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I spent yesterday playing with a lot of the apps I installed and had a blast.
One potential quibble though- this morning by batter was down to about 50% rather than the usual 5-8%.
I charge it each night before I hit the hard deck. I don't know if this is the result of one of the apps, a bug in the firmware update, or the data PUSH function.
Hopefully I'll narrow it down over the next few days.
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The new apps do seem to suck some power that didn't get sucked before, though a 50% drop seems pretty concerning. Another issue that's going to be plaguing us early adopters quite soon is the number of cycles we've got on our batts.
Expect to hear a slew of issues with that in the coming months as people have to deal with replacement batteries and that whole process. As far as bfd can determine, the battery is soldered on-board, so it's not user-replaceable even for those of us who've successfully done a battery R&R on our iPods.
Right now, if the iPhone isn't recharged at least every 2 days, it's in the red-zone - that's down from about 4 days last summer, or about a 50% reduction in capacity. That sounds normal, but soon it will be down to a daily recharge "plus" … time to make sure you've all got a car recharger and carry a mobile recharger with you…
Last month, it was at 10% left at the end of a cross-country flight - and bfd only watched one movie - about 2.5 hours. That ain't so great. There are some interesting after-market battery packs for emergencies now, so that might be something to investigate.
The good news is that the maps app now locates the iPhone quite well. In several different instances today, bfd's found that it zeroes right in with very little error. Used to be what seemed like a few blocks error, now it's very acceptable. And when driving, the target actually moves appropriately, so it pretty closely simulates a GPS. Close enough for bfd anyway.
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According to a site that disassembled one, the iPhone 3g does not have a soldered on battery (though the version 1 does). I can definitely see killing batteries fast with all these cool programs now being used. You just need to make sure you've got charging ability close by or if you're out in the field limit your use of the applications (or carry a portable battery backup pack)
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One good thing about the non-Apple apps, they cannot run in the background or on top of other apps. This prevents the locked u[ or forgotten app to continue to run and ruin Battery life.
When you press the home button, the apps quits fully.
The apps can make certain calls to Apple Apps like GPS, Contacts, photos etc.
Or at least that is what I have read.
