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iPhone 3G 8GB

The iPhone 3G 8GB was the first, and orignal, iPhone that changed the way we all thought of “mobile phones”. A phone? Yes… but much, much more… intuitive and very easy to use, the best touch screen around – literally “touch” not touch-and-press-and-did-it-work-no-I’d-better-press-it-a-bit-harder!

iPhone 3G 8GB – Standard Features / Apps

• Home Screens – one simple button on the front of the iPhone to activate it – then unlock with a “swipe”. All apps and functions organised into a series of “Home Screens”. You move from one home screen to the next simply by swiping your finger across the screen.
• Customisable – you can move app icons from one home sceen to another simply by dragging them to where you want them to be. Organise your iPhone the way you want it to be.
• App “Groups” – with OS4 you simply drag one app onto another to automatically create a “group” of similar apps, accessible from that new group icon. See the two groups on this screen capture – we have the Twitter and Facebook Apps grouped in “Social” and Sky and ITN Apps grouped in “News”
• GPS – Global Positioning Satellite – used to accurately pinpoint your exact location. Used by several apps on the iPhone including: Google Maps, Photos, Weather and many apps available from the App Store.
• 3G data – the fastest (so far!) wireless data transfer you can get, used by many apps including: web browser, Google Maps, iTunes, YouTube, Weather, App Store, Stocks etc etc.
• WiFi – automatically connects to any available WiFi – your wireless router at home or any publicly available WiFi Hotspots.
• Google Maps – Used the built in GPS to pinpoint your exact location. You can see a map view, a satellite (aerial) view or a combination of both. You can plot a route, get directions and follow your progress in real time. Maps can be zoomed (double tap or pinch and spread) and repositioned.
• Motion Sensors – built in motion sensors are used to detect the phone’s orientation and movement and this is used by many apps particularly in controlling movement in games.
• iPod – widescreen iPod, play songs and videos, scroll through your library with a swipe of your finger. Limited only by your available memory – 8GB will store up to 2500 songs! For those of you with more songs there is the iPhone 3G 16GB which can store up to 5000 songs!
• iTunes – a direct link into your iTunes account, browse, search and download new songs, podcasts, videos, ringtones, audiobooks, films, TV programs and music videos.
• Voice Memos – a quick one-touch voice recorder, capture your good ideas or thoughts, save them and replay later.
• YouTube – connect stright to YouTube, browse featured videos, search for what you want, add videos to your “favourites”.
• Safari web browser – supports multiple pages/windows, quickly swith between them, double tap (or pinch and spread) to zoom in. Add sites to your “Bookmarks” or add a site to your “Home Screen” for quick acces. All normal browser features.
• Visual Voice Mail – SEE a list of your voicemail messages and who they are from, selectively play the ones you want, when you want.
• Email – set it up to access any number of email accounts (GoogleMail, YahooMail, HotMail… whatever). Easily send and receive emails from whichever account you choose.
• Weather – uses Yahoo Weather to show you a 6 day forecast for a postcode or location. You can set up multiple locations and switch between them with a swipe.
• App Store – a direct link to your Apple App Store account, browse, search, download and install new apps wherever you are, check for and install updates.
• Notes – easily create and store “Notes” about anything you want. Swipe to go from one to another. Notes can easily be shared by email.
• Texting – messages grouped into “theads” by sender so you can more easily follow the text conversation
• Calendar – Allows you to add appointments and set alarm reminders
• Camera – 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels, with zoom on OS4. Also allows you to take a “screen shot” of any display simply by holding the Home button at the centre bottom of the iPhone while you press the top Sleep button.
• Photos – your photos are organised into albums and you get a thumbnail view of each album. Simply tap a thumbnail to see the full image. Double tap, or use the “pinch and spread” feature to zoom in. Photos can be easily shared by email, MMS, assigned to a phonebook contact or set as wallpaper. Your photos are automatically geo-tagged and in the photos viewer there is a section called “Places” which shows a Google Map with stick pins identifying where you have taken photos. Tap a stick pin to see the photos you took at that location. swipe to move from one photo to the next.
• Stocks – monitor and chart share prices for your chosen Companies.
• Clock – supporting multiple time zones. Has alarms, Stopwatch and countdown timer functions.
• Calculator – normal calculator in portrait, turn the iPhone sideways into landscape and it turns into a full scientific calculator.
• Phone – oh yes, we nearly forgot, you can actually use the iPhone to make and receive telephone calls! Speaker function, recent call lists, contacts… all the usual stuff… just… easier to use than other phones…!