Well I’ve now had my shiny new iPhone 3G for two days.

I have to say, I like it. I was a little worried the hype would overshadow what the gadget’s strengths are.

As a phone, especially paired with a blueant Z9i the call quality is excellent. I think the speaker phone is also quite good. I haven’t had any reception issues although 3G is sometimes a little sparse inside buildings. As I live in the North West of Arkansas, having 3G at all is a lucky thing. It will be interesting to see what the 3G quality is like around Harrison.

The mail was a breeze to setup and imap seems fine for what I’m using it for at the moment. The minimum default email polling is 15 minutes but you can manually check anytime you like. The phone gives a chirp and quick vibration when you have new email.

Web browsing is speedy and works well on wifi, 3G and even edge. GPS seems serviceable although I haven’t had a chance to use it much. There are some turn by turn apps in the works and I’m sure I’ll pick up one of those once they’ve been reported on.

I haven’t synced any music to the iPhone yet, however I have used Pandora to listen to some streaming music and the quality was excellent.

All in all a very cool gadget and I’m looking forward to spending quality time with it.

More to come.

Cheers,

Shane