iPhone 3G

[[AK]Squidly]

I have none of the problems you indicate above with my iPhone.

Caveat - I have a first gen phone, fully updated and backed up daily. I charge it at night and at work on my desk, so battery life is never an issue.

AT&T is rock solid in my area, and there's no dead-zones other than in the basement of the steel building I work in. And I rarely go there trying to make a phone call.

[[AK]Abaddon]

AT&T has a lousy track record in my area ... I've stuck with Verizon because their service is rock-solid around here. However, their selection of advanced phones seems anemic unless I want a Blackberry of some sort.

AT&T and T-Mobile (both with crappy local service) seem to be the two companies that get the nicest new phones with the neatest features. Pretty annoying.

Sprint has good coverage everywhere, but their customer service is the worst I've ever experienced.

[[AK]Clay]

The latest iPhone patch appears to have improved the stability of the Safari interface - thank goodness!

Is anyone aware of an integration solution for using the iPhone in a car? I'd like to just replace or augment my car stereo with something that will play my music, as well has allow handsfree telephone usage through the stereo speakers. Does such a critter exist? Is it GSM buzz protected?

[[AK]Brorlis]

Parrot Bluetooth

Nice unit ... Music, Phone, the whole enchilada ...

[[AK]Clay]

The latest iPhone patch appears to have improved the stability of the Safari interface - thank goodness!

Is anyone aware of an integration solution for using the iPhone in a car? I'd like to just replace or augment my car stereo with something that will play my music, as well has allow handsfree telephone usage through the stereo speakers. Does such a critter exist? Is it GSM buzz protected?

The Parrot does look pretty slick. But not quite what I was going for. I'm thinking about getting one of these:

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_105KDA8...wAll=N&tp=5684


It has a bluetooth mic. Sounds cool, though my experience w/ Bluetooth has been so so.

[[AK]Faxman]

I'm going to break down and by a 3G-S for fathers day. The engineering apps and connectivity to breaking news are features too tempting to resist. I've been resisting a PDA of any type for years, but I've finally broken down. The potential for increased organization is too big to ignore any longer. Plus, the Iphone is just too damned cool. However, the luddite side of me fears this all might be a gateway drug to Twittering.

My only question: Is the 32GB version worth the extra $100 over the 16GB version? I'm fairly frugal in my data storage, but spending an extra C-note to double the memory seems pretty reasonable.

[[AK]Clay]

I'm going to break down and by a 3G-S for fathers day. The engineering apps and connectivity to breaking news are features too tempting to resist. I've been resisting a PDA of any type for years, but I've finally broken down. The potential for increased organization is too big to ignore any longer. Plus, the Iphone is just too damned cool. However, the luddite side of me fears this all might be a gateway drug to Twittering.

My only question: Is the 32GB version worth the extra $100 over the 16GB version? I'm fairly frugal in my data storage, but spending an extra C-note to double the memory seems pretty reasonable.

The only reason to get 32 GB version is for video. Assume roughly 1 gig /movie. And of course, not every video needs to be preloaded into your phone, you can leave most of your library in your iTunes and just transfer when you want. I have a 16 GB and have never filled it up. I could, but am happy with the 16.

The apps and personal data only takes a tiny fraction - maybe 100 meg.

[[AK]Squidly]

I'm happy with the 16, but I have to cherry-pick my videos.

If I had 32 gig, I could store them all.

[[AK]Clay]

The Parrot does look pretty slick. But not quite what I was going for. I'm thinking about getting one of these:

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_105KDA8...wAll=N&tp=5684


It has a bluetooth mic. Sounds cool, though my experience w/ Bluetooth has been so so.

This thing rocks! I had no idea how cool a car stereo upgrade could be. The bluetooth works incredibly well, and folks can't even tell I'm talking to them via car speakers and the little included microphone on my dashboard.