Hey all, sorry for being late to the party. Got mine at 0700 this morning (on the list, walked right by the line, in and out in 10 minutes).
Quick review:
NBs is 100% correct: this phone just makes my original iPhone cry like a little girl. And since I'm new to 3G I was unprepared for the vast difference in network speed. I was able to stream high-end FM in stereo brilliantly today, with almost 0 dropouts. KROQ and KLOS from LA, NPR from DC, AM1090 from Seattle, BBC1 and several other BBC FM stations (even world!) I had myself a blast today.
The radio app "let go" and I was able to receive calls while streaming. Nice touch: after the call, the phone went back to radio as it should, rather than back to home where it used to. Nice combo here of radio app update, faster hardware and 3.0 software.
I find that it is a little "stickier" on networks: it doesn't want to let go my WiFi when I'm pulling out of the garage as quickly - if you change from Edge to 3G manually it takes a little bit for it to let go of one and be happy with the other. No problems here, just observations.
Voice control worked well. I was surprised at the negative reviews, I liked it.
The GPS flowing over Google Maps was superb and spot on. Drove all over today and watched - it was right with me. The compass is a nifty trick. Nice to toggle between g-maps and the compass. I am really looking forward, however, to the turn-by-turn GPS programs set to come out in the next couple months. That'll tell the tale.
Video camera is excellent for what it is. Kind of like PinkHat's Flip, but less storage. Not that you're going to cut a movie on it, but hey - it's video. Camera is clearly better than my old phone.
The olephobic coating IS THE BOMB. I tried really hard to grease the phone up today. It didn't get many finger prints at all, but when I did manage to get some to stick, a single wipe on the pant leg and it was PRISTINE. I mean it, this feature even impressed PinkHat which is WICKED hard to do. She detests the fingerprints and facegrease that smudge up the iPhone - she was not going to upgrade, but upon showing her mine we are setting her up immediately. Now the big test: how long with the ungrease last? Is it something that will wear down? Man I hope not, because it was almost a game changer. Side note: with the coating, the screen feels just slightly slipperier. I like it.
Load time is fantastic, as is snappiness during typing and between apps. Switching between apps feels more like that, and less like starting and stopping apps.
Find My iPhone with mobile me is really cool. Being able to tell your phone to play a sound for 2 minutes is really cool.
All in all a very solid upgrade. I am going to back up where I'm at and try the tethering hack here later tonight.
You think iPhones are sensitive, you should tell Perks that you hate them.
How well you know me, old friend. But interestingly, I don't have any problems with people hating them. Much like you, if you have valid reasons for hating them, then cool. I really don't like folks that hate it simply because it's Apple. That kind of bigotry is just stupid and stuck, IMO. Hate it for solid reasons, right on. Hate it as sour grapes - like the folks that said Farrah Fawcet was a dog when she first came out on Charlies Angels - and you're just silly.
