So as promised when I got the iPhone 3GS I said I would do a more detailed review of the few new features on the iPhone 3GS.
1.) VIDEO RECORDING
If I’m honest I didn’t hold much hope of the video recording being that good when I first tried it out on the iPhone 3GS, I thought it’s be just a bog standard usual low quality video capture, but I was pleasantly surprised. In good light the recording offers a brilliantly crisp and smooth image, none of the expected jerkiness, and great colours. To add to this you can even edit the video, cut it shorter etc, so that you can use the next new feature MMS. I would go as far to say that the video quality was on a par with the superb Nokia N93… with it’s “DVD quality” video.
2.) MMS
It feels a little odd describing MMS as a new feature, it’s been around for years on other handsets, since the development of GPRS (once pronounced by a less informed customer of mine “jeepers…. my jeepers have gone!”). It does what it should, it sends pictures and short video files, what makes it unique is the interface, and how simple it is to add to a message. There’s no long procedure like you’d find on a Samsung or Motorola handset, it fits in the message thread as a normal message would, and looks pretty doing it.
3.) Digital Compass
Not quite the most useless feature yet, on it’s own I have no use whatsoever for the Digital Compass, however within Google maps you can activate it, making sure you know which way you’re pointing on the map. This is quite a cost saving navigation tool, almost rendering turn by turn Sat Nav useless. I know I’d rather use this function than pay £60 for a Sat Nav application.
4.) Voice Control
Hmmm… well not much good to be said of this one. The idea itself is a fantastic one, but again one that has been on phones for a while. It’s fine if you can manage to talk like a robot. What happens when I try to call my wife.
Said: “Call Elouise”
Responses: “Calling Naomi Lawson”, “Playing songs by Eugene McGiuness”, “Calling Lewis Powell”.
There’s been a few times where I’ve pronounced things slowly and carefully and still not had the match I was looking for.
Overall the added features do add to the slightly lacking iPhone’s previous, but the voice control is shocking.
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