Slow Upgrade to OS 3.0

We both upgraded early via gold master

MMS - nice implementation and it's finally here

Spotlight - good app launcher, need to get used to it more

Spotlight - press home button on first page jumps to Spotlight

Can set-up home button so that double click launches Spotlight and camera

Search is fast

Cut, copy, paste - nice but doubt we'll use it much

Copy paste dialogue can get in the way slightly

Voice record - nice UI and a good app

Shakeel wants to kill Ian!

Can also send voice note via e-mail

Can also MMS voice message

Push notifications

Could be useful

Format for notifications is the same - could be confusing/annoying

Peer to peer connections

Can't wait to try

Should be huge for games

Landscape keyboard

Big difference

Faster Typing

Not in Spotlight though

Text forwarding

At last!

Shouldn't have to wait for OS release for these features though

Tethering

Nice but costly

O2 - extra payment on top of my all I can eat mobile internet plan that I currently have

USB stick and other deals are better value

Do I really need it? Bigger screen easier but iPhone is pretty capable.

Does average joe really need these features?

In App Purchases

Could be expensive

App's already selling cheap but have nasty hidden costs

Leechers out there - buyer beware

Shake to shuffle

Watching Shak on Skype - shake it baby!

Remember - shake to undo is added as well

Youtube now has account support - easy access to favourties

Note syncing - finally but other app's offer more - Evernote for example.

Find My iPhone

Works really well

Can send messages to the phone

Need to be a MobileMe subscriber. Apple need to do more to justify value

Media scrubbing

Really nice addition and handy for scrubbing through podcasts

x2 speed works well

Quickly go back 30 seconds if you miss something

What does the e-mail button do?

Safari

Speed is excellent

Auto fill added for Safari - remember to enable it!

Ian stumped up the cash for a 32GB iPhone 3GS

Bought on Pay & Go

Dearer monthly (slightly) but better flexibility next year

Best feature is speed

App's launching 1.5-3 times faster, especially games

Safari speed is so much better on 3G and wi-fi

Physically, the phone is identical to 3G

Oil resistant screen - doesn't feel different but does clean far quicker and doesn't pick up as much oil/grease as 3G phone

Can't recommend buying phone as an essential upgrade, but if you have the money it is a good upgrade

Camera

Nice upgrade

Better quality picture

Touch to focus works really well

Video is nice

Still need to touch the little button to take photo's - so annoying

Twittelator Pro - can tweet videos

Voice Control

It understands Glaswegian!

Worked more times than not although you need to hold the home button for quite a while before it kicks in

Nice music playing options

Digital Compass

It's a compass

It works!

Google maps cone of direction isn't obvious - hit bottom left location button and then press again to get direction

Connector hasn't changed so old add-ons will work with 3GS

Plug has been redesigned - now just a plug head with a USB port - really nice.

Battery - seems to be as good if not slightly better in the fews days of usage so far

UK shops were very quiet at launch

Carphone Warehouse and O2 shops deserted

Apple Store had 30-40 people

Ian used a personal shopping appointment to jump the queue - shocker!

O2 have said that they sold more 3GS than 3G on day one. Must be due to bigger stock this year.