If you remember, I wrote an article a while ago about the iPhone. The price was outrageous- and I guess they listened to the public, because there’s a new iPhone! Don’t you think that sooner or later people are going to get tired of the new upgraded iPhones because then the public feels like they have to buy the new one because it’s the newest thing out? I guess kind of like High School Musical. You see it and then buy the DVD, but then there’s the “sing along version” and you then have to buy that too… sooner or later you have 4 DVD’s of the same movie. I don’t know, but I get tired of it.

The new iPhone claims that it is faster and yet half the price…how is that? This is what it features apparently from what it says on Apple.com:

“Introducing iPhone 3G. With fast 3G wireless technology, GPS mapping, support for enterprise features like Microsoft Exchange, and the new App Store, iPhone 3G puts even more features at your fingertips. And like the original iPhone, it combines three products in one — a revolutionary phone, a widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet device with rich HTML email and a desktop-class web browser. iPhone 3G. It redefines what a mobile phone can do - again.”

Exactly right! Again… and again… and again… When is it going to stop? Create a great phone at a great price, and BAM! That’s how you get money.

Features that the 3g phone has that the old version does not:

• 3G Speed: “3G technology gives iPhone fast access to the Internet and email over cellular networks around the world. iPhone 3G also makes it possible to do more in more places: Surf the web, download email, get directions, and watch video — even while you’re on a call.”
• Maps with GPS: “Find your location, get directions, and see traffic — all from your phone. Maps on iPhone 3G combines GPS, Wi-Fi, and cell tower location technology with the Multi-Touch interface to create the best mobile map application ever.”
• App Store: “Tap into the App Store and you’ll find applications in every category, from games to business, education to entertainment, finance to health and fitness, productivity to social networking. These applications have been designed to take advantage of iPhone features such as Multi-Touch, the accelerometer, wireless, and GPS. And some are even free. You can download them wirelessly and start using them right away.”
• Microsoft Exchange: “What makes iPhone a great business phone? Simple. The same features that make it a revolutionary mobile device. With iPhone 2.0 software, iPhone does even more for your enterprise. It supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, delivering push email, calendar, and contacts. And it gives mobile users secure access to corporate resources with Cisco IPSec VPN and wireless network services with WPA2 Enterprise and 802.1X authentication.”

That’s great that it has GPS, but can’t you just look for that on the Internet? I mean I’m not the expert on this stuff, but can’t you just go to Mapquest? I do feel it is a good idea to have Microsoft programs, then the phone could be used by people who have Microsoft documents they want to view. But why would you want to have an App Store on your phone? Wouldn’t you just use that on your normal computer?

That’s my thought on this phone.

~Hope

Rika’s Thoughts:

I do think that all these updates do get a little tiresome, but as technology gets better, Apple updates the ipod and iphone. Great article, Hope!