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The morning of June 19th I stood in line for my second time in order to get my hands on the latest iPhone. This time the iPhone 3G S was the shiny new object of my desire. Apple and AT&T had me at the first promise of increased speed, video and of course copy-cut-past. The 3 megapixel camera is an improvement over the iPhone 3G’s 2 megapixel but I would have liked to have more. Between the two I cannot see any difference in size, materials or placement of buttons.

I have not tried all of the new features yet but I am excited over those that I have. Snapping pictures is fun due to the little blue square. Up-close photos are some of my favorites and the little blue square focuses in pretty tight. I was surprised however that I was unable to send a photo attached MMS. The iPhone 3G S is capable but apparently AT&T is not ready to provide the service. Hopefully the “later this summer” promise will come true sooner rather than later. A workaround is available and it works well. In order to send a photo to my daughter over MMS I have to email it from my iPhone. First I snap the picture, and then I bring up the email icon. I enter her cell phone number followed by a “@” and then type vzwpix.com (she is with Verizon). She receives the picture through MMS even though I emailed it from my end.

The battery life is difficult to test but I believe that is improved as well. Taking videos, snapping pictures, emailing, making calls and surfing the web multiple times throughout yesterday I was unable to completely run the battery down. I really like the setting that tells me the percentage of battery life left in addition to the battery life icon.

If you had read my earlier posts about my iPhone 3G you may remember that I have not been a fan of updates to my iPhone that was rumored to slow it down and interfere with the good connection rate that I enjoyed. I am glad that now I can enjoy updates and new apps without the stress. My goal is to enjoy the best features of an iPhone 3G S combined with every available feature that I can gain towards my Windows Mobile wish list all in one.