My iPhone 3GS arrived by FedEx and now I'm waiting for AT&T to activate my phone. The screen says that it may take some time. In the meantime in the tradition of Apple fans worldwide, here's the unboxing of my iPhone 3GS.
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
Update: My first impressions and miscellaneous notes
The screen of the iPhone 3GS is a lot warmer (more yellow) than my first generation iPhone. I like the colder blue of the original better. Surfing the web in Safari is a lot faster. I've tested it on WIFI but not yet on 3G.
Setting up the phone with AT&T took only a few minutes in iTunes but took about 15 minutes for AT&T to recognize the iPhone 3GS. The old iPhone still works completely but now shows "No Service" in the menu bar. It's essentially now an 8 Gig iPod Touch. You can still access the AppStore and download applications over WIFI. Also, you don't have to worry about transferring your applications to the new iPhone. You can re-download applications from the Apple Store for free.
The "Find my iPhone" function of MobileMe didn't work for me. Got this error message saying that it couldn't find my phone.
I tried sending myself a message from MobileMe, but that didn't work either. The funny thing is that about 15 minutes after I sent it, my OLD iPhone started pinging me with my old message. We'll have to see if it eventually figures it out and sends messages to my new iPhone.
UPDATE: iTunes automatically set up my email addresses and servers but didn't transfer the password to my MobileMe account. Once I entered the MobileMe password, the "Find my iPhone" function worked. The iPhone in the picture above is actually the original iPhone. Now, when I go to "Find my iPhone" it shows two iPhones, the original and the new 3GS.
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
Update: My first impressions and miscellaneous notes
The screen of the iPhone 3GS is a lot warmer (more yellow) than my first generation iPhone. I like the colder blue of the original better. Surfing the web in Safari is a lot faster. I've tested it on WIFI but not yet on 3G.
Setting up the phone with AT&T took only a few minutes in iTunes but took about 15 minutes for AT&T to recognize the iPhone 3GS. The old iPhone still works completely but now shows "No Service" in the menu bar. It's essentially now an 8 Gig iPod Touch. You can still access the AppStore and download applications over WIFI. Also, you don't have to worry about transferring your applications to the new iPhone. You can re-download applications from the Apple Store for free.
The "Find my iPhone" function of MobileMe didn't work for me. Got this error message saying that it couldn't find my phone.
I tried sending myself a message from MobileMe, but that didn't work either. The funny thing is that about 15 minutes after I sent it, my OLD iPhone started pinging me with my old message. We'll have to see if it eventually figures it out and sends messages to my new iPhone. UPDATE: iTunes automatically set up my email addresses and servers but didn't transfer the password to my MobileMe account. Once I entered the MobileMe password, the "Find my iPhone" function worked. The iPhone in the picture above is actually the original iPhone. Now, when I go to "Find my iPhone" it shows two iPhones, the original and the new 3GS.
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