Resisting An Iphone

Since speaking about the iPhone shortly after its announcement I haven't felt the need to mention it again

. However my trusty Nokia mobile gave up the ghost a week or so ago and I was forced to wait a torturous amount of time for it to be repaired and I was left using a fairly embarrassing pink flip phone I borrowed from my fiancs twin sister.

The fact I'm now using a handset which I'm afraid to use in public for fear of ridicule has somehow made me appreciate how much of a statement your mobile phone makes about you; similar to the watch on your wrist or the shoes on your feet. Whilst I have never considered such things particularly important and would never advocate living your life by third party perspective, I doubt I would ever go out wearing a watch won from an arcade grab machine or a pair of plastic sandals on my feet.

I fear that having to carry around a pink handset which even a twelve year old schoolgirl would be ashamed of may have actually turned me insane and now owning an Apple iPhone now seems like quite an appealing proposition; even if nothing else, at least the newly sparked rumours surrounding my sexuality would be quashed.

A few mates have recently invested in the second generation of the iPhone and whilst there is no excusing the smug look that darts across their face whenever given the excuse to get the phone out in public, there is no denying that it would appear to be a desirable piece of kit. If by any chance you haven't ever seen one, the iPhone is a mobile phone handset which instead of having the conventional screen and key combination, it simply has one large touch screen and you navigate your way around by pointing, tapping and dragging your fingers across the intuitive menu system.

Whilst the first generation of iPhones was groundbreaking the 3G version released a few months ago has a number of improvements over the original. Equally gorgeous and slender, the second gen model features:

- 3G support which provides the mobile with significantly faster data transfer speeds if in a 3G covered area

- Updated software providing a number of bug fixes and new third party applications

- Revised headphone socket; a big issue for those who purchased the 1st gen iPhone was that numerous standard headphones wouldn't fit into its lower-level headphone socket; this caused severe problems since the phone is aimed at those that appreciate a convergence of a traditional mobile phone and an iPod music player.

- An integrated GPS receiver so you can easily see your current position and surrounding area on screen as well as obtaining directions to a desired location without any additional hardware or software.

There are dozens of other little tweaks and fixes that Apple have integrated in to this handset which whilst not providing reason enough for those with an original iPhone to immediately upgrade, does make the idea more appealing to those that currently don't own one. Unfortunately it is still exclusively on O2 and whilst it will still cost a small fortune on pay as you go, the 8GB version is free of several of their contracts. I could never warrant recommending that a pay as you go customer spend 350 on this handset but if you're on a contract anyway and can get the unit either discounted or free then you will get a lot of technology for your money.

I'm approaching my 27th birthday and so far have gone my entire life without ever having purchased an Apple product so personally I think I'm going to wait to see what the recently announced Nokia Tube and Google G1 touch screen handsets have to offer.

by: Chris Holgate

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