I'm an IT Manager based in the UK, undertake freelance web projects, mountain sports and am a husband & a father. Here I blog about web apps, all things Apple & life in general. I also highlight my posts & status updates from around the web.
I’ve been using the iPhone 3G for a couple of weeks and thought now would be a good time to share my initial thoughts on this device.
First impressions are very good. I’ve been using smartphones for a number of years, first starting on Windows Mobile devices and then falling in love with Blackberry’s. The interface on the iPhone is very intuitive, as you would expect from Apple. However you really do forget it’s a phone and feel like you are using a PDA, all be it a very powerful one. Is this as close as you will come to having laptop type functionality in the palm of your hand?
The new functionality such as 3G and GPS work really well although are pretty battery hungry, more on that later. The keyboard is responsive and the intelligent software which tracks what you type and suggests corrections does work really well and gets better with time. It is possible to type with two thumbs, as you will see from the video demonstration on the Apple website, however for people me with large thumbs this can be problematic.
There are a couple of things I miss from my Blackberry. The first is the concept of an Outbox for SMS. As you will see from the blog I do a lot of mountain based sports and as such can be out of network signal for long periods of times. Its useful to be able to respond to texts knowing that your phone will…
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Hi, my name is Giles Thurston and this is my personal site.
I'm based in Ely, the second smallest city in the UK just north of Cambridge. I have over 15 years commercial software development experience, spending the first few years as an application developer before moving into web development and consultancy. I've led teams, managed multi million pound contracts and have a number of years of business development experience. My day job these days tends to focus on IT management and in particular Business Development but I keep my hand in by undertaking personal web development and design projects.
In 2008, after 16 years using Windows based PC's, I made the switch to a Mac and boy was it worth it! Although I continue to use PC's on a day to day basis, my personal preference is always to go with Apple products and I hope to blog about my experiences as a switcher here on this site, with various hints and tips which may be of use to anybody following me over the fence from Windows
Away from software development and technology, I am a husband to Leanne and father to Arlo James, who joined our family in April 2009. I'm a keen sportsman and enjoy a variety of mountain sports, including mountaineering, climbing (rock & ice) and mountain biking. I've recently got back into running and am hoping to do my first triathlon in 2010.
On this site I hope to blog about web apps, all things Apple & life in general. I also highlight my various posts, links & latest twitter updates from around the web.
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