If you’re already in love with your iPhone and you have a few hundred bucks to spend, the Apple iPhone 3GS is a no-brainer. The performance gains are huge, especially in complicated apps like games and the Web browser. The iPhone was already a leader in multimedia features and Web browsing, and the library of apps was the most diverse and impressive among all the major smartphone systems, so it’s nice that the new performance boost only made all of this good stuff even better. If you were on the fence before, though, the new features might not be enough to push you over the edge. Only a user who had been suffering with the iPhone will appreciate the video recording and voice dialing apps, as these are present on most other smartphones, and many other simpler devices. With the Apple iPhone 3GS, Apple seems to be shoring up its borders, and not branching out into new spaces. Popular business features like e-mail and productivity apps have been left behind, or left to third parties, while there seems to be no relief in sight for users who want more buttons or, gasp, an actual keyboard. Still, there’s no denying the appeal of the iPhone, and if you thought the older model was the best, with the Apple iPhone 3GS, the best just got even better. Release: June 2009. Price: $200.
Hardware design – Very Good 
From the outside, the Apple iPhone 3GS looks completely unchanged from the Apple iPhone 3G. We wouldn’t want to see too much changed about the exterior design, but we still think Apple could have updated the look just a bit, if only to bring it closer to the 2nd generation iPod touch, which is a thinner and more sleek device. Basically, the phone is a simple tablet, with only a single button on its face, the home button.
That simple home button has gotten more complicated, though, as Apple enables plenty of shortcuts using various taps and presses. Hold the home button for voice dialing, or you can set the home button to jump right into the camera when you press it twice. That’s nice, but think its time for the iPhone 3GS to earn some more buttons. The phone desperately needs a camera shutter button, especially since it now uses auto focus. Also, would it kill anyone to add Send and Back keys, which would cut down on menu drilling and silly shortcuts, like the voice dialing, which could be mapped to Send, or the new shake-to-undo feature, which could be mapped to Back. Just a couple more buttons could seriously cut down on clicks and swipes, making the phone faster and more efficient to use. » Read more: Apple iPhone 3GS
TomTom has revamped its iPhone app, and added a brilliant new aspect whereby you can set the app to take you to the destination of a photo, essentially turning your iPhone’s camera album into a living, breathing address book.
Of all the devices that Apple refreshed at their September music event, it is the iPod nano that has had the most extreme makeover. Gone are the controls and the elongated screen, and in comes a square touchscreen design in its place. We got our hands on the new iPod nano at the launch event, and this is what we thought.
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