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Old 03-13-08, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by foamy
I'm considering getting one and am curious about how practical people find them to be as an internet, blog keeper and photo downloading device. Does anyone have any experience with them?
I have no experience yet, but will be using my iphone on a long tour this summer.

Pros:
- the map application is incredibly useful, even over the edge network, especially w/ the "locate me" function (poor man's gps). I routinely use this when lost in the countryside.
- you *can* check email and surf the web. It is slow, but if the option is slow, or not at all, slow is fine.
- you *can* take pictures w/ it and email to crazyguonabike and have a travel diary automatically updated, including pictures
- all the other goodness w/ it's phone and ipod functionality

Cons:
- the pictures are low fidelity, and take a goodly amount of time to upload each (5 minutes?)
- battery life isn't great when you're doing all this stuff, but it does charge quickly
- can't upload pictures from real camera
- no keyboard (though there are rumors that bluetooth keyboards will be enabled soon)

And on top of all this, 3G versions are expected out soon (a couple months).
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