iPhone

Got an iPhone 3G the other day. Still in the process of playing and discovering what its capabilities are. But a bit disappointed. Learned a few things about it. Unlocks, jailbreaks, etc. The phone was locked and jailed at present.

Locked - can't use SIMs from other operators. Does not have the APN settings menu item. So, even if I can activate other SIM cards, I won't be able to use data services since I can't set the APN.

Jailed - cannot access the device. You can't even use it as a USB drive, like standard iPods. To install apps, you need to go through the App Store. To read a PDF, you need to email the PDF to an email account you then access via the phone.

Other limitations I've noticed:
- Does not support hidden SSID. I never broadcast my SSID, I am now, because of this device. It just cannot find my wifi if I hide the SSID. No problem once I started broadcasting it.
- No MMS and no video phone.
- No cut and paste capability.
- You cannot see the podcast show notes. At all. On a standard iPod, you just click on the center button a couple of times to see the show notes.
- Heavy use can really eat into battery life, but I suppose this is to be expected. I have not tried to see how long standby lasts. Was checking out the app store and doing some browsing, battery almost drained after a couple of hours.
- It only supports Apple video/audio formats + MP3.
- minimal capability to control your downloads, maybe you can but I have not found any method of cancelling downloads as yet. So, if you have several downloads queued up and you don't want the 1st one, you're stuck, you need to complete the 1st one before the 2nd one will start and so on.
- I was hoping for a way to control the podcasts, i.e. since you can download it, I thought I'd be able to manage and delete old ones. No such luck.

Good things about it:
- It has a speaker. I can now listen to music or podcasts without putting on an earphone.
- The screen has got a very good resolution.
- It feels great in your hand.