Wasn’t all plain sailing.  Original plan was to grab a couple of PAYG’s from CPW in Oxford Street as they were opening at 7.30am.  Then we could whizz round the corner to film outside the Apple Store,

But when CPW opened we discovered that they were not selling PAYG’s.  So quick change of plan saw one contract 3G S bought at CPW, and then we nipped round the corner and joined the queue at Apple.  The queue was out the door and round the corner by now (8am) but moved quickly.  In lesss than 30mins we were in posession of a PAYG 3G S and had a free coffee courtesy of Apple.

However, Apple transferred my existing 3G PAYG SIM to the new phone and claimed this was what they had to do?  Only when I got home did I discover that this meant no addittional 12mths Web & WiFi!  No mention of this in the store and no new SIM provided with my 3G S because of this.

A call to O2 reveals you only get that if you use the new SIM.  So why didn’t Apple tell me?  So now O2 are sending me the new SIM and I can the transfer my old number.  There are already a number of Twitter posts from users who have had similar issues at O2 stores.  Is this a policy or is someone taking advantage of a nice PAYG SIM that has 12mths free data?

I may use the new SIM in the old 3G and buy the £10/mth web bolt on when my current Web & WiFi package expires in September.  I topped up £10 when I bought the 3G last year and still have £3 left, not a big phone user hence why I wanted a PAYG with free data and not a nasty contract!

Plenty of interest in the new 3G S

With the long awaited arrival of Satnav on the iPhone there is now more demand than ever for a good in-car cradle solution.

We’ve used a few and by far the biggest bug bear of all of them has been the need to remove any case or wrap you use to protect your iPhone before they can be accommodated in a cradle. Having to do so every time you get in and out of the car soon renders the cradle unused.

However, times are a changing. Thanks to the suppliers ProClipUSA and the wizards at Brodit, a Swedish company long regarded for their vast range of custom cradles and ProClip vehicle mounts we now have a solution that resolves this thorny issue.

Brodit have engineered a simple but effective solution with a cradle that is adjustable.  Using four small thumbscrews on the rear of the unit you can easily alter its width and thus adjust it to firmly grip your iPhone whilst it remains in its case. Perfect!
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