Well I found the internet access on the phone very limited, the iphone gives you more of a browser experience, albeit on a much smaller screen, but you can see websites as they are intended to be viewed. Additionally you can also have it connect to wireless modems as well as the 3g, so whilst on the wireless you can receive your emails, browse the internet, update your blog, upload photos and videos to the web, check facebook, twitter, flickr and all your other social media sites, download movies and music, play youtube videos and various games, etc without incurring any extra charges or using up your 3g usage. With the 3g, this is a much faster internet connection than the old fashioned WAP phones and with a good phone tariff you will get unlimited usage (within fair use parameters) and it’s included in your monthly bill, so it’s not an extra cost.

All in all you can do an awful lot with your iphone and can manage most of your online social networking and internet activities at a basic level. It is also a pretty good Ipod, allowing you to view movies, tv shows and play music and audio books and read online books. I’m not sure it’s the best model out there, some of the new android phones are a lot cheaper and do just as much as the iphone, but Apple is great with the marketing for sure! It has certainly made keeping up to date with my internet connections and portals much easier, especially when I don’t have the time or energy to sit at the desk and put the laptop on, but I wouldn’t pay the £500 up front – I’m on a 2 yr contract with 02, which meant I got the handset at a much reduced price, though you end up paying for it in the contract overall. Given what I know today though, I’d probably opt to go for one of the android phones in future and I’m currently thinking about getting one of the new Samsung Galaxy Tab, which is a direct competitor for the Apple Ipad, just waiting to find out how much it is going to cost!

Hope that answers the question.