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Apple iPhone 3GS, Google Nexus One, Moto Droid and Palm Pre Compared

by Jay Garrett on January 7, 2010

If your head is spinning with details and specs of the four phones above then thank Billshrink for the complete comparison break-down.

Billshrink has compared the main specifications and the cost of ownership of the Google, Apple, Palm and Motorola blowers. The cost of ownership may be more important and even a deciding factor in these times of the crunch.

Can you guess who the winner out of the iPhone, Nexus One, Droid or Pre is?

You may be surprised or even confused.

By my reckoning there’s no out-and-out champ. The handsets, as you’ve probably already imagined, all have their strengths and weaknesses.

To be honest though I still feel that the iPhone is top. The interface is great, the 3GS is an improvement on the 3G which is still great, the number of apps keeps the interest up – the 3MP phone will always be a stumbling block – but that may get some attention soon ;)

What do you reckon?

What’s your choice?

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8GB Apple iPhone 3GS Coming Soon

by Jay Garrett on December 29, 2009

To me this is very plausible.

It seems that Apple may be dropping the 8gb iPhone 3G in favour of a similarly memoried 3Gs.

A forum user on the German ‘apfeltalk‘ ordered a regular refurbed 8GB iPhone 3G and that’s exactly what he got.

But – the interesting thing was that the packaging was for an 8GB version of the latest model, the 3GS!

As everyone here surely knows – you can only get the 3Gs in 16GB and 32GB versions. This means an unlikely typo on the packaging or Apple has got their new boxes all mixed up with the outgoing stock – ooopsy!

User .David commented on the forums (translated via Google Translate):

“Seems to be an iPhone 3G (back and no compass, FW) 3.0.1 on it. However, the packaging is clearly designed for an iPhone 3G [S] 8GB. Ordered was a refurbished 3G iPhone 8GB.

Vote: who have a refurbished iPhone 3G in a new packaging of the packaged iPhone 3G [S] 8GB, because the enhancement is clearly new. Which clearly indicates that the sale of the iPhone 3G [S] 8GB immediately imminent.”

When you weigh up the facts:

  • The 3G model is now over 18 months old.
  • It looks like Apple’s building up to launch a fourth model in June.
  • It doesn’t make sense to have three different models on the market at the same time.

Apple will be holding an event on the 26th of January so as well as the iSlate we might see the entry-level 3Gs there ;)

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Voda iPhone – Another Network Joins O2 and Orange to Sell Apple iPhones

September 29, 2009 Click to read more →
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Following on from yesterday’s news that Orange will be flogging Apple’s iPhone soon here in the UK Vodafone has gloved-up in the red corner.
Vodafone has announced this morning that it will sell both the iPhone 3G and 3GS in the UK and Ireland in “early 2010″.
Vodafone, just like Orange, is still playing things close to [...]

iPhone Hand-Steadiers For That Non-Shakey Film Moment

July 7, 2009 Click to read more →
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Oh, really!
Come on – I know it’s all rather neat that the Apple iPhone now can take moving pictures, but now this?
There’s actually a top end $300 shoulder mount that made me laugh so hard people though that I had actually won a large sum of cash.
If you think that was silly and too expensive [...]

MoGo Bluetooth Headset Folds into iPhone 3G and 3GS Case

June 21, 2009 Click to read more →
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If you like the idea of having a Bluetooth headset but cant trust yourself not to lose it or figured you’d kill it within moments by putting it in your jeans back pocket and then sit on it – here’s a solution for iPhone owners.
Newton Peripherals, makers of that popular MoGo Mouse, have come up [...]

Apple iPhone 3GS – When and Where to Get it First in The UK

June 18, 2009 Click to read more →
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The queues for the iPhone 3GS have started already in New York for tomorrow morning – London doesn’t appear to be quite that eager.
The Carphone Warehouse will be quicker off the mark tomorrow and will open their Oxford Street stores and some others in major cities ahead of Apple and O2 – from 7am onwards. [...]

WWDC – iPhone 3GS Here’s The Run Down of Specs and Features

June 8, 2009 Click to read more →
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As expected, the new Apple iPhone 3GS 2009 is out.
So – what’s new, has anything stayed the same? What’s the ‘S’ all about anyhow?
Read on Gadgety faithful – read on………..
Speed – hence the ‘S’
• Launching messages is 2.1 faster, load the NY Times in Safari: 2.9 times faster.
Camera
• 3 megapixel, auto focus, auto exposure, [...]