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thinking about upgrading to an iPhone - some questions

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By Wed 04-Nov-09 16:57:56 Add message | Report | Contact poster

my current contract with 3 is up and as there is never any coverage in my house I want to change networks so see an opportunity....

I'm drawn towards an iPhone as I used to be a Mac devotee at work (so understand 'the Mac love'..)but have since gotten used to using pcs and all our home computers are PCs.

I'm more interested in taking and storing photos than music, but I think I'd use web access a lot if it was easy (not like current stuff on my oldish Nokia - groan)

I probably pay about £25 a month at the moment and use my phone mostly for texting and probably only use about 60 mins a month talk

So some questons:

- will the iPhone work ok with our PCs? Or would I be better off buying one of those others that I keep seeing reviewed as 'as good as an iPhone'?

- can I use the iPhone (Or anything else) to look at a few different email addresses or does it just pick up email from one account? (all are with virgin media but I use one for work, one for school stuff and one for everything else)

- will there be christmas deals if I hang on for a while, or better iPhone stuff once orange also on board

- Is there a big difference between the 3G 8GB and the 3GS 16GB?

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 12:12:51

thanks for that - I have to have a closer look at outlook for sorting myself out I guess

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 05-Nov-09 07:42:51

Bramble
I have the barcode scanner on mine too. Totally useless but cool for impressing others at how fab the iPhone is.

I use Outlook for calender/email/task and would like to sync everything to my iPhone so that I can access my data on the go.

My DH uses Outlook for work so I can send his calender and email, thus bypassing actually having to talk to my DH. Which on some days is a bonus.

I did find an app that promises to do that last night but it is not working yet. Have emailed them to ask what I am doing wrong.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 04-Nov-09 23:44:51

I have recently acquired an iphone 3GS 16gb. It's a bloody marvel! I'm not sure how I ever did without it.
Tbh the camera's not that great but internet surfing is almost as easy as it is on a laptop (was clunky and v hassley on my old Nokia N95), I have instantly accessible lists, email, there are zillions of applications (some free) for every conceivable thing.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 04-Nov-09 23:37:21

I avoid anything Microsoft like the plague - no Outlook here

(I have an iMac grin

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Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 04-Nov-09 23:30:53

thanks for all the info guys- it's certainly making me lean more towards the iPhone as sounds like it can do all I want right now - why do you all need it to to synch with Outlook - is it for work things or do you all keep household diary type things on Outlook (wonders if I am missing something big here....).

whichwitchisthis out of interest how are you already on your third one? I'm thinking the insurance may well be worth it in this case!

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 04-Nov-09 22:50:58

lurve shazam. Just downloaded the barcode scanner onto mine and have been wandering round the house zapping things!

Off to bed to watch iplayer on it to wind down.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 04-Nov-09 21:57:25

Oh WOW I didn't know Shazam did that! Going to go download that right NOW!

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 04-Nov-09 20:57:50

I have to say that I love love love my iPhone 3GS, 16Gb. There is absolutely an app for everything. I've got Facebook, Tweetie (for twitter), Skype on it. Ebay, Sky News, Shopping Lists, Wikipedia, Amazon, Radio Stations, Google Earth etc. I've also got a page of games for each of my DCs (6 & 3), and games for me. I could bore you to death about how much I love it.

My favourite app of all is Shazam - if you hear a song in a shop or on the radio, point your iphone at the speaker, and within about 10 seconds it'll tell you the name of the song, who sings it, which album it's from. Fantastic.

OK, you're bored now, I can tell. smile

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 04-Nov-09 20:41:50

Sorry, that was misleading. Of course normal websites can be used too, not just mobile ones.

I have Evernote for notes and it is ok. I would like one that does notes and tasks that sync with Outlook so if anyone has found one that does that, do let me know.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 04-Nov-09 20:00:43

Badgerspaws - I mn on the train every evening on my iphone - no problem!

itsnotatoy - The biggest difference between the G and the GS is battery power - dh has a G and he needs to recharge his a lot sooner (especially if he's been surfing) than my GS. I have the smaller size GS but I don't use it as an ipod so not bothered by that.
The wide range of apps is great, although I am still trying different ones to find the best for lists and to-dos (I'm still using the 'notes' and 'calendar' that are on the iphone when you get it which are ok to be honest).

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