Nowadays, whenever you see 2 people talking, most probably you will hear the word ‘iPhone 3G’ in their conversation!!

That’s why I was spending some time to look around and read some reviews about this new iPhone to see whether or not it is worth buying. And I found the Cnet review one of the good reviews available on the net since they ran full battery tests showing the results for EDGE talk time, and 3G-enalbled music and video playback. They also did thorough testing of the iPhone 3G’s features.

Below is a summary of the results shown on their website:

The good: The Apple iPhone 3G offers critical new features including support for high-speed 3G networks, third-party applications, and expanded e-mail. Its call quality is improved and it continues to deliver an excellent music and video experience.

The bad: The iPhone 3G continues to lack some basic features that are available on even the simplest cell phone. Also, we prefer the original iPhone’s design.

The bottom line: The iPhone 3G delivers on its promises by adding critical features and sharper performance. The iTunes App Store is pretty amazing, and the 3G support is more than welcome. We still have a few gripes, but the iPhone 3G is a big improvement over the original model.

Specifications: OS provided: Apple MacOS X; Band / mode: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900; Wireless connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0;

One of the new interesting features of the iPhone 3G is the remote wipe where you can erase data in case of a stolen or lost phone as well as its integration with Cisco IPSec VPN for remote network access.

On the other hand, It still lacks some features which are an advantage to have on a device like this:

What’s missing?
We’ve mentioned already that Apple has stubbornly left out multimedia messaging, stereo Bluetooth, and video recording. But we also wish we’d gotten a landscape keyboard for messaging, cut and paste, voice dialing, Flash support for the Web browser, tactile feedback for the touch screen and a memory card (or at least a 32GB model). Hopefully, Apple will add these features in time. True, they might also come as third-party applications, but Apple should really be the source for them. We’d also like the capability to send calendar appointments to contacts and an easier way to transfer files to the iPhone. Because there’s no way to transfer them via iTunes, you’ll have to e-mail files to yourself to access them on the iPhone. And even then, there’s no accessible mass file storage.

Regardless of the above, it is still a great device offering lots of critical features with a really good performance, and of course it is an improvement over the original model.



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