My Verizon contract expired on July 3, so I’m now the proud owner of Apple iPhone 3GS (32GB, white). This is one slick piece of technology!
I can see why Apple has not yet come out with a Netbook: the iPhone is their Netbook. So far, it’s completely replaced everything that I used my Asus Netbook for. I guess that will be heading up on Craigslist soon.
I’ve had no trouble at all typing on the virtual keyboard. Mobile Safari works wonderfully.
I was a little worried, but so far, I have no complaints about the AT&T network; around town (and at home) I’m always getting a full 5 bars and the download speed on 3G (measured with the Speed Test app) is over 1000kbps. Call quality has been fine as well. Of course, the AT&T network does not cover as much of Maine as Verizon, so there have been places were the signal is weaker, but luckily I don’t live in those places.
I had to trim my 30GB iTunes library a bit, but I was able to get most (about 4700 songs) of my music on it. Handbrake was able to quickly rip a few episodes of Firefly to iPhone format and they looked great.
None of my existing chargers worked with the iPhone, so I had to get a charging adapter. The Apple Store in the mall had the Scosche passPort for $25 which works fine with the Alpine iPod interface in my car and my iHome clock radio.
App I’ve bought so far: MLB At Bat, FileMagnet and Bejeweled 2.
Free apps that I’ve been enjoying: Speed Test, Shazam, The Weather Channel, Lightsaber and Stanza.
So far, battery life has been acceptable. The battery actually lasts longer than the one in my previous phone.
I initially had some trouble connecting to my home WiFi network. I actually have two networks here at LogicalVue headquarters: an Airport Extreme for 802.11b/g access and an Airport Express for 802.11n (5Ghz) access. The iPhone was barely staying connected to the Airport Extreme even when I was right next to it, but it had no trouble connecting other WiFi networks. After a bit of investigation, it turned out that I had “interference robustness” enabled on the Airport Extreme, which caused a much weaker signal. After disabling that, the iPhone connects just fine.
Needless to say, I’m loving my iPhone. I have also picked up “Beginning iPhone Development” (APress) and will soon start learning some Cocoa so I can program this baby!
Now it’s your turn: I’d love to hear about your favorite apps and your thoughts on iPhone programming.