Comments for iPhone 3G In The Flesh

iPhone 3G In The Flesh

2008-07-11T03:04:45Z

While the US waits agonizingly for their 3G iPhones to arrive, some of us have been playing with our new toys :-) There's been a lot of excitement over the App Store today, and on first inspection there are some outstanding iPhone apps available. Right now the top 5 apps are: Sega's Super Monkey Ball, MLB.com At Bat, Enigmo, OmniFocus, and Cro-Mag Rally. No I've never heard of them either. I guess we will soon enough. See below for the RWW editor's first pics of his new unwrapped white 16GB iPhone...

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Note: You can view an optimized version of ReadWriteWeb (as the above screenshot shows) on your iphone at: http://m.readwriteweb.com.

Update: Here's a shot of the old and new phone side by side, care of my friend Mark.

Comment from Corvida on 2008-07-10

2008-07-11T03:51:07Z

Thanks for rubbing it in my face Richard. 6:30am cannot get here soon enough!

Comment from Karl on 2008-07-10

2008-07-11T04:09:11Z

Check out some NZ apps on the App Store: My app Mobile Flickr for browsing and uploading to Flickr, and Telegram from Polar Bear Farm.

Comment from Paul Moss on 2008-07-10

2008-07-11T04:15:21Z

yeah, pretty...but how fast is it? how does it utilize available bandwidth compared to other devices using the same operator?

Comment from Richard MacManus on 2008-07-10

2008-07-11T04:20:25Z

paullmf, er you'll have to go to engadget or geekzone.co.nz for hardware comparisons :-) I'm still busy marveling at its beauty and testing out the apps.

Comment from Mike on 2008-07-10

2008-07-11T04:57:20Z

Looks like 3G coverage is pretty terrible where you are, even falling back to 2G in the last screen. Unfortunately it's the same for me in Auckland city.

Could become a battery issue if signals weak and constantly switching networks.

Comment from Richard MacManus on 2008-07-10

2008-07-11T05:10:06Z

Mike, yes that has been the only disappointment -- 3G coverage is very poor where I live. And I live in Lower Hutt city, so it's not like I'm in the countryside or anything.

Comment from Andy on 2008-07-11

2008-07-11T13:23:39Z

Looking at that signal strength, I think we're lucky in the UK to have pretty much blanket 3G coverage of reasonably populated areas. It only drops off to 2G when you go into the hills or a long way from a town, railway or motorway.

By the way, I'm glad RWW has a mobile version rather than a specific iPhone version. So many sites have put up mobile-formatted pages that won't render properly for the millions of us who have a smartphone that's not an iPhone, be that Blackberry, Symbian or something else. Well done!

Comment from Chris Baggott on 2008-07-11

2008-07-11T17:03:03Z

but why, why , why can't I get a text picture or send one. The most advanced phone on earth and it won't do this most simple of functions!

Comment from Morgan on 2008-07-11

2008-07-11T18:49:06Z

Sounds like the pricing wasn't 'outlandish' enough to keep you from buying. Kudos to Vodafone and Apple for getting as much as possible for their work with little to no backlash as far as I can infer.

Comment from Richard MacManus on 2008-07-11

2008-07-11T21:22:04Z

Morgan, I did try :-) But yes, I'm one of those crazy iphone fanatics that wanted it no matter what. Sad, but true.

I still think Vodafone did themselves no favors going forward. I'm much more likely now to switch to their competition in the future. Although the problem for us kiwis is that their competitors (Telecom) are just as bad :-(

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2008-07-12T19:31:28Z

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Comment from Ryan Hyde on 2008-07-12

2008-07-12T22:56:46Z

I love the white iPhone. It just doesn't make sense to have the front part black still. It takes away from the experience of having a white phone. How often do you look at the back of your phone? It's the little things that matter. Apple usually gives their customers the greatest experience with their designs, but they messed up on this one.