Greetings Casey,
I enjoyed the Round Robin last year (when I was using a Treo 680) and look forward to seeing the results this year. It would be cool to have each "reviewer" actually rate the phones numerically in a range of categories (ease of use, 3rd party apps, producitivity, etc) so that we can get direct comparissons.
Anyway, in response to your questions:
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1. Favorite thing about the iPhone 3G
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I would have to say the user interface. Yes, it has all the nice bells and whistles (GPS, Wifi, 3G) but there are other phones that have most, if not all of those features. The way Apple ties it all together in the user interface is the most appealing to me. It is easy to add apps, run any program, and the core functionality is so tightly integrated it almost runs itself.
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2. Least Favorite thing about the iPhone 3G
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A lot of people will probably say thingsl ike MMS, cut and paste, but the thing I miss the most is the ability of an app to run in the background. While push notification might eliminate some problems (like being able to set up alarms for certain programs, even if you aren't running it) there are certain limitation to apps not being able to run in the background. One thing I would LOVE is some sort of usage tracker - not minutes or data, but programs. Find out which programs I use the most. It would also be great to have some sort of power saver settings (turn off 3G/GPS/Wifi at 11:00pm since I am going to sleep, turn them on again at 8:00am). But without an application that can run in the background, those are impossible.
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3. Most Used 3rd Party App
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This is a toughy. Aside from games, my most used 3rd party app is probably Car Care, for tracking car use and mileage. I also use movies, units, recorder, and dobot to dos regularly, as well as easy relax ultimate. Recently Grocery IQ was added to my list and I use that at least once every two weeks when I go grocery shopping. There are probably about 8 to 12 "core" 3rd party applications that I use on a regular basis. Aside from those listed above, I also use i.TV, facebook, and wikipanion.
My game playing goes through phases, depending what I have just downloaded and has attracted by attention. Currently, I am fluctuating between Glyph, Aurora Feint, Field Runners, and Texas Hold Em. Trism is probably a good game that highlights some of the features of the iPhone, as does Raging Thunder.
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5. Should I Jailbreak? And if so, for what 'killer apps'?
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I jailbroke for a while, but I found I didn't use enough of the apps to keep it jailbroken. It also seemed like it slowed the iPhone down a little bit. While jailbroken, I mostly used BigBoss Prefs and Cycorder.
Chris