Martin Dupras

I saw this poster on my office building today. Really wish I could go. Likely to be an ace gig.

One month in and I still love my new iPhone 3G. The interface and the integration of services is great. For instance, if you have the address for a contact in your address book, clicking on the address opens it in google maps.

Beats my old Sony W950i by a very long shot.

iTunes, however, still sucks big time. I’m used to it by now, and I’ve managed to discover the settings that need to be changed for it to stop deleting my tracks. Apple: sort it out.

However, there are a few things I’ve discovered that make life with iTunes easier.

PhoneView allows you to see the files on the iPhone and download back the tracks that iTunes in its stupidity has deleted from the computer.

GimmeSomeTunes automatically downloads lyrics for tracks playing in iTunes.

The headphones that come with the iPhone were really bad. I mean baaaad. And because I have small ears, they didn’t fit properly and hurt my ears.

Solution:

-  the Monster Cable headphone adapter for iPhone. £15 well worth it. That takes care of the microphone portion and allows you to connect:

- a nice pair of Ultimate Ears Triple.Fi 10 Pro in-ear monitors. Very expensive, but worth every last penny. The sound quality is stunning. It’s like a pair or studio monitors in your ears. Well maybe not, but close. And they don’t fall out of my ears either, which is good.

I got a new iPhone3G yesterday after 18 months with the Sony Ericsson W950i. While there were a few niceties about the W950i I wouldn’t say that it was a great phone by any stretch of the imagination.

Does the iPhone live to the hype? I don’t think to be too sucked in by how hip things are. I want them to work for me and not cause me any unnecessary hassle.

The phone is pretty obvious to operate. A few things need instructions (such as inserting the sim card, and operating the silent button.)  It looks good and feels very nice, although the edges of the buttons and holes in the casing are a little sharp.

One needs to update iTune to activate the phone. I’m not a fan of iTunes in the first place, so I wasn’t particularly keen, but as it turns out it’s all pretty hassle-free.

Uploading music to the phone is very slow (for me.) I have a very large collection of music files (many of which my own music and experiments) of over 150GB. A day later, I’m still waiting for iTunes to “Process Album Artwork.” I’m guessing it’s mostly because I’m such a newbie with iTunes.

Anyway. I’ll report on my progress as it goes on.