GPS, battery, summary
Currently, besides Navigon, we have Sygic’s Mobile Maps Europe and iGO available for the iPhone (TomTom is coming soon as well), so I’ve tried Navigon’s solution. The handset can be used for navigation for about 2-3 hours when fully charged, which isn’t very much, but in turn Mobile Maps Europe is available in many languages. The software has a couple of unique features, for example it tells us on arrival whether the target is on the left or right side of the road, and when planning the route it offers us to look for parking near the target – it also has some flaws, for example it exits when accepting a call during navigation, but it won’t save the current route. The map software is not the best one (it’s from TeleAtlas), but it’s not a bad thing at all. The program works in landscape and portrait mode as well, and the one that has the full Europe map costs 80 euros.
The demo version of Sygic Mobile Maps Europe
Battery time improved a lot, we can talk for 12 hours on 2G and for 5 hours on 3G, standby time is 300 hours according to official data. We can browse the web for 9 hour on WiFi and for 5 hours on 3G, music playback is about 30 hours, video playback is 10. As I didn’t have a chance to test the phone for weeks, I can’t confirm or infirm this information, the tendency shows that the battery times published by Apple are quite realistic, although, just like every manufacturer, they also tell somewhat more.
With this paragraph we’ll probably turn ourselves into a target, but the fact is that most of us at MobileArsenal like the iPhone very much, although we really had every possible phone for testing. We don’t say that this is the only correct way to do it, but the thing is that with the new software and the new hardware the handset made a great leap towards perfection. The powerful hardware converts the otherwise great iPhone into a gaming platform, I can hardly wait for the first 3GS-exclusive gaming titles to be announced, they will probably be much better than their PSP counterparts. If we take a look at iPhone’s software we won’t have much to complain about. It’s true that it’s a joke that we had to wait so much for features like the MMS or one-by-one SMS deletion, but they are finally here, so it’s quite useless to rant about the past. Of course there are still some flaws remaining, for example file sending via Bluetooth or that we have to use iTunes to sync the handset, even though I like this one, no matter that it hurts the feelings of many people when a manufacturer forces the users to use their own software, Apple’s application is better than any other manufacturer’s.
Is it worth switching to iPhone 3GS as an average user? Not really, the digital compass, voice recognition and accessibility features don’t mean such an attractive feature set that would require a change, and the other new features are available for the simple 3G as well. If we consider the iPhone as a gaming console than it might be worth it in a couple of months, as it will probably have even better apps later on. Although the handset is incredibly expensive – we have to pay nearly 1,100 euros for the 32 GB edition – I still give a Recommended award, as it gives everything for average users and it costs about 660 euros with legal unlocking. I would be happy to use this handset – the last time I told this was at the Android.
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| Apple iPhone 3GS |
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Translated by Szaszati
iPhone 3GS has been provided by XXL GSM. The handset can be purchased at:
Budapest VI. Jókai tér 6.
Budapest VI. Teréz körút 18.
On-line at www.xxlgsm.hu.
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