iPhone 3G

I am in Birmingham and have just been to the Apple store to check out the new iPhone. As usual the store was jam packed with people fiddling with the gadgets on display. I was actually hoping to pick up an external battery pack for my iPhone but they didn't have one.
As for the new iPhone, it feels lighter and smaller and sits very well in the palm. The plastic back actually removed the slippery feel of the original iPhone.
What did surprise me the most is that (in my most humble opinion), the white version definitely looks better than the black one.
While in the store, I tried out surfing a few pages on O2's 3G and it felt as fast as expected. The GPS however failed to pick ip my location (could be due to being inside the Bull Ring mall).
Nothing surprising on the software side as I am already rocking OS 2 on my current iPhone. I did however get to try out the game Enigmo and will definitely be buying it.

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App Store Apps on my iPhone

When I upgraded my iPhone to OS 2, the one feature I was looking forward to the most was the ability to install custom apps. I have read of people having more than 50 different apps on their devices and at first that sounded crazy. However, after a couple of weeks, I now have 13 15 apps installed. In no particular order, the apps that I have found most useful are:

LifeCast: This is a blogging tool that works with Blogger and Tumblr services. At the moment, the blogger integration does not support post with images but as far as I can tell its the only one that supports Blogger (this post is being written using LifeCast) .

NetNewsWire: An RSS reader that syncs with the NewsGator services so that all my subscriptions and read status are synced across multiple devices.

Evernote: A notes application that syncs with multiple devices. You can take text, picture and voice notes and Evernote has the ability to search through them all.

*UPDATE*: I have just discovered that this app does not allow the editing of existing notes on the iPhone which is a huge disappointment and makes it virtually useless.

Mocha VNC Lite: a fairly basic VNC client. Can be used to remote control Macs and PCs. Supports horizontal orientation as well as pinching for zooming in and out.

Palringo: a multi-protocol IM client that supports MSN, Yahoo and GoogleTalk among others.

Facebook: this app brings Facebook right into your pocket. You can send messages as well chat with your online friends.

Google Mobile App: this application searches the iPhone contacts as well the various Google services. It can also the location services on the iPhone to locate matches nearest to your location.

Remote: an app that let's you remote control your iTunes library or AppleTV.

ShowTimes: Uses triangulation or GPS to tell you about the movie times at a cinema nearest to your current location.

The rest of my apps are games and these include Platinum Solitaire, Bejeweled 2, Sudoku Classic, Jirbo Match, Enigmo and Brain Challenge.

p/s In case you are wondering how I took the iPhone screen grabs, just hold the Home button and then click the Lock/Stand By button to take a screen grab.

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