3G iPhone

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Anyone else get one of these beauties today? Bloodline and I both got 16 gig versions :-D

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moto

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nadoom wrote:
I plan to get one once the hoo har has died down

The hoo har was fun :-) Despite the ridiculous time I left my house to bike to the O2 shop and start queueing, I actually enjoyed the whole process! The people next to me in the queue were all really nice, and the whole thing was quite exciting. Though when O2's systems started crashing and I was 3 from the front I started getting quite anxious that I would have to leave for work before I got mine!

nadoom wrote:
apparently it can run mono . :-D

Infectious mononucleosis?

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moto

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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Apple sluts! :lol:

You say that like it's a bad thing ;-)

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moto

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@cecilia
Indeed we could! But it's raining, so maybe not ;-)

I have to say, I'm not impressed with Apple and O2's handling of the iPhone 3G. First of all I registered my interest in the phone with O2. They provided regular status updates, and on Monday I got an SMS saying that some stock is available to pre-order early online. I tried to to so, but the site kept timing out. Thousands of others had the same problem and missed out. But O2 knew that 200,000 people had already registered their interest, so surely they could have anticipated this! Then I got a message from O2 saying that they had sold so many online that there would only be a few DOZEN in stores on launch day! So I got there very, very early to make sure I got one. Store opened, and the first few customers went in (I was 12th from the front). As soon as they started trying to register the phones, their systems started crashing due to the load. Again, surely this could have been anticipated. They resorted to doing all the registration on paper. Once I got home, it took several hours to get the online activation to work, as the iTunes Store was so overloaded it either errored immediately or timed out. Really Apple and O2, you should have seen this coming and adjusted your infrastructure accordingly :roll:

However, I have finally got it activated and it synchronised effortlessly. So I'm happy! Sorry for the rant... the tiredness has just caught up with me :-)

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moto

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odin wrote:
Good little consumers

Yes, we have once again been brainwashed by the capitalist pigs ;-)

odin wrote:
you've done your part for the economy again =).

True! That's how I justify most expensive purchases. Recessions have their upsides...

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moto

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I wouldn't be using the iPhone if it wasn't a great product. I've tried the alternatives and they don't come close. Using a good product made by Apple has nothing to do with being a "MAC [sic] crony".

Grow up :roll:

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@quarkx
I also like Palm OS. Before I had my iPhone I had a Treo 600 and I loved it. But the iPhone is more stable and better integrated than Palm devices. I really don't care who the device is made by. It really irritates me when people accuse me of being an Apple "fanboy" or whatever just because I have an iPhone. I use the iPhone because I like it more than the alternatives, not because it's made by Apple.

@A4000_Mad
The iPhone 3G's camera is the same as the previous iPhone. It can't capture DVD quality video, but it can play back high quality video. You can't (AFAIK) send files to other people via bluetooth. Fortunately for me, none of those features are important in the slightest.