I'm considering getting into the developers program and thus downloading the 3.0 beta. My question is, my iPhone is my main phone, will having 3.0 limit its usability or hamper the battery life or anything else like that? I need the phone to work, and I can't have things crashing and my battery life being fubar until the final release!
Thanks.
I'm running 3.0 on my only, 3G iPhone. I also LOVE beta releases and roadtesting. Testing gives an added investment to the OS by being actively involved.
My thoughts after a couple days?
The OS lags a tad. The landscape keyboard alone is worth it! Call quality and signal strength remain the same. Battery life is the same. Internet works fine, maybe a tad quicker. Initially, my VM was broken but the iPhone prompted to reset my password and all is good now. Sounds all work fine. Spotlight runs very well. I like the multi screen built into stocks. I still can't figure out a way to add gold though. Weather still sucks for the native app. More options on the Notes app, please! Powering down takes a few seconds longer. Camera is quicker. I like the Messages icon/hub. MMS, as reported, is down. Typing is laggy.
I have not tried to Copy and Paste. It frightens me.
Major bugs:
You Tube will not connect.
When emailing a page off the WWW the process will email, complete with both distinctive sounds that tells you it has emailed AND finished emailing. Immediately after this process ends your page is now checkered and when you type a web address into the bar it does not display. It stays blank, visually, because the iPhone itself does read it. You just can't see the address in the bar. The Internet will not connect again. The only way I've found to reconnect is to shut the iPhone off and power it back up.
Future thoughts:
After running around inside 3.0 for a few days? Video WILL come in the summer. iChat WILL come in the summer. A new SIGNIFICANTLY better hardware revision will drop. And multitasking will also arrive. Just my gut feeling on these, based on what I've been using, playing with, roadtesting and having fun with.
Exciting times!