Gotta have 4

Got my iPhone 4 today , And in my view this here is a massive upgrade from the 3GS( unlike from 3G to 3GS)
The phone hardware is pretty damn sexy.It feels like a piece of art in your hand.Makes my 3GS look old and bulky.The metal finish is absolutely fantastic.

Pics shot on the iPhone4 are way better than the pics shot on my HD2.The camera has auto-focus and zoom(YAY !) and importantly FLASH ! Now iPhones can take pics in the dark too :P !

I dint seem to have any yellow discoloration as many have noted in their devices and NO THE DEVICE DOES NOT LOSE RECEPTION WHEN I HOLD IT IN "THE UNHOLY WAY"
Im not sure how to reproduce this effect.Enough times I tried holding the phone on the lower left corner where the antennas meet and I dint have any issues at all (Weird but good :) )

I had a chance to try out FaceTime with a friend of mine in the US this is pretty much like Skype but you don't have to carry your laptop around :) and no registration or any BS whatsoever

Speakers are a major improvement...I mean they are absolutely fantastic.Way louder than any older iPhone , in fact its as loud as one of those Sony ericsson Walkman phones

Screen is the best improvement Iv noticed so far.When you hold the 3gs and the 4 next to each other you can actually see the Pixel density its way crisper and the icons are more vibrant.But more graphics optimization should be done to the games so that they would look fantastic on the device.

I couldn't find any difference in call clarity .Prolly cause I never did have any call issues in any iPhone I used so far.

Now the olny downside is that you have to cut your sim card to size.
This is relatively easy it took me 5 minuets to cut it .
You need one of those micro Sim adapters if you want to convert it back to normal size.

Multitasking works partially .
I say partially cause most apps currently dont support it.
But all apple apps currently support multitasking , which means when you get a msg while playing flight control or while writing a maail or something you can switch to SMS finish your text and go back to where you left off.
Iv also noticed that when I run 15 simultaneous apps in the 3GS it slows down a bit but in the 4 this isnt an issue at all thanks to the superfast A4 chip !

iBooks for the iPhone is here to stay :D !
so you can carry your whole library of books on the iPhone ( I still prefer the iPad for reading though, cause in the iPhone the amount of text in 1 page is very minimal.)

Safari browsing is cool.But not much changes there.Just that the pages load faster and are more vividly colored.

Last but not least BATTERY LIFE ! Remember how everyone keeps cribbing about how sucky!(can I use that? ) the iPhone battery life is.This one has an amazing battery life Iv used the phone whole through last night and Im still left with 80% battery(and Im considered a heavy phone user).
This is pretty good for start.But I will run more tests and get back to this one.

BTW here is a pic shot with my iPhone 4 in the most disgusting place on earth ! Enjoy

How to Jailbreak an unlocked iPhone 3Gs running on iOS4.

Recently my iTunes popped out a msg saying iOS4 is out for my iPhone
Excited(as always) I updated it thinking I could survive without my JB apps.
a day later I realized I did a major blunder.Because the dev-teamblog says

iPhone 3GS
Summary: Currently, PwnageTool only works on previously jailbroken 3GS devices with the old bootrom.

• If you have a Jailbroken iPhone 3GS with the OLD BOOTROM and you DID NOT use Spirit to jailbreak then you can create the ipsw with PwnageTool 4.0 and restore with your jailbroken recovery mode.  

• If you have an iPhone 3GS with the NEW BOOTROM this is NOT supported by PwnageTool 4.0 PwnageTool 4.01

I know I have an old bootrom because my s no. 3rd 4th and 5th nos. are 937 I think anything above 940 is the new bootrom. (CHECK)

BUT my device was not JB.  :((


(Before this process I remember clicking the "Make my life easier" button in Cydia.) when I was on 3.1.2. So this means I have the SHSH blobs or whatever it is on the Cydia server (YAY ! Cydia)

So I followed the steps here to downgrade my iPhone to 3.1.2
I got the 3.1.2 firmware from Google :D.

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/downgrade-iphone-3g-3gs-from-ios-4-to-3-1-2/

but towards the end I restored the phone in Recovery mode (press and hold the home button when phone is off and connect to your laptop) and not DFU mode(google DFU mode).
Try both.

It updated through the whole damn process and towards the end I got a lame iTunes error.
and my phone showed "Connect to iTunes screen"
So I fired up blackra1n (www.blackra1n.com) and within seconds my phone was jailbroken and running 3.1.2


NOW I HAVE AN OLD BOOTROM AND A JAILBROKEN iPHONE :D
I followed the steps posted on http://blog.iphone-dev.org/
So I created a custom firmware and Shift+Restored , when phone was in Recovery Mode.


Awesome BITE SMS here I come ;)



Hope this helps someone.Peace

Why having an iPhone is an amazing idea.True Life story

Iv been using the iPhone and iPad simultaneously for the past 1 mth and now I cannot imagine a life without them.It had made my life way more easier than before.In all this I have only spoken about the College bit.The rest of its uses are even better.

Scenario One :
LMP / EDD , BMI ,Weight Dosage.
Many times in the medical field(especially in Chidambaram) you have to see patients at the rate of 2 patients for every 5 minuits.Now this time is really not enough if you have to sit down and calculate for every patient.So using the iPhone I can calculate all these values within seconds and makes me almost 70% more effective in seeing patients.

Scenario Two :
In the labor ward posting it has helped me store all my notes and logs (seamlessly) of all the cases seen by me.Thus it helps me as a reference on a later date. I know this can be done on any phone BUT the logging system by date is absolutely fantastic on the iPhone.

Scenario Three :
Williams Book of Obstetrics weighs almost a ton and carrying it  with all other Post Graduate books together is unimaginable.All these books can be carried on my iPhone.But now that I use the iPad for reading I neednt stain so much to look at text.All those books in just 1 device weighing 1.6 lbs.
And you can bookmark take notes and even READ IN THE DARK :O

Scenario Four :
Just Sitting Around.
There will be several occasions where you are just sitting around and doing noting much.Nothing is a better stress buster than pulling out your phone  and playing a game of Doodle Jump :).
Or read up about some drugs and their contraindications using epocrates or read up some DDs using Diagnausarus.

Scenario Five :
Quick photos of  cases and videos of surgeries.
Iv included this towards the end because most phones have this feature :P.

Other than these :
Iv got Tasks , Bank Management , Sketching , PIM , Twitter and on and on and on...

I feel its an absolute necessity for all doctors to carry an iPhone.Now if only iPhones were more reasonably priced and AVAILABLE :/.

Preordered my iPhone 4

Why why am I stuck on the iphone ?
Atleast Im glad its once a year disease.

Hopefully should get my shipment by 28th.
Very exciting.Would love to see the new retina display :).
Shelled out 60k this time.
Prolly the highest I ever paid online for anything.
And as always having the "WHY THE HELL DID I DO IT" symptom.
Cure - Wait for the shipment.