I examined carefully all the features and they all seem very good, but nobody talks about the things it fails at.

And I see that there are to many!

yup I know you have (seen your Twitter) and lots of other UK users like the BBC’s Rory Cellen-Jones (also on Twitter)

Well today, Apple released notes on this issue, it’s here:

http://www.apple.com/batteries/iphone.html

hope the official tips help?

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It has some great features – as I mentioned, I love the maps (they helped me find a pub again last night), I actually watched a tv programme on the tube today, the web browsing is lovely. I like the potential of the Apps even though the ones I’ve been using so far seem very beta. Super Monkey Ball is infuriatingly good.

As a phone, though, it’s crap. Fair enough, I’ve been playing with it a lot, but it’s barely made it through the day on a single charge. The text message conversations are nice, but the implementation of SMS is otherwise pretty backwards. It takes too many keypresses (screen pokes?) to do what I want to do, like dial a number or find someone in the phone book, and then send them a text instead of the default option of calling them.

A device that does so much is always going to struggle a bit at making it easy to do everything. Maybe version 3 will get it right?

However with all the hype on the iPhone I was glad to get my hands on a V1 a few months back. Hugely impressed with the GUI but felt it fell down on the basics like 3G, camera, easy texting etc etc.

Reading the comments above are only reinforcing my opinion of Apple especially the V2 not fitting in the dock and no dock available with the V2. Bloody typical.

As for me – N95 .. connects to my PC calendar a breeze, transferring music/video a breeze, texting a breeze, great photos, 3G even makes phone calls. Loved it so much bought one for my wife who is definately NOT a tech or gadget person and she loves it. Even after I showed her the iPhone, she wouldn’t swop. Neither would I.

I have an 80 GB video iPod that is full of music, videos, and audio books for the bus commute to and from work.

My video iPod also doubles as a backup hard drive when I need to transfer larges file between home and work.

Read my 6 reasons for NOT buying one:
http://www.nickstraffictricks.com/6-reasons-i-am-not-buying-the-new-iphone-3g/

Getting the update didn’t go well at first, as I too ran into the same server problems, with Apple’s servers crashing on Friday but, by Saturday afternoon I could get the update.

The iPod has become a lot faster in operation I find, there is a ‘slight’ delay on some apps, but overall I am impressed.

James, I also agree with you about point 13 you made:

13. Fail: the iPhone now performs a backup every single time you connect it to iTunes, making quick synchs a thing of the past.

It’s a pain in the backside – resyncing every time you connect your iPhone/iPod Touch!

Now, all we need are some great apps from the BBC ! :)

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Thanks ! You rock!

p.s. now that the BBC 1Xtra website reflects the new BBC’s look, could you do me a favor and do the same for the other BBC Radio stations like Radio 1 and Radio 2 !? as these sites don’t match the new BBC website feel..

Considering that Apple is charging £5 (9.95USD) for the 2.0 software update for iPod Touch owners, I think most should simply stay with V1.5, As the negatives that come with the 2.0 upgrade out-eight the positives (Basically, The option of installing the 3rd party programmes.)

-DK

My contract with Orange runs out next week, so I took the plunge last week and signed up for an iPhone. It’s been getting a bit of gentle use over the past couple of days, but my number’s porting today, so it’ll be getting used in anger soon, and these are just initial impressions.

So far, it’s been impressing me and annoying me in equal measures.

Good things: the shiny. The interface generally works well; I’m gradually getting over my typing woes; switching between WiFi/3G/2G is fairly seamless for data things. The GPS is pretty nifty (and stopped us from getting lost the other day and finding the pub we were after); Monkey Ball is rather good fun too. And not a phone thing, but O2′s customer service have impressed me too, as has the coverage, which actually gives me a useable signal in my office.

There are still a few missing features that baffle me a bit: copy and paste for one, Bluetooth functions (why can’t I send a picture to a friend?), MMS (likewise), and other things which I’m used to from my Sony Ericsson, such as being able to compose a text message while I’m on the tube and pressing ‘send’, so that it can send it when it next has signal. I’ve not even used the camera yet, because I know I’ll be disappointed.

I’m actually not quite sure yet whether I should have just stuck with a new SE phone – but I’m sure it’ll grow on me. Or I’ll find someone who’ll buy it off me…

@Zarate – copy and paste? Nope…

Apple, just works, you know.