lying if I said I hadn't been excited. The update was available as of
yesterday from Apple's website, late in the day for me. Also took a
handful of tries before it actually took the upgrade. The first error
stating something about their servers... And their were a few tweets
and forum shouts about getting bricked so... Let's all keep in mind
that AT&T hates it's customers. Read on.
One of the new features is. Being able to type texts & emails in
landscape mode. Honestly I'm kind of used to the portrait typing, my
fingers aren't overextending. So 50/50 on that. Really the only thing
that bugs me about typing is this DLO cover I've selected to protect
my phone. The new "spotlight search" is pretty neat as it looks for
the key words in search field across your whole phone. Another new
feature is the voice memos so you can do a bit of recording onto your
phone. If I could just point out that my Nokia candy bar phone did
that already, um 5 years ago... Regardless you all can get rid of that
Jott app. And of course being able to copy/cut/paste while your
composing text is pretty rad. AND now you can delete individual text
messages without off-ing the whole convo thread! I have really missed
being able to do that.
There's a slew of other features which I'm not sure I'm all that
interested in. Improved stock stuff, calender, notes sync, stereo
Bluetooth, improved parental controls, Safari with autofill and you
can buy/download movies, shows and audiobooks onto your iPhone. Cha-
ching Steve-o. No video on this update, just on the new handset but
since I never used that feature even on my old phones I'm not too hung
up on it.
Now for the 2 annoyances. Tethering is a no go so far despite the
codes to support it. Undoubtedly AT&T is looking for some price
gouging. To be fair I wasn't really going to be using that option but
it had to be given a voice y'know? ALSO mms is where?!?! According to
press release it will available later this summer. Wtb... I'll give it
a half dart for now. I'd love to send/receive pictures again without
having to resort to facebook mobile uploading. Not everyone has a
smartphone afterall. And seriously mms is pretty bloody basic!
If you are on AT&T and you are just in time for your contract renewal
then by all means, get the iPhone 3Gs. $299 gets you the 32gb model
with video capture/edit, onboard compass and a load of other neat
features like "find my iPhone" should you be a MobileMe customer who's
prone to losing things. If it's not your time to renew, delayed
gratification is a sweet sweet thing. Plus it builds character!
Besides iPhone is rumored to extend its subsidization to Verizon.
Oooh the plot thickens!
"just be yourself... unless you suck."
Sent from my iPhone.
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