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iPhone camera – 3GS vs 3G

Iestyn — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:47:46 +0000

Here’s a quick comparison of the iPhone 3GS camera versus the old 3G camera. The 3GS has a macro function, so it’s not a fair test by any means

New iPhone 3GS:

…and here’s a shot from the old 3G:

That’s quite a difference!

However, it’s nowhere near as good as the camera on the N95, and there are some great photos taken with that phone. Still, it’s a vast, welcome improvement.

iPhone 2.0 as a gaming platform?

Iestyn — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:12:52 +0000

I managed to resist the last iPhone, but this time i’m not too sure i’ll be able. What’s different this time? The combination of 3G, GPS, and an accelerometer. This could seriously be the start of a new – maybe even revolutionary – gaming platform.

Location-aware gaming might take off now. I’m thinking that companies that are already doing similar things (like Locomatrix) might see a lot more interest in the coming months. Perhaps a mix between GPS gaming and PMOG (Passively Multiplayer Online Game) could be interesting? I’ve got to get one of these and start experimenting..

Of course, the combination of 3G, GPS, and accelerometer has been done before in a few phones, including the excellent N95, but -assuming the GPS works on the iPhone 2.0 – there’s one huge difference here: The ludicrous fanboy factor. Any interesting apps and games for the iPhone are going to be lapped up by a very vocal, very active, very influential fanbase.

Will we see Flash on this? With Adobe’s Open Screen Project, I can only hope Talking of wishful thinking, perhaps Apple will drop the walled garden approach. I seriously doubt it though..

[Update] I see Mashable gets what i’m talking about.

No iPhone for me!

admin — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:39:37 +0000

Oh how flippant I am. I could be a politician with my U-turn on policy overnight. Or perhaps I just found a better deal.. Well, i spent all last night asking people opinions, reading reviews, looking at providers and tariffs, and talking to customer services. And spamming twitter.

I currently spend £40-50pm with o2.

In the end the choice was:
1. Stay with o2 and get an iPhone. £269 plus £35pm tariff for 18 months. That gets you 200 minutes, 200 texts, and unlimited data.

2. Change to Three and get an n95. The deal there is:

N95 @ £15pm
Contract @ £15pm for 18 months.
Add-on X-series gold including Slingbox @ £10pm
£50 of accessory vouchers
£30 off my bill using the refer-a-friend thing.

That gives me: 1GB data transfer pm, free calls to skype users, a FREE slingbox, free viewing of recorded stuff on my slingbox, Orb (to access files on my home PC), mobilemail so i can have IMAP Gmail , free windows live messenger, 300 anytime anynetwork texts or minutes, 300 3 to 3 minutes, and 150 mins of video calls a month. Oh, and some free yahoo and ebay things that I haven’t really looked at yet.

The n95 also supprts 3G and other faster-than-edge technologies. Oh it has GPS too. And a 5MP camera with carl zeiss lens. I can transfer my number over too. Did i mention it supports SDHC, so can use up to 8GB cards?

Oh, and it’s not all locked down like the iPhone, which is the real killer for me.

I’d be crazy to go for the iPhone while deals like this are out there. So i went for the n95 last night. Yeah, the battery life is awful if you don’t turn off wifi scanning, but i had the same problem with my N80.

If by any chance you want to join Three, I can get you £30 off on the recommend a friend thing – so do let me know, as i get £30 off too!

Update: A 16GB iPod touch is £254. So for the cost of a 8GB iPhone, you could get an n95 on three AND a 16GB iPod touch. Who in their right mind would buy an iPhone?