iPhone 3G

After staying away from the iPhone hype all these days,  I decided to take the plunge.  I switched from my favorite T-Mobile to AT&T and got an iPhone 3G last week.  It is a nice phone.  Luckily for me, the initial issues with 3G coverage had all been resolved by the time I bought my gadget.  The initial usage was impressive.  But very soon, I realized that iPhone 3G is like one of those movies where you see the trailer and you've seen all the good stuff in the movie.  I guess I had higher expectations given the promos and ads.  I settled down to accept what it had to offer and I liked it for being an easy-to-use, intuitive phone.  Once I flew back home from San Francisco, I realized that the biggest advantage I got by switching to iPhon,e had actually nothing to do with iPhone itself!  The last time I had checked, none of the cellphone providers had any kind of decent coverage where I live (and where I work).  I guess AT&T has deployed new towers in the vicinity.  I now have great 3G coverage at both home and work!  That made it a sweet deal for me.

I am in the process of exploring App Store to sweeten up my phone.  I have installed a few apps that I liked.  I guess we can expect more applications to get to App Store in the coming months, and I am looking forward to that.  While I like the instrument, I wish it had a few features that made the Blackberry very useful, like - Typeahead dialing.  I also miss the weekly view of my calendar (linked to Exchange).  Lastly, if I reply to an email using my iPhone, the "replied icon" does not show up on the Outlook Inbox pane.  I am sure not many people would even have noticed the last two of these points.  Apple has gone a long way in making this a cool toy for consumers.  I just feel that it could have gone a little farther to ensure that no gaps were left for business users.