iPhone IOS 4 Initial Thoughts

Here are a few initial impressions of iPhone IOS 4 update on a 3G:

• Track skip forward and back via Bluetooth head set still does not work, at least on my Motorola stereo head set
• There still isn't an option to 'snooze' calendar reminders
• Spell check is finally included and works as expected (red underline)
• Unified email inbox is nice
• Email threading is very handy
• The IOS 4 ran slow as molasses on my 3G

As a test I restored the phone to factory defaults. The iPhone was very responsive in the default config. I restored from the most recent backup, but chose not to sync any applications and again the iPhone was responsive. I then synced the handful of apps that I use regularly and performance is still good.

Previously, I had six pages of apps, now only two. This isn't conclusive by any stretch, but for now the 3G is much more tolerable than it was.

I still need to re-install all of the apps to test the responsiveness, but if your 3G is behaving similarly, perhaps simply reducing the number of apps might help.