Living with the iPhone 3G - Day 2
I know I’m probably a year late with this excitement, but Apple have truly gone way beyond what we used to rely on for predictive text. You don’t even need to spell the word you’re typing correctly…
For example, if i type “Gelko mu bame ia gaery abd I havr eues” it corrects each word as you type and we end up with “Hello my name is Garry and I have eyes” meaning that you can actually type really quick on the iPhone. It actually helps to try less to type accurately. I’ve found that if i try to type fasted and not worry too much if I’m hitting EXACTLY the right letter that it just figures out what I’m typing. As I said, I’m maybe a year late with this excitement but to anyone who is considering moving to the iPhone for the first time then this is a BIG BIG plus.
I also tested the Google Maps navigation on the way to the office, and i think its safe to say that even though it doesn’t have voice guided turn by turn navigation, its very very capable and i don’t feel any less equipped than i did with my N95 running Route 66. One major benefit already on the iPhone Google Maps is that you can search for a full postcode (Route 66 would only let me search for the first 5 digits, meaning you don’t fully get to where you need to be).
Obviously you don’t have the benefit of the masses of POI information that your dedicated Sat Nav app may provide, but there are a number of location based POI services available on iTunes Appstore (which I’m currently testing and will report back soon) which can compensate for the short falls in Google Maps. This all may be irrelevant though if TomTom get to release their Sat Nav offering for the iPhone
Final thing to report is very upsetting. Last night when getting home from the cinema (Went to see Hancock by the way - which was very good) when getting out of the car my iPhone fell out of my coat pocket and hit the pavement (from about 0.5m high) There was very small scratch damage to the bottom of the phone and a couple on the side.
After having a serious panic, i rebooted it right away and tested all major functions (WiFi, GPS, 3G Data, Sound, Camera etc) and its all OK.
I’m not for one minute suggesting that you all throw your iPhones about to test their durability but be safe in the knowledge that if you do drop it (as i did from about 0.5m) you might be OK.
The irony (or just bad timing) of it is that I’m off work tomorrow and i was going to buy a case for it!
