It's about time I got a new phone. I'm trying to decide whether to get
an iPhone and would appreciate your thoughts on the iPhone, as well as
on my situation. Thank you!

My requirements are for a device that:
- acts as both a phone and an mp3 player (thereby replacing my current
Sony K800i phone and Cowon iAudio 7 mp3 player)
- will work well with my private Gmail (but won't need to use my work
email)
- has a reasonably good GPS that I would be able to use for getting
around (including while cycling on-road and off-road)
- is a fun gadget :-)

My primary concern is whether the use of iTunes will have a detrimental
on my well-structured and time-consumingly-tagged music library. I
accept that I will need to create a second mirrored music library in mp3
format (as the majority of my music is currently FLAC). I'm concerned
that iTunes will start messing around with my music files (i.e.
restructure them, change tags, etc.). While in theory that shouldn't be
an issue - as it will be a "disposable" copy library that could be
easily recreated - I'd guess that a library that is prone to being
reorganised by iTunes would be difficult to synchronise with the main
library. I'd prefer to use another application to iTunes but recognise
that iTunes has broader benefits that will make it worth using. And
maybe I'm being paranoid about iTunes :-)

I'd appreciate any thoughts from those of you who have been through
similar decisions, as well as general comments on the pros and cons of
the iPhone itself. I have to admit the iPhone does look cool and I am
tempted:-)


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