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I’m now the proud owner of a European iPhone after purchasing one on launch night from an O2 shop in Bristol.   I didn’t fancy queing too much so grabbed a sandwich from M&S and sat on a bench near the less popular O2 shop tucked away down the end of the pedestrian area.

The O2 shop in the heated shopping centre had at least 10 people lined up but the one I was at only had a couple of people loitering around outside… doors opened just before the alotted time so I got in out of the cold and played with one of the demo iPhones before purchasing one as soon as they would let me.  The O2 staff were very happy and helpfull, much to my surprise, and it was a bit like being in an Apple shop without all the hi-fives…   

I’ve now had a couple of days to play with the phone and love it, it’s just a fantastic product and I’m already at the stage where I’m enjoying browsing the web and watching youtube clips without really thinking about the steps to get there… it just works and in a stylish and funky way.  My Wakeboard.com website renders well though I’m thinking a bit of tweaking for the iPhone Safari browser would improve things and reduce the zooming you’d need to do.  The forums also render fine if you go to widescreen mode by tipping the iPhone on it’s side. Wifi hookup is brilliant as you only enter your wifi key once and the iphone auto connects whenever you are in range.  Not had a chance to test edge much but will do this week when I’m on the bus and wandering around town.

Keyboard wise I’m still a bit dubious as to whether the iPhone soft keyboard will match the speed I can use on my Blackberry but it does appear better than I expected so far so time will tell on that one. 

One of best bits of Nokia advertising I’ve seen recently is the following N81 video. As they would say ‘Check it!”

Today the Nokia N81 and the Nokia Music Store launched Now the handset and store are public I can post up a few handy howtos to help out any other N81 owners out there.

In general the handset is pretty funky with super fast wifi, pretty fast 3g and a clear and powerful sounding media player. I love the quick hookup to wifi around town and the very capable browser. Downloading tracks from the Nokia Music Store is a snap and I was getting a single downloaded and play ing within 20-30 seconds on 3G whilst waiting for the bus.

One of the first things I did with the handset was to switch off the browser security warnings which slow you down when switching between secure and unsecure pages. It’s obviously handy to know this in case you are buying online but you generally know to check for a secure link on private and checkout pages so I prefer a few less clicks in general use over warnings every https switch. Your choice might be to stick with the warnings all the time for best security but if not here’s how to reduce the clickage.

Step 1: Open up the browser

Step 2: Navigate through the menu to:

Browser - Options - General - Security Warnings

Then set the Security Warnings to: Hide

Job done!

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