Prateek Dayal

Last month I finally  bought an iPhone (3GS). So far I have absolutely loved using it and even though its a bit expensive I think it’s totally worth having. Here are a few things that I really like

Camera

The iPhone camera is only 3 MegaPixel but it takes great pictures. I have not played around with the video recording much but here is one shot that I took using the iPhone

App Ecosystem

I downloaded a few apps and was blown away by the number of apps available on the platform. There is an app available for every need. Here are some of the apps that I use almost daily now

• Twitter for iPhone
• Google’s App (for muziboo mail, google reader)
• Notes (comes bundled with iPhone)
• Clock (comes bundled with iPhone. You can add clocks for different timezones and see them at once)
• Safari (comes bundled)
• Facebook

I also downloaded and tried out a few racing games. Even though I am not a gaming freak, I was very impressed by the games available on the iPhone. The responsive accelerometer makes most games on the iPhone a lot of fun.

SMS/Push Notifications

I liked the fact that you don’t have to unlock your iphone to view short sms and push notifications from apps like Facebook and Mail. It’s very handy and saves a lot of time if you are a heavy messaging user (who isn’t?)

The not so great things

To keep it fair, there are somethings I did not like about the iPhone.

• Even though there is 16GB built in storage, you cannot use iPhone as a USB drive (something I could do with Nokia 5800)
• Slide to answer call
• Need to use iTunes to transfer music and videos
• The not so great battery life (its better w/o wifi but still not as great)
• Some apps which don’t change orientation, forcing me to type on the smaller keyboard (Gmail for example)
• A common cable for usb and the charger, forcing you to buy an expensive accessory or unplug the cable from your computer everytime you wanna use the wall charger

Overall its a great phone and a great investment. I think the iOS4 update should make it an even better phone.

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