iPhone 2.0 Reviews

Posted on July 14, 2008
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Just a collection of reviews from around the web. I’ll keep adding as I get time - or please add your own.
Walt Mossberg / AllThingsD

- “it mostly keeps its promises.”
- “more capable version of an already excellent device”
- Battery drained much more quickly using 3G
- Greatly improved audio, much louder speaker
- Data speeds 3-5x faster than original iPhone
- Better voice coverage with 3G. “At my neighborhood shopping center, where the first iPhone got little or no AT&T service, the iPhone 3G registered strong coverage.”

Edward Baig / USA Today

- “iPhone 3G: The Sequel, is worth the wait.”
- Still no recording video, no stereo bluetooth or voice dialing
- Supports PowerPoint attachments; mass move or delete multiple e-mail messages
- 10-30 seconds to load popular websites on 3G.
- GPS was very accurate
- Speaker sounded better for both speakerphone and music.
- “started receiving low battery warnings toward the end of a busy work day; I found myself charging the device overnight, the same as with the older iPhone.”

David Pogue / NYTimes

- Sound is much improved. “In fact, few cellphones sound this good.”
- Feels better in your hand due to the curved back
- “According to Apple, the iPhone’s G.P.S. antenna is much too small to emulate the turn-by-turn navigation of a G.P.S. unit for a vehicle, for example.”
- No voice dialing, video recording, copy/paste, memory card slot, Bluetooth stereo, MMS
- “the really big deal is the iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store, neither of which requires buying a new iPhone.”

More…

http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/07/one-geekdads-re.html

http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/apple-iphone-3g-16gb/1995-6452_7-33054209.html

http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/07/12/review_iphone_20_software_revi.html

http://www.macworld.com/article/134482/2008/07/iphone3g_review.html?t=213

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/06/28/iphone-revamp-jobs-tech-wire-cx_bc_0628techiphone.html

http://arcelay.vox.com/library/post/iphone-20-software-review-forget-3g-its-code-that-counts—gizmondocom.html

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/11/iphone_update/

Applications

http://gizmodo.com/5023924/iphone-app-review-marathon-liveblog

http://www.totels.com/blooteredcerebrations/2008/07/iphone-20-app-review.html

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