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Apple’s new iPhone 3G is available with lines out the door of Apple and AT&T stores around the world, but is the new iPhone a big enough step up from the original? Let’s take a look at the good on the new iPhone. The iphone 3G is a lot faster when browsing the internet than the original iPhone, which relied on the pokey EDGE Network when it wasn’t connected to wireless access point. With 3G mode is enabled, you can easily see between 300-500 K down, toasting the original’s download speed. The iphone 3G even sounds better, providing clearer call quality than the original iPhone, on both 3G and GSM mode. The physical design of the phone has improved as well, with the headphone jack now flush with the device instead of being recessed as it is on the first iPhone. This is a big deal, because it means you can use any pair of standard headphones to listen to your tunes without an adapter, as opposed to the first iPhone, which required you to use Apple’s specially designed ear bud headphones. And the 3G’s GPS features are also impressive, instantly plotting your location when you’re lost and utilizing Google maps to give you directions to your destination. The 3G does not give you turn by turn voice directions yet, but apple or a third party developer might offer that feature soon. This brings us to the new App store, one of the coolest things about the 3G, which is also available as a downloadable software update to the original iPhone. Now you can download all kinds of Apps …

I don’t know about you, but I often find it useful to be able to take the odd photo while I’m out and about. The thing is I don’t want to have to carry a separate phone and digital camera all the time. Many phones that already have a camera built in are just not that good. This isn’t the case though for the iPhone 3GS. With a 3 Megapixel camera that has autofocus and an application for photos that makes sharing your shots simple, this has got to be the ideal phone for taking photos whenever a worthwhile opportunity arises.

Cameras in general are not that difficult to use these days, so you would expect your iPhone on Orange to have a camera that is also easy to use. Well, it does. All you have to do is point the iPhone in the general direction of the event you want to snap, and then tap the screen to take the shot. Your pictures are then added the iPhone Camera Roll for easy access. As with so many of the other iPhone applications, if you rotate the iPhone by 90 degrees, then you can enjoy your images in landscape mode. Just pinch with your fingers, or double tap an image and you can zoom in or out. Like the picture you have taken so much that it is worthy of being your phones wallpaper? You can easily do that too! One of the best bits about this camera that you don’t get with others is the geotagging of your photos. Yes, that’s right, when you come back to view your images at a later date, the iPhone 3GS can give you details of where they were taken. How cool is that!?

The camera does have autofocus, but if you find that it is focusing on something other than what you want to take a picture of, then you can tap the area you want to be in focus and the iPhone will do the rest for you. It also has a macro lens for taking close up pictures.

If you want to share any of your photos with other people, then select the image and the iPhone 3GS will open a blank email template with the image already attached, you just need to add the recipients details and any notes, then tap to send. If you didn’t want to email it, then you can also send via MMS. The other option you have is to upload the images to your MobileMe Gallery and your family and friends can view and download them from there.

When you synchronise your iPhone with iTunes, the images will be synchronised with Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Photoshop Album if you use a PC, or in iPhoto if you use a Mac. Also, any photos on your computer will be synchronised to your iPhone so you can view them and share them wherever you are.

Here is a short video to demo the camera on the iPhone

 

Have a look at the sites below for more iPhone information.

Droid Camera vs iPhone 3GS Camera Comparison
We’ve heard a lot lately about Verizon’s Motorola Android handset, Droid in the news. This latest device is on an all out assault on the iPhone.

iSteady Shot Takes The Shakes Out Of iPhone Video
iSteady Shot camera stabilizer is designed to take the shakes out of your iPhone movie footage. Without a phone it weighs 1.24lb (1.5lb with iPhone). Made in the U.S. from aircraft-grade aluminum, stainless steel and plastic, it can be adjusted to fit an iPhone/nano with case, and iPhone 3GS and iPod nano (5th Gen). The two axes gimbal allows for smooth 360° movement and the item comes fully assembled and balanced, allowing you to connect, point and shoot.

The Secrets of Pro iPhone 3GS Photographer
The real key is using the limits of the iPhone 3GS’s camera as a strength, Japanese pro photographer Koichi Mitsui tells BoingBoing: Its "simplicity keeps me devoted to only composition and the perfect photo opp."