Finally, I owned the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet – the iPhone 3GS 32GB.
I’d like to thank Globe Telecom PH for their speedy process (IMO) on their iPhone reservation. I did file an online 
reservation on their site and after 2 days, walked to a nearest Globe center in Robinsons Galleria and file the reservation form for Plan 899. And the customer service representative named Marvin, who attended my inquiry said that I will expect a call after two weeks from the time of my sign-up, so roughly 2nd week of August 2009. And weeks passed by until last Friday, Marvin being lucky enough to be true to his word called up at my office and said that my unit is now available and can drop by anytime on their shop. Whew! what a nice weekend for me to finally get a hold of an iPhone, my very first time to literally touch this device!
So what’s the content of the package? Simple – An iPhone 3GS small box colored black and a black unit, a post-paid SIM card which is not yet activated and an iPhone 3GS paper bag.
So …
What I learned/discovered so far?
* …that the camera resolution is 2048×1024 in 3megapixel. But if you’re sending the image via the Send Photo, it will actually trimmed down to 800×600 resolution. To get the actual size on sending the photo, just open the photo, copy it and paste it on your email client, Presto! original file size and resolution will be sent!
* … that since my location is Philippines, if I detached my iPhone from iTunes PC and leave the location as is, the iTunes via iPhone will not work anymore, I can’t even open the main window to search for music! Error message says that my location is not supported! My only resolution to this problem is if I like to browse the iTunes on the phone, just change the location to United States and sync this info to my iphone. This will solve the iTunes problem but using this settings you cannot install any application from AppStore. So, just vice versa, leave it as is for your original location if you like to install an App via AppStore on your phone.
* … that to arrange my apps / icons, just tap and hold the screen until the icons start shaking indicating that you can now drag-n-drop icons into different places to your liking. Very slick and well-thought design!
* … that iPhone do not work seamlessly with a Wireless WEP connection on my Linksys router. I adjusted my security setting and moved it up to use the WPA2-Personal security type. No problems so far after this changes.
* … that the SIM activation is a 24-hour period and the iPhone needs to be restarted in order for the carrier to detect/refresh properly.
* … that installing an app on both PC and iPhone is the same, simple and intuitive.
* … that the iPhone 3GS Guided Tour video is true and all of the features are wonderful and useful.
What I recently purchased?
* Currently, out of curiosity, just bought the app for my daughter called Old McDonald via AppStore on my PC that costs $ 0.99. My daughter, Margrette, is very very happy on this app coz it allows her to choose from the list of animals that fit on McDonald’s farm. Simple yet effective and entertaining for kids.
* Purchased my Belkin iPhone cover for Php 1,200 at PowerMac Megamall and a CapDase screen protector worth Php 450.00 at digital Hub Robinsons Galleria.
What I already installed?
* TweetDeck – Being my default twitter desktop application on my Windows XP laptop, it’s natural for me to install this app on my iPhone since I am familiar with the interface, nothing changed, except the size. I really really like TweetDeck and considered as my top favorite for client product line for Twitter.
* 12cast – I find this app very useful as it allowed me to upload my videos and directly post the link as my twitter status! Very clever.
* TapTap Revenge – I’m starting to get myself addicted to this FREE game. Just like a Dance Revolution but using your hands instead of feet. Very very entertaining and makes my hands keep alive and functioning (arthritis safe?). What’s more cool to this app is the ability for me to choose my tracks or just download all available free tracks.
* Y! Music – Since I don’t find yet a Radio app to play radio songs, this app makes me listen to all kind of songs except that no Tagalog songs.
* Yahoo Messenger – Need to say more?
* Facebook – Even though I don’t have a facebook account yet, but soon I will, for now, only my wife is using this.
* AppGmail – The default Mail of iPhone allows me to add my GMail account but this one is cool in that it allows you to read mails fullscreen and more.
* FreeRSS – My RSS reader of choice or maybe I didn’t search for alternative?
* SabiNila – This app was created by a Filipino company, Vinta and caters all local news headlines, politics, business, technology, world and others powered by Inquirer.net. I salute the developers of this app, makes myself proud to be a Filipino by delivering their title name in Tagalog and even the background is the 3-stars of Philippine Flag.
* ZZips PH – created by www.applei.ph developers that caters a quick lookup of all zip codes and location in the Philippines. Graphics is simple yet attracted. Cool app!
* Others – mostly games and education related for my daughter.
What I like to do next?
* … maybe purchased more apps with $0.99 price tag on it! Doesn’t cost that much.
* … to Jailbreak/Unlock my iPhone before Christmas. Still need to get my hands around this device for a couple of months.
* … explore more on this device via programming utilizing the iPhone SDK which I already downloaded but not yet started on it. There’s a learning curve on this as I’m not yet very familiar with Cocoa Objective C language. Had a glanced on it but never really had the time to try it.
So, where’s your sample shots?
Where’s the sample videos?
My video samples will be uploaded via 12cast and can be seen via my twitter status updates!
iPhone 3GS is my latest expensive gadget so far! And currently satisfied with it and starting to love every piece of information available on the iPhone 3GS. And I must say IMHO that although some people can afford this phone, this device is not for everyone. If you like this phone just for the sake of having it, forget it, this phone have so many things to offer if you truly believe that the cost of this unit is more than the cost of what you’ll gained.
Truly, a new level of experience is starting …
