For your reading pleasure...

This is a collection of random links and comments I've read about the iPhone.  

It seems people love it or hate it for the most part.  

On the surface, I think it is grossly overpriced and the iPod-ish built in flaws of the battery and being locked to one network can be described as sinister at best.  Neat piece of technology none the less.  Ground breaking?  Not so much.

The most entertaining and realistic iPhone review I've read:  http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone

And a related array of comments on MAC users in general:  http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant

Fixing the iPhone:   http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9739169-1.html?tag=cnetfd.mt

it ....is everything it's cracked up to be.

I really dont understand why this phone is getting so many good reviews, the price alone is oustandingly stupid given its HALF the price of 13-inch MacBook. Or hell with a years worth of the iphone (oh but minus the voice plan) you would have paid for the MacBook with the voice plan you could have gotten a high end MacBook.

I really wanted to be excited about this phone, i honestly did. But the price is a big kick in the face... i say buy a mac book (people will still think youre cool, when you pull it out at the cafe) and get skype... or hell you can get a skype phone for you macbook.

And to have non-replaceable batteries like the ipod, is just plain asinine.

At least with the iPhone you can view porn on the bus.

The wireless over 802.11 is awesome.

The Edge network sucks, but completely works.

The web browser in it, is ACTUALLY USABLE! I know, that's scary, but any other phone I've used where I wanted to browse a website absolutely sucked. And I'm sorry, but driving 75 on the highway and using a stylus is not in my top 10 things to do.

The convergence of these technologies, and the clean, wonderful UI design, make this phone completely revolutionary. Yes, there is no expandable memory, removable battery, chat program, or GPS. If someone else designs a phone that has the touchscreen, everything that the iPhone has and more, well, I'd probably buy that one too. But to date, everyone else in the phone industry seems to be MIA.

Sorry disbelievers: it's a brilliantly designed device. The voice quality is perfect. The software is a dream, especially compared to Windows Mobile and the insane maze of nested menus. I've got 200 CDs on it, all my chondro photos, and Google maps, and Youtube videos, and TV shows and movies and a good camera. The voicemail system is brilliant and revolutionary. So is the touchscreen. It's the first true internet experience on a cell. I can check MVF posts from anywhere. And the software is so well designed that I can run it all with one thumb while I'm driving.

Is it perfect? No, EDGE is slow, and ATT isn't the best carrier.
Will the next version be better? Of course.
Expensive? Yup.

Anyone that has used a cell phone for more than 6 months knows that the battery is probably 99% of the time the first thing to go bad. Yet its ok to pay 600 dollars for something that you cant even change that. Have no option of the network used, and poor call quality, all of which is what makes a good phone from a bad phone.

What apple does know how to do is market their products. This didnt need as much coaxing, as the market needs a more intuitive cell phone than most of the crap out there. That and piggy backing on the craze of the ipod, which is not better than other mp3 products, but has all of the hoopla surrounding it. This has only fueled the iphone even that much more. Like I said, put that phone on sprint and verizon's networks also, and they would have sold so many more units it would have been ridiculous.