besides the low “Edge” speed there’s the promise of the non-watered down internet experience and those who have seen the ad showing the http://www.nytimes.com frontpage… well those sure will try to imitate that ad … to see that when going down the page, like in the ad, that the video window only returns an error … NOT so in the ad where the image was sharp and clear …

Hé Apple!?!? you’re laughing in the face of all those early buyers!!!! This IS a watered down browser as half of the internet pages don’t work properly. All those neat video reportages of the NYT for instance you’re hinting at in your ads ….. not for the iPhone …..

@Debbie - um, there’s been plenty of news, but with the holiday, I’ve been on vacation.

I agree and feel the same. In fact, I made sure I didn’t read most fluff and hype on the iPhone. I played with it, knowing what to expect and was very pleased. It is a great tool, works well, is seemless, great Apple quality.

Two lessons I learned from the whole hooplah is first, to not read everything about an upcoming product lest I should get tired of it before its due date. Two, only read the bloggers and journalists I trust. Three, wait until the product becomes available for me.

Or maybe I’m just maturing

To note I am sure the lacking of features in the iPhone is due to the fact that their are still features coming to leopard Apple doesn’t want us to find out about yet. Since I Believe iPhone is based on Leopard expect to see a lot more to come from Apple in both departments.

I am not sure why so many criticize the iPhone it’s new and not a completely finished product but it is mac os x in your pocket.

Now that the iPhone is actually OUT (and let me remind you, it’s only been five freakin’ days), the news is just getting started. Apple has said there will be plenty of updates coming “soon.” Developers will be able to get their iPhone web apps running. New accessories will arrive.

This si just the beginning. It wasn’t until the iPod had a credible “ecosystem” that it really took off. Now we get to watch the iPhones “ecosystem” develop. And I, for one, want to hear about it.

Ithe “The Apple Blog” is not interested in covering the biggest Apple product since the original Mac, perhaps it should change its name. Is Engadget taken yet?

Well, at least all the americans who got it will have made good beta-testers for our iPhones.

What about Leopard news? None of that around?

So whilst it is nice to see some decent articles on whether it lives up to the hype, how easy it is to use etc etc it does start to get a bit overkill when we have articles on how to set the wallpaper.

Oh, and I could really do without seeing yet another persons article on how they activated their phone, especially as it will bear no relation to the process we will have to do over here.

The Third World pic on the parody helps point it out, the red bit the bits of the world where the iPhone ain’t at present.

P.S. I feel like death warmed up at present which goes someway to explaining my smiley personality today

I read the news today oh boy

I went down to the ATT store first thing in the moring when the Online activation wouldn’t even let me register her. After waiting over an hour at the store I was given a number and assurance of activation in a few hours. This was 10am Saturday. Nothing had been resolved by 5pm so I call the various ATT numbers, none of which were the least bit helpful, they hung up on my 3 times while on hold, they routed me to various other departments and then finally told me to call Apple.

Once I called Apple they walked me through a call with ATT where ATT agreed to waive activation fees. Apple even offered to send me a blue tooth headset.

Needless to say, Monday came and still no activation. So I sporadically called ATT to check on the status of my account. What a waste of time. Every ATT rep had a different line and story. At the end of the Business day on monday my GF had to renew her other phone service. I talked to yet again another ATT rep and asked if my activation fee had been waived, he informed it had not. I then asked him if ATT would waive my first month of service,Yes, I had read the Blogs where other customers had been credited months of service fees. The rep who was trying to be slick when I demanded my service fee waived informed me I should be thankful to get a waiver on my activation fee and that ATT would not waive any service fees and offered me $6. He informed me I wouldn’t get my activation fee waived either. I hung up on him and called another ATT number.

I informed the new rep of my wonderful experience with her company. She checked my account and made sure my activation fee was waived as well as my first month of service. Clearly the previous ATT rep Lied. Lying to it’s customers is apparently how ATT conducts it’s business.

On the Gripping hand, My Iphone works great. ATT’s Edge network in San Jose is crap, but thank goodness for WiFi. All the features work crisply and if there are a few things that could be improved it’s the price of being an early adopter. The email, map and weather functions are awesome and the phone reception when you can get it is clear.

I have to say that I bought my first Mac in 1988, the box that would become the Mac Classic, I also recommended the Mac Pro with the Santa Rosa chips to a friend, who went out and bought one. I was waiting for Leapord. I am now having serious reservations. I’m sure I’m not the only one.

By the way, when I spoke with Apple Tech Support an hour ago, they seemed to agree there were possibly 100’s of thousands of people who were having problems with ATT. Lets see if the real info ever leaks out.

It is not like Apple was releasing new stuff out, or anything new was announced. It was just the iPhone. I am sure that was the new OS comes out, that is going to get hyped as well. It was just the the iPhone was something BIGGER than normal.

If you didn’t want to read about the iPhone, I don’t think going to a blog about Apple is the best choice.

I for one enjoy the iPhone news, since I can’t switch carriers and have to just look at pictures. (TMobile iPhone please!? )

I just think this “enough of the iPhone!” stuff is ridiculous.

No, the Microsoft $10k “Look, no waitress necessary!” touch table doesn’t count.

When there’s no Apple news to report, we all make fun of those goofy “reports” about minute things like minor iTunes Store updates. Now that Apple has entered a whole new market with a revolutionary (and immensely successful) product, you want to look for exactly that kind of non-information by sticking your head in the sand.