As expected, I got my first sighting of the much-coveted iPhone 3GS in the Manila Bulletin Technews Lab yesterday. Picture is kinda blurred, but that’s tech editor Art Samaniego having a blast with the Apple gadget, which will be made available by Globe to the public on July 31 yet.
As an Apple user, I can’t help but salivate at this latest version which is touted to be two times faster than the iPhone 3G.
Easily one of the highlights is the digital compass and installed software like Google Maps which will be able to tell you where your location is, and tell you where you’re going. Art says “it’s the best there is!” We were just wondering why the Quiapo district is shown in the iPhone Google Map as Quiapo DVD. Is Il Pirata country now an official landmark? Hehe.
The voice control feature was also impressive. We’ve long been acquainted with the speech recognition feature of some phones, but it’s different when the mobile phone is a topnotch music player as well.
You can tell the iPhone to ‘Play On The Go” and it will begin what’s on your playlist. For the test, we told the gadget to “Play Michael Jackson Thriller” and the voice said “Michael Jackson is playing already.” Cool! 😛
Other desirable features of this iPhone: Video, 3 megapixel camera, the landscape keyboard, Nike + iPod, Voice Memos, Internet Tethering etc.
No wonder, Apple lovers like us are saving up for this. Introductory price for the iPhone 3GS should be in the P35,000 (Php 35K) range.
I think Quiapo is really known for it, aside from being a camera haven, which is the Hidalgo Streets.
BTW, congratulations! And I hope I can borrow it some time around. hehe… LOL! 😛
I remember the good old days when phones were used to make and receive calls, now we just seem to be bombarded with ever more sophisticated gadgets. Maybe I am just getting old and starting to hanker after these so called ‘good old days’ when everything was much more simple.
Lol on Quiapo DVD. =)
Lawrence, there’s nothing wrong with the good old days, as long I’m not carrying a cellular phone from that time period 😀 The iPhone does catch some flack on occasion for call quality, but that is as much a function of AT&T as it is Apple.
It wins for having a good UI, with software that is updated regularly, and an app store that greatly expands its functionality. I rely on it for time conversion, and communication, in place of actual phone calls. When they cost $1.99 a minute, I prefer the less expensive communication options that I get from handheld wifi. Data roaming in Iraq will make you a pauper, in a hurry.