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Stuart · 06-02-2009, 13:24

Well, I went for the iPhone 16Gig in black.

Very nice phone. I like the way that the iPhone developers have embraced GPS in a way that Symbian Developers haven't. As an example. I have a couple of nice free apps that use GPS very well. One finds any Wifi hotspots near you (free or paid). Another allows you to stream broadcasts of local commercial radio stations.

In fact, they've done that with a lot of the iPhone features. The Accelerometer is put to good use in Google Earth (you tilt the phone to tilt the view).

I like the way that the software is integrated. For instace, the free Wifi finder above has a "map" option. When it's selected,the iPhone fires up Google Maps to show the local area.

There is stuff I don't like. Like, for instance, the need to "sync" music to just one itunes library, unless you hack all your other libraries to have the same signature. I can understand the limitations of syncing other stuff with multiple libraries (such as contacts and calendar entries), but why not offer the same freedom to use multiple libraries that the iPod classic does?

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Stuart - Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone Posts: 26,546	re: The iPhone thread Well, I went for the iPhone 16Gig in black. Very nice phone. I like the way that the iPhone developers have embraced GPS in a way that Symbian Developers haven't. As an example. I have a couple of nice free apps that use GPS very well. One finds any Wifi hotspots near you (free or paid). Another allows you to stream broadcasts of local commercial radio stations. In fact, they've done that with a lot of the iPhone features. The Accelerometer is put to good use in Google Earth (you tilt the phone to tilt the view). I like the way that the software is integrated. For instace, the free Wifi finder above has a "map" option. When it's selected,the iPhone fires up Google Maps to show the local area. There is stuff I don't like. Like, for instance, the need to "sync" music to just one itunes library, unless you hack all your other libraries to have the same signature. I can understand the limitations of syncing other stuff with multiple libraries (such as contacts and calendar entries), but why not offer the same freedom to use multiple libraries that the iPod classic does?