Amen! It's shiny, but what's going to happen in the winter, when you're out in the snow, and your phone rings? You'll have to take off your gloves to operate the phone. How practical is your touch-screen then?
And what about the great smart-phone feature of using the phone as a modem? Nowhere to be seen.

well the ipod uses a humans heat signature to utilize the device...i'm sure the apple has incorporated that into the iphone as well so that ppl can use the iphone with or without gloves

Some Guy: Good point - I haven't heard squat about Bluetooth tethering. Even at EDGE speeds, that's a really nice feature. I use it on my crappy old (hacked) Moto E815 all the time.

It's new! it's fantastic! it's iwaste, seriously I'm going to see millions of these things at the dump six months after release.

And no corporate discounts on the iPhones through AT&T when we normally get them on other manufactors equipment and service? They already make it hard enough for exisiting customers, come on!

Blue-haired, corporate-types (myself included) beware!!! Stop the jealous ranting and subterfuge! This is a "consumer" targeted device...DOH! Nobody ever said it will increase productivity (unlike hundreds of other handhelds) or put shine on those spiffy pivot tables! And EDGE is AT&T's crappy network issue, not a "flaw" of the device! Apple should have chosen T-Mobile's GSM network and mobile phone culture. Get real...it is aimed at our kids (14-20 somethings) who could give a rats _ss about "boring" stuff. It "looks" cool....enough said. These days, in the Anna Nicole, Paris Hilton, Brittany Spears infotainment world, that is all it takes. Look to your right, at your coworker now..."we" (corporate America) created this "hype world", whether its Wall Street's "buy" rating, Ebay, the iPhone, or...oh yeah, Vista! Apple is playing the game that every other tech company has been playing for years, and I personally say "its about time!"

Good point Raskell! I can speak for myself as a young 16-year-old technology loving teenager, most of my friends would go for the stylish iPod over the great functionality and versatility of a Palm Pilot, or a bloated Vista laptop over a fast Linux machine. I have one question though, if Apples plan is to target teens and young adults, why did they release iPhones to publications more geared towards an older audience?

Whoops I ment, good point *Mark*, not Raskell. The posted by: is on the bottom? That's kind of broken.

OK. No device has everything that everyone wants simply because some want everything and some want minimal simplicity. It may not have a card slot, but it doesn't have a nuclear powered death ray either and that's what I wanted. But from all acounts it appears to be a small tight package with the elements that most people would want in a multi-device type unit. And seems to integrate them all pretty well. Will it get better in the future? Yes. Everything does. It all depends on the wants and needs of the masses and the limits of technology. And only a fool would expect any kind of price dreak or incentive on a hot product at the launch. Eventually all products like this will come down in price and/or have incentives, but that should be a year away or more.

Hey I've tried a LOT of cell phone networks, calling Cingular/ATT crappy seems to be a cheap shot. No one likes the big wireless companies, but for my money Cingular DOES have the fewest dropped calls (I ride around with someone who has TMobile and my cell phone works just fine throughout L.A. and his is always losing the connection with the cell tower)... A better complaint is "why doesn't the iPhone make use of the 3G network?"