“[Yesterday], I had meetings with with Steve Jobs and then Phil Schiller, Apple’s director of worldwide marketing. I basically played with the iPhone the entire hour,” David Pogue blogs for The New York Times.
Pogue mentions some of the things you can’t tell without actually handling and using the iPhone:
• It feels amazing in your hand. Not like an iPod, not like a Treo — but something new. It’s so thin, and the rounded stainless-steel edges are so smooth, you can excuse its larger-than-Treo façade. When you’re on a call, it’s so cool how the screen turns off to save power, thanks to its proximity sensor.
• The phone won’t be available until June, so some of its software isn’t finished yet. As I tapped my way into obscure corners of the phone, Mr. Jobs pointed out a couple of spots where only a placeholder graphic was available.
• I tried out the camera. It was really cool to frame a shot using the HUGE 3.5-inch screen; it’s rare to find that big a screen on any camera. The refresh rate felt typical of a camera-phone to me, but Mr. Jobs said that it would be much smoother by the time the phone is done.
Much more in Pogue’s full blog post here.
iPhone’s home screen sure has lots of space left for more things, doesn’t it? 
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I guess he likes it.
Is there ANY camera available wqith a 3.5″ screen?
“Is there ANY camera available wqith a 3.5″ screen?”
Samsung Digimax Pro815
I wonder if things like the iPod radio attachment will work with it?
Yeah this thing will be ground breaking and I hope I can justify spending $700 CAN on a Phone/PDA that would normally last bearly 2 years.
Ok so where is iLife 07 and all the other toys in the loop, is there going to be another Macworld demo or will we have to wait 6 weeks for the iPhone jazz to settle down if it ever does.
Snapper, don’t worry, there will be a special apple-event at the beginning of march. featuring Leopard. iLife, iWorks (with new spreadsheet app), improved .Mac, and the 11 inch widesreen MacBook nano. All available right after the event. You heard it here first.
Why weren’t iLife ’07 and Leopard demonstrated? Because Vista is due out in a few weeks. If Steve showed everything now, Vista would have nothing to compete with in the media for months. But, if Vista comes out and has a few notable public problems, which it certainly will as a new product in the wild, and Leopard is shown to the world in a special event, it’s going to make Vista look silly and behind again.
This is strategy.
I think everyone agrees this phone is pretty amazing.
But there is no way I can justify spending that much on a phone/ipod combo even the extra features.
What exactly makes phone technology so expensive?
I think we’ll be waiting for few weeks for iLife, iWork and a new computer of some sorts (redesigned iMac?). Phone is cool, but I was disappointed there wasn’t more “Mac” talk at “MacWorld”.
Regis and Kelly just talked about it again today. Kelly said she’s going to get one. Now THIS is the iPod halo effect in action.
New technology phones are always expensive. It won’t be long before this is affordable with a contract plan… If Apple wants to make iPhone a runaway hit like iPod, it will find a way to make it a no-brain purchase.
I assume it can stream music from the internet.
How do I get out of my verizon contract?
How much to cancel? OUCH!
Wait until this family of phones grows to cover a range of peoples needs (ie, shuffle, nano, etc..)
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I think Sony makes a camera with a 3.5″ screen, and it’s touchscreen to boot. Or was it Olympus? In either case, it’s a pretty neat camera.
“Regis and Kelly just talked about it again today. Kelly said she’s going to get one.”
It might not be simple enough for Kelly Ripa.
Apple — a real life “Q Branch.”
“Now pay attention, 007. This shouldn’t take more than an hour…”
People asking how iPhone can be ‘so expensive’ need to sit down and think HARD.
Years of development, 200 patents, ground-breaking in every way, 5 years ahead of its time..
And they can still say it’s expensive? It could be priced 3 times the amount it is and it would still sell – but of course it would be out of reach of some…
“I was disappointed there wasn’t more “Mac” talk at “MacWorld”.”
Newsflash: It’s not going to be called MacWorld next year.
This phone really is so the one I want.
It is everything and more than I hoped.
EDGE is good for now and the 3G model is coming soon.
Simply wonderfull thing. No I hope that FCC boys and girls but this thing fast through.
I’m simple enough for Kelly Ripa.
You have to think of how many people ARE willing to pay that price, not you you personally would, that’s irrelevant. Kind of how supply and demand works and all.
I happen think $600 is ridiculously overpriced for a game console…
Yet Sony won’t have any problem selling PS3s because millions of people find $600 a fair price for the amount of entertainment they get out of it.
Just because I think it’s too much doesn’t mean it’s not the *right* price.
An iPhone, however… THAT would be useful to me.
And, er…. productive! (shock!)
And gladly I’d pay $10,000 to never have to use a Motorola phone again.
Maybe more.
So, economics.
I think 600 bucks is a pretty good deal for something I will actually use, and enjoy using.
@Macaday
But most Apple products are much more affordable, most people wont care about development and patents.
This phone is far too expensive for the average consumer.
I hope this can be made as a CDMA phone. GSM has it’s share of problems; and my carrier is CDMA. Guess I’ll be waiting for a while.
It seems radio is so old fashioned these days, why no radio tuner build in?
This is clearly another reason why the phone is delayed until June. Not just for “approvals” but to actually finish the phone!
I really hope that FileMaker (mobile might be fine) will be able to run on the phone. Also need some other normal aps: word processing, maybe a spreadsheet, etc. The OS can handle it, unless it’s really stripped down, but there was not a word about including such productivity aps.