3G: having never really used the web much on a mobile (which is where I presume 3g really helps) it hasn’t been a major point of contention with me, though I guess if I did use the web and multimedia more the slow speed would soon wind me up.

We use Meetingmaker at work, which syncs with little and had given up sync’ing calendar. However your sync ‘path’ has made me think : meetingmaker > intellisync > outlook > google calendar > [anything else].

In my ideal world i want a device to sync contacts, calendar, music, pictures, notes, docs, etc without me having to remember to sync them each day (and that i may want my calendar to end up on google while my docs stay on my pc).

GPS is right up there on the ‘cool gadget factor’ more than anything useful and hadn’t appreciated that the iphone is doing quite a good job without it. Funny, woudln’t dream of buying a tomtom and carrying it around but probably would end up paying £100+ for a phone that had it.

Your annoyances remind me of my pet hate of getting a new phone and finding the alarm has no decent options, the little things can really affect the overall feel of a device. I’ve never owned a phone that can do cut/paste but I guess this shows how expectations are rising.

Some of what you said reminded me of Ian Davis’ (Talis) post http://iandavis.com/blog/2008/03/iphone-day-four

Cheers
Chris

The software update should improve interaction with exchange (I’ve really jury rigged the sync on mine, as I sync on my Mac, and haven’t dared plug it into my work PC, so don’t know how well this really works - my calendar sync therefor goes Outlook -> Google Cal -> iCalendar -> iPhone - and is one way only)

The software update should also suddenly open up games - I’m sure that we will see a sudden explosion, especially for those simple but incredibly addictive puzzlers etc - e.g. bejewelled. Also worth noting that some games - again e.g. bejewelled - have special iPhone versions you play online.

GPS - well, the iPhone uses triangulation of mobile, plus information about the location of Wi-Fi access points - it’s OK but not stunningly accurate. However, the Google Maps integration makes up for a huge amount - generally I know where I am, and if I want proper GPS I’ll buy one (e.g. TomTom)

Overall I really like the iPhone - oddly, the things that bug me are not the things that always get highlighted in reviews that you mention, but other little things such as the lack of cut and paste, inability to select blocks of text, why MMS isn’t built in and I have to look at the pictures via the web (works OK, but can’t then use the picture as wallpaper etc.)