J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

I was showing mine to my Grandma yesterday, she is pretty with it for someone of 88, I showed her Google Street view and she got it totally, she looked at her old house where she lived as a girl which would be difficult for her to get to even though its only a couple of miles away as she isnt as mobile these days and they no longer have a car, she was soon zooming in and out and moving round, shows how good they have got if older, non geek ladies can use them.

CREWJ

I use mine as an MP3 player daily. Use it for surfing the web, playing games, making calls, sending texts but also for work.

I've sync'd my work calendar so I get notifications on my phone when I'm away from my computer for meetings/teleconfrences etc...

I decided not to sync my work mail because I get too many for it to be efficient.

Oh yeah and the camera is the main reason I went for this version.

Gear Head

iTrader: (2)

Use mine a lot more than I though I would.
Work emails, web browsing, playing games, MP3, Facebook.
Everything on it just works, unlike any other phone I have had before.

Battery life is a bit of pain, but understandable considering how much I use it compared to any other phone that I have had.

Jamescsti

Use mine constantly.
Browsing. EBay. Mapping and sat nav not to mention lots of other things, I could be without it but it would be very inconvenient.

ScoobyDoo555

tbh, the more I use mine, the more I feel it's a gadget. Let me explain why.

I work in a heavily IT-based sector (not IT ), so I have 24/7 access to computers and network/internet.
My car has a SatNav multi-media stereo system with an ipod bolted onto it. Bluetooth handsfree is available when I driving (although rarely used). Any email etc usually can wait until I get home (or to work).
Games? meh. I've got proper hardware for that.

The *only* other thing I've got on it is a GPS rangefinder for my Golf. But I can live without that.


I hit the same conclusion before I got my current phone - do I actually need a smartphone? (or even a phone at all) - begrudgingly, Wifey made me have a phone, and the only reason I stayed with smartphones was because of the contract-time commitments (certainly not shelling out cash up-front) - and if I'm committing to a 2 yr contract, I want something that will last the 2 years without fail..... smartphones seem to be the only option for this criteria.

Personally, my lappy & desktop machines are FAR more important than the phone.

Dan

TelBoy

Phew, at least i'm not the only one, Dan

I'm surrounded by computers all day long. Apart from social networking, which i can do at home, i can't think of good enough reasons to pay a monthly contract for something like an iPhone. But then i still own lerds of vinyl records so what do i know

r32

Love mine to bits, use the features all the time, every day.