IPhone 3G - bloody geeks
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Couldn't resist any longer after using the Mrs iTouch and got a 16gb black from Lakeside this morning, said it would take upto 72 hours to activate but its working already and well pleased with it. Didn't know you could use bbc iplayer on them 
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Watching top gear on the iphone via iplayer is great, the quality is very impressive. I used the apple website stock checker to get mine, I got there half hour before the store opened and there was only 3 people in front of me and that was a Saturday morning, during the week I think you could just turn up when they open and get one.
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Also any way of listening to UK radio stations on it via the web? I hope BBC come up with a plug in for listen live for the iphone as currently can only do it via wmp or real player. That is probably top of my wish list for functionality to be added so far.
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Watching top gear on the iphone via iplayer is great, the quality is very impressive. I used the apple website stock checker to get mine, I got there half hour before the store opened and there was only 3 people in front of me and that was a Saturday morning, during the week I think you could just turn up when they open and get one.
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The battery life is shockingly bad, mine has been on charge most of the morning whilst listening to music on it and by tonight it's down to about 40-50% charge because i've used gps on it for a while this afternoon and tonight.
I've turned the brightness right down to conserve battery power but think I will have to turn wi-fi off as well and only turn it on when I need it. What else does everyone do to make the battery last longer?
The problem is it's so damn good you can't help but to use it all the time so needs a far heftier battery than what it has now.
I've turned the brightness right down to conserve battery power but think I will have to turn wi-fi off as well and only turn it on when I need it. What else does everyone do to make the battery last longer?
The problem is it's so damn good you can't help but to use it all the time so needs a far heftier battery than what it has now.
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The battery life is shockingly bad, mine has been on charge most of the morning whilst listening to music on it and by tonight it's down to about 40-50% charge because i've used gps on it for a while this afternoon and tonight.
I've turned the brightness right down to conserve battery power but think I will have to turn wi-fi off as well and only turn it on when I need it. What else does everyone do to make the battery last longer?
The problem is it's so damn good you can't help but to use it all the time so needs a far heftier battery than what it has now.
I've turned the brightness right down to conserve battery power but think I will have to turn wi-fi off as well and only turn it on when I need it. What else does everyone do to make the battery last longer?
The problem is it's so damn good you can't help but to use it all the time so needs a far heftier battery than what it has now.
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Well, despite O2's attempts to make it really difficult for me to upgrade to then new iPhone 3G, I've had mine about 4 days now, and it is such an improvement on the old one (which I hated).
The call quality is better, the signal strength is much improved and the UI seems quicker. I'm very happy with the new 3G iPhone and I couldn't recommend it enough to anyone considering one.
The call quality is better, the signal strength is much improved and the UI seems quicker. I'm very happy with the new 3G iPhone and I couldn't recommend it enough to anyone considering one.
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I think I've found a pretty huge flaw. If 3g is on then that's all you're getting, no dropping down to GPRS or Edge. No 3g, no service till you turn 3g off!
Please tell me I'm wrong!!
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Someone tell me it's worth upgrading from the original iphone, i've heard nothing good about it yet, poor battery (supposedly lower capacity battery) poor screen, feels cheap and lightweight. I'm not bothering if it's just 3g thats the only improvement 
Not heard much about the GPS side of things yet, does it work? 
Not heard much about the GPS side of things yet, does it work?
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Someone tell me it's worth upgrading from the original iphone, i've heard nothing good about it yet, poor battery (supposedly lower capacity battery) poor screen, feels cheap and lightweight. I'm not bothering if it's just 3g thats the only improvement Not heard much about the GPS side of things yet, does it work?
Not heard much about the GPS side of things yet, does it work? I didn't have an original iPhone, but on the last point the GPS does work and is useful if you are challenged like me whilst wandering around London.
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GPS does work, if you've switched it on at least.
When in maps, you need to press a small button in the bottom left of the screen - it'l be greyish blue when off and "Subaru WR blue" when switched on...
When in maps, you need to press a small button in the bottom left of the screen - it'l be greyish blue when off and "Subaru WR blue" when switched on...
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My iphone 3g has arrived (yet to be opened) but I'm in two minds to keep it or sell it on and keep my existing iphone classic.
I had a little play with a friends iphone 3g and I came way dissappointed. The GUI was slower, the 3G performance was poor (edge 286k, 3G 679k), let alone the GPS which failed to work! My friend even said it locks up sometimes and takes awhile to process tasks every so often. And don't even go there with the battery life
To me, Apple has cut corners to bring the cost down on the new model! It's a shame as I was looking forward to the new model
Oh well, the iphone classic with 2.0 looks to be the way forward for me 
I had a little play with a friends iphone 3g and I came way dissappointed. The GUI was slower, the 3G performance was poor (edge 286k, 3G 679k), let alone the GPS which failed to work! My friend even said it locks up sometimes and takes awhile to process tasks every so often. And don't even go there with the battery life
To me, Apple has cut corners to bring the cost down on the new model! It's a shame as I was looking forward to the new model
Oh well, the iphone classic with 2.0 looks to be the way forward for me
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I would be happy with the original if it wasn't for needing the 3g in Japan. 3g and GPS - which you can't help but play with - do drain the battery, turn them off and performance is better than the first edition contrary to common belief.
Saying that, Edge for data was acceptable, but 3g is sooo much faster, faster than my wifi connection at home most of the time, which will see my use of the unlimited data increase ten fold and means I can now switch my router to 5ghz and leave the phone on 3g.
Other pluses, you can plug your headphones in without an adaptor, it's a little louder, more GPS applications are arriving, it has mesh over it's orifices and you can say "nah, nah... nah, nah, nah" to people that don't have one yet.
Saying that, Edge for data was acceptable, but 3g is sooo much faster, faster than my wifi connection at home most of the time, which will see my use of the unlimited data increase ten fold and means I can now switch my router to 5ghz and leave the phone on 3g.
Other pluses, you can plug your headphones in without an adaptor, it's a little louder, more GPS applications are arriving, it has mesh over it's orifices and you can say "nah, nah... nah, nah, nah" to people that don't have one yet.
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I think the GPS is brilliant and better than my TomTom Navigator on my Dell Axim. TomTom doesn't even have my cul de sac on it let alone my house where as I can sit on the sofa with the iphone and the gps centres in right on my house and I can see it on satellite view. I am getting a car adapter for it though so can power it off the cigarette lighter as the GPS is the worst for draining the battery on the iphone.