Rabid Richard

Well,

After using the iPhone for a week so far, I just wanted to update you of my findings.

Battery

I was a little worried about the battery to start with - but so far, its all good, my battery has lasted for 26 hours at most, and thats with around 1 hour talk time, and 24-25 hours standby. Overall, I am quite impressed with the battery life of the new iPhone. I thought the battery would last around 5-6 hours tops, but 26 hours total, is quite good, but still, no where near my 72 hour Nokia, but you kind of expect a change in hours when your going from small screen to touch screen. Eh?

iPod

Owning an iPod Touch, I know what touch is like on the iPhone 3G - But I managed to pick up iTrip yesterday, and was using it in my car on the way to and from work, and I have to admit - Its amazing, as in the iPod. The loud speaker on the iPod is a great addition, missed from the iPod Touch, but the sound is no totally great on that.

SMS

I’ve only had the iphone for a week, and the ONLY major thing I’ve had problems with, is the SMS - and not being able to forward messages, sheesh, its a nightmare - I really hope apple support it soon, or I can see them pissing a lot of people off.

3G

I have now come to realize, that o2’s 3G network stinks. Totally, I have traveled all around Kent the last few days, and have rarely managed to pick up a 3G signal that’s above 2 bars - but most of the time, when turning on 3G - I get a “No Signal” message and then it switches back to edge.

I have another phone contact with “Three”, and where-ever I go, I am able to pickup a perfect 3G network - but no such luck with O2 - Its absolutely horrible.

If you live in an area away from major cities, O2’s 3G network is not for you at the moment, and don’t consider buying the iPhone 3G for its 3G speeds, as In Kent, you very rarely get a 3G signal. In fact - The only time I actually get a good 3G signal is driving down the M2, and even that, was only 3 bars of 5.

I have to admit - I’ve not really surfed the net away from a Wifi hotspot, so its not been a great problem, I have my emails downloaded every 30 minutes, and it alerts me to new ones, which is working fine, so no complaints on that yet, but I’m sure more will follow when I actually need to use the Internet out and about.