I'm on my second iPhone - bought the original 2G iPhone the day after launch ( once the queues had died down ) and kept it until the 3GS was launched , at which point I got a 16GB 3G as a free upgrade , only because the TomTom app had been announced as I was otherwise happy with the 2G , which no1 daughter is now using . Have subsequently found that the TomTom car kit adds GPS functionality to the 2G , but hey-ho , that would have cost me £100 while the upgrade was free .
Having been a Mac User for the last 20+ years ( never owned a PC ) it is a no-brainer for me as integration is so much more seamless via Mobile Me than with any other mobile device : Mail , Calendar , Safari Bookmarks , Contacts and more sync automatically between the iPhone , desktop and laptop without requiring any actionat all from me .
Prior to the iPhone , I had a couple of Treo's and before that a Handspring Visor , all of which would 'hotsync' with the Macs but involved a bit of work and a bit of setting up .
Nowadays the iPhone works well as a phone (Thb Bury carkit is very good) , satnav , mobile email and internet device , calendar , pocket TV , camera , iPod , notebook and has a fair few other useful apps besides quite a lot of useless ones .
I won't knock Treos , Nokias etc as so much comes down to personal choice , but I'm happy with what I've got .
Oh , re the iTunes question - you are not tied to PURCHASING music from the iTunes store , although the iTunes app on your computer is neccessary to manage and update the phone . As has been said , it is easy to rip music from CD into iTunes then sync to the iPhone . I should probably not even whisper that someone could just as easily download music from anywhere on the internet and , by opening the files with iTunes , import songs into their iTunes library then sync onto iPhone ( subject , of course , to copyright restrictions ) .
Having been a Mac User for the last 20+ years ( never owned a PC ) it is a no-brainer for me as integration is so much more seamless via Mobile Me than with any other mobile device : Mail , Calendar , Safari Bookmarks , Contacts and more sync automatically between the iPhone , desktop and laptop without requiring any actionat all from me .
Prior to the iPhone , I had a couple of Treo's and before that a Handspring Visor , all of which would 'hotsync' with the Macs but involved a bit of work and a bit of setting up .
Nowadays the iPhone works well as a phone (Thb Bury carkit is very good) , satnav , mobile email and internet device , calendar , pocket TV , camera , iPod , notebook and has a fair few other useful apps besides quite a lot of useless ones .
I won't knock Treos , Nokias etc as so much comes down to personal choice , but I'm happy with what I've got .
Oh , re the iTunes question - you are not tied to PURCHASING music from the iTunes store , although the iTunes app on your computer is neccessary to manage and update the phone . As has been said , it is easy to rip music from CD into iTunes then sync to the iPhone . I should probably not even whisper that someone could just as easily download music from anywhere on the internet and , by opening the files with iTunes , import songs into their iTunes library then sync onto iPhone ( subject , of course , to copyright restrictions ) .
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