thinking about upgrading to an iPhone - some questions

[itsnotatoy]

my current contract with 3 is up and as there is never any coverage in my house I want to change networks so see an opportunity....

I'm drawn towards an iPhone as I used to be a Mac devotee at work (so understand 'the Mac love'..)but have since gotten used to using pcs and all our home computers are PCs.

I'm more interested in taking and storing photos than music, but I think I'd use web access a lot if it was easy (not like current stuff on my oldish Nokia - groan)

I probably pay about £25 a month at the moment and use my phone mostly for texting and probably only use about 60 mins a month talk

So some questons:

• will the iPhone work ok with our PCs? Or would I be better off buying one of those others that I keep seeing reviewed as 'as good as an iPhone'?

• can I use the iPhone (Or anything else) to look at a few different email addresses or does it just pick up email from one account? (all are with virgin media but I use one for work, one for school stuff and one for everything else)

• will there be christmas deals if I hang on for a while, or better iPhone stuff once orange also on board

• Is there a big difference between the 3G 8GB and the 3GS 16GB?

I avoid anything Microsoft like the plague - no Outlook here (I have an iMac )

I have recently acquired an iphone 3GS 16gb. It's a bloody marvel! I'm not sure how I ever did without it.
Tbh the camera's not that great but internet surfing is almost as easy as it is on a laptop (was clunky and v hassley on my old Nokia N95), I have instantly accessible lists, email, there are zillions of applications (some free) for every conceivable thing.

Bramble
I have the barcode scanner on mine too. Totally useless but cool for impressing others at how fab the iPhone is.

I use Outlook for calender/email/task and would like to sync everything to my iPhone so that I can access my data on the go.

My DH uses Outlook for work so I can send his calender and email, thus bypassing actually having to talk to my DH. Which on some days is a bonus.

I did find an app that promises to do that last night but it is not working yet. Have emailed them to ask what I am doing wrong.

thanks for that - I have to have a closer look at outlook for sorting myself out I guess