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steve516:

There are so many folks out there that post rants about the iPhone who obviously have not spent any time trying to find solutions - they suffer from the martyr syndrome.

 If you have had your iPhone for a year then you probably have the 3G... Here are some tips...

For better battery life, turn OFF location services - the GPS antenna - when not needed. This sucks an enormous amount of power.

Next, set the iPhone to check mail only once per hour. Any time you access the mail app it automatically checks the mail anyhow. Or, sign up for MobileMe and have it push all your mail in real time. Having the iPhone check every 15 minutes when there is nothing there with multiple accounts runs down the battery.

Set the brightness to 30% and use Auto Adjust. brighter is blinding and sucks up battery. Set the phone to lock automatically after 1 or 2 minutes so the screen shuts off.

These simple tips will give the average user of a 3G iphone about 2 full days of use on a single charge.

 The original (2G/Edge) and 3G iPhone have 2mp camera's with autofocus. The new 3GS has a 3mp camera that also does video. More megapixels does not necessairily make a better camera though. Here is a key tip - the camera takes the picture when you REMOVE your finger from the button, so learn to apply your finger, steady the shot, and then carefully remove the finger to keep things in focus. I have taken some great pictures with the iPhone. The next tip is that the images are 2mp (1600x1200), but if you send an email from the phone directly, it downsizes them to 640x480 to save space and send faster and use less of your Canadian allotted bandwith per month. To access the full size image, you have to download them to your computer. Also, when adding images to a library (at least on a Mac) that gets transfered to the iPhone, these images are also downsized to 640x480 to save space and improve transfer speed.

I have no problems with the iPhone or and iPod audio...

And if you think battery life is bad, imagine how much a flash sucks down...

Whoa......., mystery man steve516 coming out of nowhere to drop some knowledge.  Good advice.

Wow so many opinions with out asking a basic question. If you only use it in Chattanooga any phone will do (Blackberry, a smart phone, Iphone)(Sprint, AT&T,Verizon,Criket, large megaphone, smoke signals) if you want to hit Blood Mnt., The Gap, visit Woody or swing through Bell Buckle, Fall Creek Falls. Verizon is the only one that covers all those spots and whats in between the  spots. I got my Storm for $150 Randy, they should also give you a Firemans discount.

Of course you know you cant tell Dave you didnt have a signal or missed his text. 

OldMan:

SuicideD_45:

Just a heads up, the iPhone isn't the bomb...it has some good features and there are billions of apps for it, but it's not that great. the camera is only 1.3 MP....the Samsungs and Nokia's are 5 MP...no flash for the camera, no video function with the 3g version(dunno about the 3GS though as Rogers locked me into a silly 3 year contract and I have to fork over a kidney and leg if I want to break the contract)The audio for the MP3 player is crap...flat, dull and weak, no matter what EQ you add to it.  The screen doesn't tilt as fast as its advertised and sometimes doesn't at all. It sometimes has wonky lock ups and freezes. The battery life is crap...it has to be charged on a daily basis with minimal usage. I've had mine for a year now...I think sometimes I should've gotten the comparable Samsung or Nokia N95...even the HTC phones are becoming more popular too. 

 

But do any of things these let you make old fashioned phone calls?

Well, they do have the old fashioned ringy dingy ringer as a usable option...I suppose that someone will come up with some silly app to actually use a rotary video dial in the iPhone someday...whether it will actually help you make a call has yet to be proven 

How much you want for it? I remember those very well because I always wanted one but all I had was the old old bag phone.

Thats for all the great advise. Not sure what I will do other then shop around. Sprint customer service called me again yesterday but I wa too busy to talk with them. I should have told them that I was on the phone with Verison

independent_lemming:

Of course you know you cant tell Dave you didnt have a signal or missed his text. 

I knew it!!!  I knew it!!!!   I knew it!!!!