Iphone- Its the most widely used mobile now. No other diminutive device has enthralled the world’s collective conscience in iphone. In the last one year it has accumulated an arguable reputation of being the smartest smart phone and hottest drool gadget on Planet Earth with an incredible bank of over 50’000 tightly integrated applications that span virtually every genre of working, gaming, fooling around, and oh yes taking and making calls. Fortified with Apple’s pedigree for delivering path-breaking and cult-initiating products, tweaked by the thumping reputation of its predecessor triumphs, the third edition of the iphone – the 3GS – launched a few weeks ago in the US and sold over one million handsets in the first three days flat. Now, as it gets ready to debut in India, here’s what you can expect… 
In terms of speed and performance, the iphone 3GS is faster that its previous version. (Well, speed is what the S in the moniker stands for). So you can except to surf the web faster, open apps more quickly etc. It’ll also have better – albeit marginally, not phenomenally by all accounts – batter life than its precursor, the 3G.
While the 3GS retains the same screen.from factor and physical dimensions, its memory has been upped to 32GB at the top end. But more than memory what many are more kicked with is its new 3 megapixel autofocus camera. the iphone can finally record – and edit – video now. The autofocus camera n the 3GS auto adjusts exposure, colour and contrst and includes an automatic macro focus for tight, close up shots. In contrast, the previous phone had a fixed focus cemera that lacked any form of video capture.
Also impressive is the new handset’s voice control feature that allows hands free operation of the iphone and its embedded ipod functions. So you can utter appropriate commands aloud into the built – in microphone or handset microphone to dial by name or number and also can play music, speaking out the name of an artiste, album or playlist. A VoiceOver screen reader speaks what appears on the iphone 3GS display there by allowing visually impaired users to make calls, hear their e – mail, “listen to” web pages, and run applications, And for those who ,re interested, the iphone 3GS now also has a new built – in digital compass for instant navigation to add to the functionality of a built – in GPS that already existed.
Should you buy it ? If you already own an iphone 3G, perhaps not. Faster speeds, chunkier storage, a somewhat bettery, voice control and an improved video-enabled camera don’t quite justify junking the previous model. Unless you desperately require one of these key improvements. Upgrading your existing 3G’s OS to 3.0, if you haven,t done so already, should suffice. For those who have yet to own an iphone, wait and watch what price tag finally dangles from the 3GS before you make your decision. But there’s no denying that the iphone is one of the greatest mobile computing revolutions we have witnessed so far.
