“Nearly a million iPhone owners… already own one of the most groundbreaking, fun to use (and practically psychic) gadgets in the history of technology. Does this first generation iPhone ($499 USD for the 4GB version, $599 USD for the far more popular 8GB model), available exclusively from AT&T, have flaws? Absolutely: Otherwise, there’d be no reason for a next-generation model or for the periodic software and firmware upgrades that are sure to come. But really – who gives a flying flop? These flaws are smothered by a dual onslaught of clever innovation in terms of the device’s snazzy user interface and brilliantly-realized integration of physical design, OS and software – both behind and in front of its gleaming glass surface,” Stewart Wolpin reports for Digital Trends.
“iPhone’s innovations with the touchscreen and OS are more than the sum of its parts. Unlike any other mobile device, iPhone is flat out fun to use, regardless of how mundane the function,” Wolpin reports.
Full review, in which Apple’s iPhone is named “Editors’ Choice,” here.
*Sigh* I really want one…
Hey wait!!!!
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But Bill gates said @ IDG that the future will be the tablet PC…..
is it?
Porr microsoft, keep dreaming… and for Steve Ballmer…Keep laughing …..
Drrrrrroooooooooollllll!
Giev iPhone in Europe!
Apple are gonna sell the 10 million projected 2008 sales within 4 months if the iPhone keeps getting such amazing reviews.
Time to buy loads more Apple shares!!
Hey wait!!!!
But Bill gates said @ IDG that the future will be the tablet PC…..
is it?
Porr microsoft, keep dreaming… and for Steve Ballmer…Keep laughing …..
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Rofl!
How true!
But no – the future is the Table PC that costs $10,000 a pop.
LOL!
o please i can get a real camera AND a mp3 player AND a phone for less than 499 and guess what? then i dont have to carry all 3 with me every single place. its called choice. but only microsoft gives you freedom.
who cares about the internet part, they make a little thing called computers for that. look them up, the sweet ones run a little thing called windows.
It’s way too expensive, I mean, nobody’s going to buy one of these things; It’s not a business device. It’s got to be the most expensive phone ever… wait a sec! I’m not Steve Ballmer! Whew!
Wow, that was scary.
That makes me ONE in a million!
Where do you think Gates got the idea that tablet PC are the future??
he watched ‘Star-trek Voyager” you really think he thought of that his self??
$500!!!?
And it doesn’t even work with business applications! No, no… I’m sure… Uh, Err, They have their strategy and we have ours.
Losers. These morons just don’t get it, do they?
No native Exchange support at a price point that is through the roof? And what about points to purchase content for the iPhone–what’s up with using currency, Apple?
Ballmer is the true visionary, telling it like it is while having a finger on the pulse of IT departments and consumers alike. Jobs has a lot to learn.
Your potential. Our passion.
” . . . while having a finger on the pulse of IT departments and consumers alike.”
It may look like it, but that’s not his finger.
The iPhone is doing exactly what the iPod did – get people who have never bought an Apple product to consider buying a Mac.
Ahhhh, Phatman. Too bad your brain isn’t so “phat”.
It runs OS X?
Now THIS is going to have a halo effect!
‘One of the most groundbreaking, fun to use gadgets in history’
Yes, it’s fun to use but I don’t recommend using it as a plow.
Erm, ZuneTang, when did you let your little brother, PhatMan, start using the computer?
@hotinplaya… The PADD from Star Trek predates Voyager. In fact, it goes all the way back to the original series, ca. 1966.
OMFG. I can’t believe I just geeked out that bad. LOL
Sorry… I was out for a while…I’m hearing that my ass was spewing a lot of nonsense while I was gone…I apologize. I’ll put a cork in it and kick my own ass for a while until it wises up.
anthony, you have long since wore out your welcome.
Woody
Put it away
“…(Apple’s iPhone) doesn’t really change things for us in any fundamental way …we’re strong on the business side and have all the lifestyle capabilities like music, like video, like text messaging–all those kinds of things, we think give us a big competitive leg up.” Robbie Bach February, 2007
” ..anyone with a competitive leg should think about getting some help.” anti-creative cretin July, 2007
Have to agree with Gates. The tablet is indeed the future.
Jobs just did it the right size and before anyone else. It is called iphone.
I ordered a competitive leg of lamb once. It beat the crap out of my potatoes but eventually settled down into a soothing bowl of mint jelly. I think the chef was a UFC fanatic.
The only tablet in Robbie Bach’s immediate future is Xanax.
Obi-Wan Balmer waves his hand in front of PhatMan’s face: “…only Microsoft gives you freedom…only Microsoft gives you freedom…”
PhatMan: “…uh…only Microsoft gives you freedom……huh..wha?!…uh…….oh yeah…uh…only Microsoft gives you freedom…blink…??”
comment on all the fud still being slung around about the iPhone being too expensive and not running bizapps. guess there are to types of people in the world:
1) those who know what fun is
2) those who don’t
also, two types of people who comment on the iPhone:
1) those who have one
2) those who do not
another, two types of people who comment on the iphone:
1) those who can afford one
2) those who cannot
pardon my english, i was born in california… mw state