Battery life

Apple runs tests on pre-production units to determine battery life. However, these are purported maximums (”up to”), and actual user experiences vary.^{[10][27][28][29][30]} All numbers are in hours.

	Original	3G	3GS	Touch	Touch 2G	Touch 3G
Video	7	7	10	5	6	6
Music	24	24	30	22	36	30
Web browsing (Wi-Fi)	6	6	9	5[citation needed]	6[citation needed]	Unknown
Web browsing (3G)	N/A	5	5	N/A	N/A	N/A
2G phone	8	12	12	N/A	N/A	N/A
3G phone	N/A	5	5	N/A	N/A	N/A
Standby	250	300	300	200[citation needed]	300[citation needed]	Unknown

Asheville, NC just got 3G connectivity. Many of us iPhone users have been craving it. I hope it’s worth it!

Your mileage will vary.

Facial recognition is now a standard feature for photo apps, both desktop and online. iPhoto has it, Faceboopk Photos has it (through Face.com), and now both Picasa’s online and desktop versions have it.

Here’s a video with a demo of the new features:

If you haven’t seen Picasa’s face recognition yet, you have to check it out. My wife thinks it’s creepy. I’m amazed.

Use:

*61*1234567890# Call Forwarding No Reply (AS NOTED ABOVE)
*62*1234567890# Call Forwarding Not Reachable
*67*1234567890# Busy Call Forwarding

Then to cancel

##61#
##62#
##67#

No promises folks, but I am PRETTY sure this is how to setup your cell number so it forwards to Google Voice. Voice mail forwarding is working for me, but I can’t remember exactly what I did.

These numbers were provided by the commenter “Ryan” on the clicksandbits.com site.