The iPhone is my favourite toy this week for sure. Tonight I’ll have owned it for one week and I’ve actually been surprised at how little data I’ve been using. O2 must be laughing all the way to the bank with this one. My Marware Sport-Grip case arrived today as well so I’ll have a look at that tonight. Her indoors bought a Carphone Warehouse-branded similar silicone suit for hers and seems happy with it. She’s got mine at home and claims to prefer it so….I may never get it….
The BBC has a balanced review of the iPhone by Darren Waters. He highlights many of the shortcomings of the device (EDGE, 2 Mpixel camera, lack of wireless sync) while also taking into account some of the benefits.
My own opinions are well documented here and elsewhere. When her-indoors got her iPhone and took it into work there was a lot of ooh’ing and aah’ing and the most poignant response was from one of the seniors who would be described as a gadget guy who claimed to feel a little sick that she had a better phone than him (and better still, it worked with his iPod and Bluetooth car kit) which apparently was a rarity. Bets are on whether he’s already bought one.
People spot the iPhone in queues and crowds and it was a talking point in the pubs and clubs as well as in the queue outside the new H&M store in Belfast. One woman had obviously played with it a lot and was simultaneously dissatisfied with her own Blackberry, expressing remorse that she wasn’t getting an iPhone soon.
I’ve been very pleased with the iPhone in terms of network speed. 300kbps is fast enough for most web pages to load quickly and over on the new NiMUG site there’s a comments feed for people to post the speeds they are getting over WiFi and EDGE with the device.
I’m loving it.