Like one million other eager beavers around the globe, I have now been playing with Apple’s new third-generation iPhone for a week – much to the chagrin of my four 20-something children who all believe it would fit better in their technology-adept hands.

When my review unit arrived I set out to discover whether the 3G iPhone deserved all the hype that greeted its launch last Friday from the perspective of a business user as well as a typical consumer.