iPhone 2.0
I’ve upgraded my iPhone to the 2.0 software a full 12 hours before the official launch (via this blogpost) and download a total of 97 apps, all 96 free ones and Super Monkey Ball, which I paid £5.99 for.
My first impressions are excellent, loads of great apps and quite a few random/pointless ones. If you are using the app store on your phone be aware that it is very easy to buy apps, with just two presses after you have put in your itunes account password.
The apps run smoothly although I’ve also had the app store crash a couple times after I queued up 3 applications to be installed.
All of the location based improvements on the built in apps work great, google maps followed me down the street on my walk home from work, keeping within about 10 meters of my location at all times. Your results may vary outside of london where there are more cell towers and hotspots than people tho.
One thing is for sure, if you are using these apps regularly you better start carrying a charger round with you, the iPhone’s battery was not great before (1-2 days with normal usage) and I burnt though half a full charge showing off super monkey ball around the office. And I suspect the new 3G iPhone’s battery will last even less with those GPS and 3G chipsets sucking down the juice.
That being said, although I’m not going to be purchasing a 3G tomorrow but I may upgrade by the end of the month, depending on how my guinea pigs (i.e. work mates) get on with them and if I spend all my money on a new car this weekend.
HAX
The Technocrat on July 10, 2008 8:52 pm
Nice! I’ve just pre-ordered my iPhone. But only got 4 Apps - Facebook, SuperMB, ToDo & Twitteriffic Premium.
Robert Day on July 10, 2008 8:56 pm
You’re a brave PAYG user or forking with your gazillion quid contract? I’m on PAYG (got my iPhone from the States like a week after it was launched) and still struggling whether I should update and hope ziphone or pwnage tool can actually activate it or just wait for a official dev-team release.
Anyway, some guys at work updated theirs so I had a chance to play with SMB a bit - pure awesomness.
Oskar on July 10, 2008 9:02 pm
I’m on an o2 contract (£35 per month), the buzz is that they have already cracked the new firmware, but they have not released it yet (http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/41730121/living-in-sweet-harmony) so I guess your best bet is to wait for that.
Andrew on July 10, 2008 9:36 pm