“The iPhone 3G is a worthy upgrade to Apple’s smartphone, and fixes a few flaws that kept many people from buying the first version,” Dylan Tweney reports for Wired.
“The addition of fast 3G wireless data, GPS and a more flexible, extensible operating system mean the iPhone is now entirely competitive with almost every other smartphone on the market. And its new, lower purchase price will remove the final obstacle to purchase for many people. In short, this phone is about to become very, very popular, as it deserves to be,” Tweney reports.
“It feels substantially thinner, thanks to tapered edges, which make it sit more comfortably in the hand… The screen and 2-megapixel camera are identical to those in the older iPhone, but the external speakers are much improved. Call quality was noticeably clearer in our initial tests,” Tweney reports. “The addition of a GPS receiver is a welcome enhancement. The iPhone OS can now use a combination of GPS data and triangulation from WiFi hotspots and cell-tower locations to establish its location. This feature has worked well in our testing so far, and we expect its usefulness to expand as an increasing number of applications start to take advantage of it.”
“The most innovative and compelling feature of the new iPhone has nothing to do with the hardware — it’s a software upgrade… The App Store contained within the iPhone 2.0 operating system transforms the iPhone/iPod touch from mere devices into a full-blown platform, massively multiplying their usefulness by providing a wide array of new applications. There are more than 550 apps available in the App Store so far… And Apple has really nailed the customer experience here. Browsing, purchasing and downloading mobile software has never been easier,” Tweney reports.
Apple’s iPhone 3G “is an impressively useful, well-thought-out device, and comes at a reasonable price. Add in the growing array of software in the iTunes App Store, and you have a device that will get more useful, not less useful, with time. You can’t say that about most other phones,” Tweney reports.
Full review here.
The app store is the ‘killer’ app.
In this area alone no other mobile phone maker can compete.
The app store has enabled my iphone into a device I will use for many years too come.
And if you need to delete an app it couldnt be easier from your iphone – just press on the icon and when the ‘x’ appears in the corner, press the ‘x’ and voila – the app is deleted.
It couldnt be any easier!