OK, so that was hard. Thanks not only to the expected supply issues but also O2's almost totally opaque business upgrade policy and computer systems, it seemed like I was never going to battle through!. However, big kudos to the nice folks at the O2 shop in Stroud, Glos, who texted me when they had stock come in (unlike Cheltenham, who took my details several times and threw then directly into the pit of despair). Not only did they still have phones when I arrived at the store they diligently upnpicked all of O2's best efforts to roadblock my upgrade and I left the store with two 8 gig phones (one for me and one for Mrs Dr Happy Mac).
One quick session with iTunes later and both phones were up and running. So, do we join the ranks of the converted? Of course we do. It is quite simply the phone I have alwaysw wanted. It does the basics better than my old (!) Nolia n95, I can call, be called, look up contacts text etc, all more easily than before. I love the visual voice mail and once it's done with being a phone I can listen to my music and podcasts. It's also fantastic to hold with great hand feel and weight.
Family DHM have just returned from a field in Oxfordshire, having road tested our new tent and the iPhone was a real boon, pulling my mail from out of the air, allowing us to book cinema tickets for a rainy afternoon and even plotting my route to an emergency on hols call out via the google maps app. Battery life is a bit short though, but then my n95 was shocking like that too.
I could go on, but I guess the internet is full enough of glowing iPhone reviews. The main thing is, I got one. As could be guessed the low points of the experience were all about the O2 service (not you Stroud guys). Lets hope now the rush has died down that people are getting a better first impression of Apple and its products. It's worth the hassle.
Saturday 2 August 2008
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