[Touch HD General] m.r.davies:
Hi

I thought i would post this as i've been thinking about moving to an iphone for ages, but have used this forum as my source of info as never quite been convinced

I run a .net software house, so i get involved in sales, development, networking, servers etc

So for me the windows mobile seemed perfect as i thought i could use the mob for emergencies with remote desktop etc

However, i was annoyed with some stuff on it mainly due to lag, slow speeds, and especially web browsing (page rendering).

I tried cooked roms, and was running lots of dutties (3.9 was the last)

The other day a friend of mine who runs a hardware IT company upgraded from windows mobile to the normal iphone (non 3gs) and started raving about it.

I trust what this guy says so i started to seriously consider it

I then did my research here, and was put off by the iphone because everyone was SO against it, i thought "these guys are hardcore users like me, so they must have done their homework"

....so i decided not to switch

I then wondered into an o2 shop when the 3gs was released, and played with it for about 30 mins.

I went home, put my phone on ebay, and a week later its gone and i have the new 3gs sitting in front of me.

firstly i'll list the bad points

1) battery isn't as good as touch HD, but it'll last you a day with some heavy use (still testing this bit though)

2) sat nav seemed a bit thin on the ground, but i'm using SYGIC which has full postcode and voice navigation which works ok, not quite tom tom but tom tom is due to be released soon.

3) the keyboard is actually really good, and i was very supprised, but the normal T9 style keyboard doesn't exist natively (theres an app for that - probably)

4) app store is flooded with a load of pointless applications which make a noise when you touch the screen (whoopdee fecking doo!) :confused:

5) you cant customise the home screen appart from icons, BUT, i find it very functional, as icons have notifications on them.

6) you have to go through i tunes to do everything, but there is software around to get away from that (yet to test it)

So these are the bad points, but the good points FAR out way these.

The user experience is amazing, very snappy, loading apps are very much bang bang bang and done.

Screen roatation is pretty instant

web browsing on wifi is like on a pc, downloads and renders very quickly

on 3g its still very quick, renders fast but data transmission just a little slower

the touch HD doesn't even come close.

EVERYTHING is so much quicker, and better, the camera may only be 3MP but who cares, because as least you can take pictures, and not be left waiting 2 mins everytime you want to boot up the camera etc.

I'm not a "FAN BOY" i'm a serious business user

My only regret is that i didn't upgrade sooner

All you die hard Win mob fans here..... seriously dont comment on stuff you know nothing about, i bet most of you have never used a iphone for long enough to give it a fair test.

this thread isn't a win mob VS iphone os.

its for those sitting people sitting on the fence thinking shall i get one???

my advice is YES, but, play with one for a few hours first.

Loads of people on here have converted, and told me i wouldn't look back, and i thought they were just little kids, but i now now what they mean

so there you have it, advice from a 31 year old professional, and not a 16 year old kid who uses it to play tetris

p.s. mine is jail broken, and unlocked and running on orange.

CUE flamming :)

disclaimer: this is just my opinion, and i've only owned the device for a few days, sorry if i offended anyone.