Fuck me, why does it cost so much extra if you want a few gig more memory?

Remember folks the IPhone is not just a phone it is a lifestyle choice..

It's not a lifestyle choice, but it is definitely more than just a phone.

In fact, the phone part of it is probably the bit I use least.

God damn I hate smug Apple cunts. But god damn I love my phone.

Its a great divider. My wife thinks it makes me an antisocial cunt as I'll fiddle about with my phone a lot more than she does. Her mum feels the same way. However, I'm pretty sure that if it was a Palm Pre or some other phone, it wouldnt get those comments. This coming from people I cooked dinner for recently who then sat around reading facebook for five minutes before actually going to the table to eat it, the cunts.

Speaking of which: I have a fair bit of stuff on my current phone. If I were to get a new one, would I have to re-buy all of that stuff, or can I disassociate my current phone with my iTunes account and re-download it all to my new one?

Yeah, I fiddle with my phone far too much. If I'm ever bored, or have some free time and am not near my Xbox, chances are I'm on my phone either browsing the internet or firing up some games.

Speaking of which: I have a fair bit of stuff on my current phone. If I were to get a new one, would I have to re-buy all of that stuff, or can I disassociate my current phone with my iTunes account and re-download it all to my new one?

Apps follow the same DRM rules as the old iTunes Store content. You can have up to five copies of iTunes on the "authorised" list, and any device (iPod or iPhone) synced with an authorised iTunes can run all your paid-for apps. There's no limit on how many devices can sync with a given iTunes. As DRM schemes go, it's very permissive, and you could run the apps on both phones if you wanted (and kept the old one).

If you manage to fill the five authorised computers -- happened to me last week -- you can reset it and turn them all off, but they only let you do that once a year. Or, if you know you're done with a particularly computer, you can deauthorise it.

I'm pretty sure it's all linked in with your iTunes account on your computer, so you could just transfer everything you've bought across to the new device.

Moving from my old unlocked iPhone 2G to my 3G earlier this year was a total doddle. iTunes backs everything up, so the worst part of getting a new iPhone to replace an old one is having to wait an age while all your songs, videos and apps get uploaded to it.

That's obviously coming from someone who doesn't have one. It's not a lifestyle choice, but it is definitely more than just a phone.

In fact, the phone part of it is probably the bit I use least.

Why does every one with an iPhone feel the need to show me

and look disappointed when I am not excited about it

Because they think you are a cool, smart guy.

Because now they know you aren't.

Why does every one without an iPhone feel the need to tell me they don't like it or thinks it's a waste of money, and look disappointed when I say I don't care as I bloody love it?

If you don't like them, then fair play.

FTFM.

If you manage to fill the five authorised computers -- happened to me last week -- you can reset it and turn them all off, but they only let you do that once a year. Or, if you know you're done with a particularly computer, you can deauthorise it.

Hang on, can I get a rewind here? Does this mean that both mine and Ange's iPhones can basically share the same apps from the same iTunes, negating us needing to buy them twice? Or am I getting this wrong? Are they linked into the iTunes account instead?

No update yet?

They're linked to the iTunes Store account, yes, but that wouldn't stop you doing what you want. To share apps you'd have to share music libraries. Although that might be as simple as setting up "Ange's music" and "Myp's music" playlists and telling each phone to sync against one of those.

just found out that mms wont work on 2g iphones, which is a bit shit

230MB? Christ!

All iPhone updates are the same size; a 256Mb ROM image of the entire internal flash chip (compressed down a little bit).

Oh. In which case: Christ!

Bigger than you thought, or smaller than you thought? I think 256Mb is pretty compact for iPhone OS. There's a lot in there.