Dec 23

A good read i found today from Apple watch in eWeek

There is another shortcoming that hampers iPhone 3G as a phone: Battery life. Standby life is great. In my testing, the battery lasts for days if the phone isn’t used. But 3G calling drains the battery surprisingly fast. Worse: Mixing telephony and data or other features. Apple’s mobile delivers great GPS coordinated with Google Maps. But it’s a battery-life sucking app. Battery life wouldn’t an issue if the battery could be swapped like the T-Mobile G1. I know people that recharge iPhone 3G two or three times a day or keep in it car-docked whenever they drive. A trickle of charge comes here, there and everywhere.

Other shortcomings come where Apple strangely chose to digress from standard features found on most other mobiles. SMS/MMS sending is makeshift. Apple expects people to send pictures via e-mail. Video is lacking, too. Have you talked to teens lately? These are commonly used capabilities.

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Sep 01

iPhone 3G was released in India on 22 August . India is one of the biggest market of mobile phones and the country with largest growing mobile market . Smartphones are popular in India . Although no 3G , Video calling services are available ,people are buying 3G and Video phones . Without 3G  service available in India we can remove 3G part from iPhone 3G . So basically in India iPhone 3G and old iPhone with 2.0 firmware have not much difference . Whats noticeable from the Apple’s perspective is iPhone 3G is fail in India. Below is the excerpts from an Indian newspaper

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Aug 26
iPhone 3G sucks

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