my 2G has been awesome, not had to think about upgrading but my contract is up for renewal next week so might get one of these as the keynote looks good, also the features.......

Ive been told to hang on as the o2 exclusivety will end soon and will be open to all networks

Any thoughts people?

 

Ive heard about them but havent seen an pics, do they look any different to the 3g?

 

No, it's the same... Just the internals are different.

Been Reading up on o2 and if you spend over £40 a month they reduce the upgrade time! Ranging from 1 month earlier to a whopping 6 months earlier. To get it 6 months before your contract is due an upgrade, you need to have spent £80+ a month. Still good tho!

I'm tempted by it, but my MINT 3G is only 4 months into it's 18 month contract.... Damn! Could always sell it and buy a PAYG 3GS I suppose....

 

My contract is up for renewal in August so it should have all the bugs sorted out by then, or I may go for an N97

 

Has it got bluetooth?

 

Yes, but then so will the 3G with the software update on the 17th. Saying that, it's always had Bluetooth, apple just decided not to activate till now

 

The 3GS and the 3G software update will not allow bluetooth phone to phone transfers ... still

 

My son does that in the playground to swap pics/songs, why would you want to?

 

I quite often swap hi resolution photos taken on my phone with other people and also transfer them to my computer using bluetooth.

Also, beleive it or not you can also swap music mp3 files too

If any of that makes me a child as you have implied then thanks for the advice dad

Shame Apple have concentrated more on looks than functionality

 

Does Email not work, son?

 

Know what ur saying tho, it should be native I guess, but the majority of people dont use bluetooth to send pics these days, maybe its me, maybe they do.....

 

Why email when you are stood next to the person with a bluetooth phone

If you think Bluetooth is just for kids then thats your choice but I personally find it very useful !

Hate my Iphone, I still have to keep my N95 with me to make up for its shitness and all the things it cant do

 

I'm always using bluetooth, it would be a major issue for me.

 

any1 know when it is will be available on other networks as i want 1 but i dont want to leave t-mobile i get to good a deal.

 

I had an N95, and it was ok, for about a week ..

Yer I find bluetooth very useful, parrot car kit etc, which it works good for ..

Doesnt the 3.0 software help you out in any way? I havent looked into it, but is it improved in 3.0 to let you do this?

Simple answer

In your car, carry a 240v > 12vdc inverter.
Carry a router, and as long as the phone u want to connect to has wifi and runs an equivalent of winscp, you're laughing

Ahem ..

 

I'd love an iphone, but it still seems to be an expensive compromise to me.

 

I will be selling mine in the next week, look in the for sale section

**SHOCK HORROR FOR SALE POST**

 

why why why, right you have a guy who writes software knows his stuff(ok is a cunt) who posted above. I my self is a I.T geek and works with systems most of you will only dream of and we both feel the IPhone is shit what ever its version.

Apple have been doing it for years pretty it up with shit hardware shit software and sell it to people who have no idea for a major amount.

well done guys you have been had.

 

I too work in I.T., apple have done well havent they?

BTW What system do the companies we work for, dream of?

 

yes stu, they have done well there marketing machine is the best, they have just been on the youth angle perfectly and I must admit good on them.

remember the IMac?

remember the IPhone?

what you will find in 5 years time just as the IMac, that was shit will be running though your ears.

 

Have iPhone

About 4 months into my contract however

Still, by the time my upgrade comes round I gues the 3GSR will be out by then

 

No matter what is said about what the iphone lacks.... in all fairness, it doesnt! I have been doing phone-to-phone transfer via bluetooth for ages, so yes, iphone can do that.

Ok, so Apple are tight tw@ts and keep these features hidden away, but thats where the other Devs come into it and allow you to access what Apple want you to not know about.

Video recording, MMS sending, Multiple image emailing, grouping, group texting/emailing, bluetoothing........ man, the list is endless - Its all been possible on the 3G and is still on the 3GS.

Compare say a N95/N96 to an iphone and what advantages are there to one and not the other.... A high resolution camera on the N Series (granted), but still its not a 'true' 5MP cam ... The N Series allows for flash.... Thats all i can think of actually. Oh, and it allows mp3 playback as mp3's.

iphone: highest tech in touch screen, fastest flowing motion with that screen. It can do almost f*cking anything you want it too with its billions of apps available.... I mean can your N Series phone warn you when ya missus is due on or tell you the BHP of the car you are in? Can it lead you to the nearest hole in the wall or restaurant when you are lost in the middle of no-where? Com'on! It has upto twice the amount of onboard memory than the N Series could only dream about. Its sleek, its smooth styled, oh and its not the size of half a house brick!

End of the day, i have owned both iphone and N Series. I was going to upgrade my N95 to an N96, but thought i'd take the gamble on the iphone - and I'm so glad I did! I aint no phone geek, programmer geek or any of that, but i know a good thing when i see it.

My 2 cents worth sorry

 

Got the new OS 3.0 on my phone now!

Pretty slick, and the extras are pretty useful!

 

Torrent download yea? Im gonna wait 5 days... could get updated again in that time, ya never know. Plus i want a fresh, trustable JB for it too.

Just been reading up on itunes 8.2... apparently if jailbroke phones try syncing with the new updated itunes, it knackers it? What itunes did you just use OldDan?

 

Phone was only restored this morning, back to boggo standard.

Just did a shift-restore with a file from a torrent site, and bingo it's on and running

Used iTunes 8.2.0.23

 

Im temtped to do that, but still think i'll wait till the 17th... probably the only legit official thing i'll do to it tho

Kinda lost without JBing it... Installous all the way! Especially with this new TOMTOM costing over £50 just for the app alone! (speculation).

But atleast it looks ok to use 8.2 then

 

i dont get why people wanna upgrade to this,

i'm STILL using a 2g one, its been jailbroken and imo there is no need to upgrade,
ok so i cnt use 3g internet but i can still use the edge, and tbh 3g coverage in most areas is rubbish.

mines spot on, and uless i break it big time i shall not be upgrading

 

I'm running OS3 on a 2G and see no real reason to upgrade.

The iPhone is the best phone out on the market and any other manufacturer is simply playing catchup to them. The iPhone OS is far superior to any other phone operating system - even the pre OS which is a direct rip.

People moan that it costs more money to buy Apple. Yes, it does. But you also get a good 3-4 years use out of an Apple product. They very rarely leave older hardware out of any updates... Something that cannot be said for generic PC based computers and other mobile phone manufacturers. You pay more initially, but overall you probably break even on costs.

People that say they are in 'IT' and trash Apple are very blinkered.

 

Yes, it can!

 

ok, maybe with symbian applications, but it cant do half the stuff like the iphone can... out of all i said, you only chose one thing to quote.

Each to their own and all that

 

I chose that one thing to quote, as you said can it do that. And it can.
I have an N95 8gb, and an Iphone 3g (work and personal) and it suits me to have both. They both have their merits and faults.
I've also had pretty much every top end phone thats been about, and if I had to choose one phone, I'd always go for the N95 8gb out of everything.

 

i had n95,
i got rid and got the iphone as i was sick of the n95 crashing every 30 seconds!

iphone has never ever crashed on me,

 

What are the other apps for these items please matey???

 

I hear this all the time. But I've never had my N95 crash on me. Guess it all depends what u do with it.

 

i dont think ill be upgrading to the 3gs
Apple have only upped the camera to 3 mp from the old 2mp, surely they could of done a bit better ffs.

 

They doubled up the ram and also created a 32GB version, and a compass thing. Admittedly yes, it's the same phone externally, but the insides have been changed alot.

I like the tap-to-focus feature, but doubt that's worth £400!!!

I'll list those requested apps in a bit

 

Cycorder & abgrouper from cydia. Type mms into iTunes and the red one is the best. Also get Installous installed - it holds loads of cracked apps.

I'm saying these on jailbreak iPhones.

Googles a great friend for all this info

 

ahhh i just un jail broke mine for the new OS on Tuesday of next week, backed it all up an all.

 

That's what I'm gonna do, I think. hopefully the Devs have been hard at work updating apps for the 3.0 and that the jailbreak still works. Apparently JB is ready, but they ain't releasing until apple have released 3.0. Apple could adjust anything from now till the 17th!

 

well i got normal iphone. and gna do the upgrade 3.0 when its available. i dont undertand, every1 is banging on about the NEW IPHONE. if you plug your iphone in when the update is available then u will get all those features for free?????