iPhone 3gs review - the nuts!

Got the 32gb iPhone 3gs on Saturday. Cost £175 on a 24 month £35pm contract.

It's not the cheapest of handsets, but it's more than just a phone.

I've used Nokias and windows smartphones over the years. When you compare the numbers the iPhone seems to lack on many fronts. e.g. only a 3mb camera, compared to Nokia's 5mp, but when I had these phones, I rarely used them.

With the iPhone you just want to use them because they're so easy to operate.

e.g. I'm not one for reading manuals. Recording video on the 3gs is a first for the iPhone. We were out yesteday, and I recorded a small video snippet of one of the kids. The snippet goes into your gallery and viewable with a touch of a button. You select your video, click email, enter the address. The phone auto decrompresses it and off it goes within seconds. because data is unlimited with the iPhone there's no worry about MMS costs or the like.

MMS is now an option, though while emailing is so easy and more phones coming email savvy, MMS will soon become a costly thing of the past.

Apps. There are tens of thousands of applications to download directly from apps store. It takes seconds and there are applications for almost anything. e.g. using your facbook account, keeping fit, sat nav and hundreds of cracking games.

The games can now be played in multi player mode over bluetooth or wifi, so if you know somebody else with an iPhone, it's a great way to pass a few hours. The games on the 3gs load soooo quickly compared to the iPhone 3g and generally come in much cheaper than for other handheld consoles.

Sending texts. A doddle and great the way it keeps your texts organised as conversations. 3.0 of the iPhone software allows you to forward texts (strangely missing from previous versions).

The 32gb Ipod is just a joy to use. Import your own CDs or buy new music from itunes, then plugged into your stereo or used with headphones and off you go. With 32gb of space, it will take years for me to fill.

TV shows / Movies. You can now rent or buy loads of video content from itunes and play them on your iPhone. Like everything else on this baby, a doddle to use and a lovely bright screen.

Surfing the web is also a piece of cake. Safari is the default browser and handles every type of webpage I throw at it. Far easier to use than the nokia I've played with. Zoom in and out, scroll around with multi touch simplicity. It's a doddle to set up to your wifi so speed is ligtening, and don't forget, with unlimited 3g being part of the package, you can surf almost anywhere without worry about the cost.

I could go on and on, but if you're looking for a one stop handheld that great for games, music, video, sat nav (compass built in), maps, surfing the web, photos, video and millions of other things, I'd go for the iphone every single time.

Oh and I forgot to mention - you can make phone calls too!!!

Thanks.