June 28th, 2010
You might recall (read it here) that we both decided to buy ourselves iPhones back in late February and like many others was taken aback by the variety of apps that could be downloaded and used on this little machine from Apple. In the beginning though, I was annoyed by the fact that a basic business function of synchronising Microsoft Exchange tasks did not work on the iPhone but I let it go, because the apps themselves seemed to be so useful.
However three and a bit months later, I have sold my iPhone 3GS on Ebay having decided it was next to useless for business use.
The battery for a start was hopeless and there was no way it would even survive a morning with the amount of telephone calls I take and receive. It had to be permanently hooked up for recharging. Then there was the phone signal. Appallingly bad, it was difficult to maintain a signal even in the middle of city centres. I know this because my second phone on the same network maintained its strength.
For me, these issues were the last two nails in the coffin for the iPhone. You couldn’t make phone calls easily and when you could the battery would run out. A slight flaw in anyone’s book. Finally it is worth mentioning that the excitement I had for the apps soon ran out as well. In the end, they were gimmicks and I found I used them less and less as the days went on. Maybe I’m just an old curmudgeon but I suspect the hype will soon fade around the iPhone and its apps especially with the launch of the new iPad – a bigger heavier version of the iPhone. If you want a phone buy a proper phone and if you want a Netpad buy an iPad, but don’t mix the two is my advice.
I have returned to Nokia and the E71 for my business phone which so far is proving much more reliable.
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