Iphone...

[mikeyscott]

Originally Posted by blue_pinky

Fat finger syndrome, in my experience the typing speed is really quick on iphone, though you can easily get errors....but....the predicitive text is really good at picking it up, and I find that I'm so slow typing on small keyboards that the extra speed of the touch screen makes up for time lost with spelling errors!

Though I have to say I think it's probably personal preference, may not suit everyone, but suits me just fine.

Again sounds like a trip to a shop to have a look. Then buy one from the US for my Vodafone account

This is my current one
http://www.palm.com/uk/en/products/p...pro/index.html

[Lee]

Originally Posted by Southwell

Only £15 a month from our friends at O2.

If your in the UK

[bigred5765]

just been to the local o2 store, no confirmed date on the tom tom for the iphone, but navagon is out right now and is available from the iphone downloads £58 for UK Ireland etc £78 for Europe and must say it looks good,

[Martin-Barbour]

Exchange support works really well, all contacts, calendar, emails and folders sync up without any sort of complicated madness.

There is a bug with exchange support and OS3.0 where the iPhone appears to forget about the exchange account for a few minutes before it all reappears again, something to do with the way it handles certificates, but it's been reported on a number of forums so will hopefully be fixed in the next release.
I've had a 3GS for about 1 month now and have only seen this bug once.

I've currently got 4 email accounts setup on mine, exchange, 2x POP and IMAP, all work well.

The keyboard software has some cool predictive text tricks which monitor your keystrokes and movements between strokes, so even if you don't actually hit the right keys more often than not it will write the correct word. This actually works really well...

Leaving all of your Push and data connections switched on can be very expensive when overseas, it's worthwhile switching that off before you take off unless you've got one of the discount data bundles.

Hope some of this helps....

[pro4nut]

even with with a discount bundle it will be unlikely to include data roaming which is charged at about a pound per meg in europe, up to 7 outside of eec

[Martin-Barbour]

They do a roaming data bundle, it's still expensive though.........

http://www.o2.co.uk/sme/businesstariffs/boltons

[pro4nut]

thats only for sme customers, not consumer

[Martin-Barbour]

No it's not.

www.o2.co.uk

Choose an iPhone as a consumer Pay Monthly customer, click Add to Basket then add your Data Abroad Bolt On.

Simples

[pro4nut]

fair play times change, thanks for that though!!

[mikeyscott]

Originally Posted by Martin-Barbour

Exchange support works really well, all contacts, calendar, emails and folders sync up without any sort of complicated madness.

There is a bug with exchange support and OS3.0 where the iPhone appears to forget about the exchange account for a few minutes before it all reappears again, something to do with the way it handles certificates, but it's been reported on a number of forums so will hopefully be fixed in the next release.
I've had a 3GS for about 1 month now and have only seen this bug once.

I've currently got 4 email accounts setup on mine, exchange, 2x POP and IMAP, all work well.

The keyboard software has some cool predictive text tricks which monitor your keystrokes and movements between strokes, so even if you don't actually hit the right keys more often than not it will write the correct word. This actually works really well...

Leaving all of your Push and data connections switched on can be very expensive when overseas, it's worthwhile switching that off before you take off unless you've got one of the discount data bundles.

Hope some of this helps....

Yeah that helps thanks. I terminated my Vodafone accouont last week (but got customer retentions constantly phoning me - 12 years with them & my other halfs number on my account for 5 years). Planning on getting a black 32GB 3GS if I can find one. Going for a business tariff with my other half's number coming under the sim only shared minutes solution..

Just a question of what to do with my iPod shuffle and 80GB 5th gen iPod..

As for abroad I think the hotel I'm going to in September has wireless so I'd just hook into that. However the lady wouldn't be happy if I was able to get email on holiday...

[Southwell]

The battery can be used up very quickly, im keeping my ipod for holidays.

[mikeyscott]

Originally Posted by Southwell

The battery can be used up very quickly, im keeping my ipod for holidays.

Ok cheers for that as I'm off to Greece in September for a Neilson holiday

Just wish it was 10 days and not 7. They offer 14, but don't particularly want to arrive home and then run round getting ready for work etc etc.

[pro4nut]

If it interests anyone, orange and t-mobile are now getting the i phone expected arpound september and vodafone are pretty close to tying up a deal but it won't be available with them till o2's deal expires in november.

orange and t-mobile will only stock the 3g and nano varients but not the 3gs, voda is expected to get the 3gs.

[mikeyscott]

Originally Posted by pro4nut

If it interests anyone, orange and t-mobile are now getting the i phone expected arpound september and vodafone are pretty close to tying up a deal but it won't be available with them till o2's deal expires in november.

orange and t-mobile will only stock the 3g and nano varients but not the 3gs, voda is expected to get the 3gs.

Source?

[losixxx]

Originally Posted by mikeyscott

Source?

reggae reggae please

[pro4nut]

sorry can't give the source. still employed by one of the parties mentioned above

[mikeyscott]

I'm in the process of leaving Vodafone, but haven't left yet.. 30 days notice in etc. and retentions team trying to get hold of me every day..

So the Iphone 3GS is it coming to Vodafone and when? As this may change things.

[Southwell]

At the earliest it will be November/December, they can't start selling it until O2's contract has expired.

[mikeyscott]

Originally Posted by Southwell

At the earliest it will be November/December, they can't start selling it until O2's contract has expired.

Mmm tempted to site out of contract for a few months and see how the land lies..

Otherwise O2 Vs Vodafone on the service aspect?

[Southwell]

Originally Posted by mikeyscott

Mmm tempted to site out of contract for a few months and see how the land lies..

Otherwise O2 Vs Vodafone on the service aspect?

IMO O2 are better on phone call signals, Orange wins in 3g stakes. (well technically 3 are better but i dont like them)

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/i...erage_maps.pdf