application and it will give you guesses as to what it is. If you can sing a piece of a song for at least 10 seconds, it will give you artist and song. Or if you turn on radio and you hear a song but dont know who it is - hold this up to it and it will tell you.
#7 Cool radio apps (if you like them) - AOL radio, Y! Music is cool. They give you 1000's of differnt types of streams. I also download POLICE SCANNER - this listens to Polcie, Fire and EMD radio chat. When I hear something on there like a fire or accident, I can go to the TRAFFIC app and usually see the congestion in that area
#8 Typical apps but cool none-the-less. Such as ebay app to monitor your buying/selling. Craigslist search app, Talking GPS with streat names spoken, Weatherbug with doppler radar, picture camera, video camera, TV Guide app (called Whats on), app that lets you see xbox live friends if they are online or not and send them a message if you want.
#9 And of course games. Now here I am 80% thrilled with and here is why. Some games that require joystick (Galaga, NES emulatorm, etc) give you an area on the screen to - so your control is not that accurate or responsive. Like Mario Bros. It took me like 3 guys to jump over that first mushroom head thing. Games that use a mouse, this is better, like Wolfenstien 3d. And customer games that take advantage of the tilt is good. Labyrinth 3d - try to get ball through maze and avoid holes in the way or even shake the iphone to jump over an obsticle.
Anyways I am pretty happy with it
*Oh yeah, it does movies and mp3's too. *WTF is DRM????? hehehe
and the really bad part of the iphone is you need to keep cleanig the screen. It gets smudgy really fast.
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