The two new features over the previous generation iPhone are realtime GPS and 3G data speeds.
The sad part is really what it doesn't have:
- Stereo Bluetooth headset support (A2DP)
- Copy and Paste
- Video recording
- Global search (they let you search contacts now, but not notes or calendars, Palm OS has had this for years!)
- DUN tethering (so I can use the phone as a 3G modem on my laptop either over Bluetooth, or preferably, USB)
- Notes syncing with Outlook (on Windows) or Mail (on Mac OS X)
- A ToDo app with syncing with Outlook (on Windows) or iCal (on Mac OS X)
- MMS (picture messaging, so far they still only support text messaging)
- Chat/IM support for popular chat apps (MSN Live Messenger, AIM, GTalk, etc.)
- Voice activated dialing
- Syncing music/video/podcasts and calendar data over Bluetooth or WiFi. Why should I have to connect a USB cable just to sync?
- Forward camera and video chat support
- Undo in most apps (something PalmOS apps have had for over a decade.
- Turn by turn GPS
- Bluetooth support for keyboards and standard devices other then headsets and headphones.
AT&T is also raising the unlimited data rate from $20 a month to $30 a month. Their cheapest family share plan is still $59.99 (plus the iPhone data of $30 a month per iPhone) although it is now 550 minutes a month instead of 450. Assuming you wanted two iPhones (the situation I'd be in with my wife) you'd be looking at $59.99 + $30 + $30 = $119.99. Just prior to the announcement it would've only been $99.99.
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