I've said before that all I want is a phone that's a phone.
Maybe it makes me a hypocrite but I want an iPhone. I can't help it. It's small, slick and smart. I think that the voicemail inbox idea is almost worth the price by itself. It would give me an iPod that has a better interface than my iPod. A phone that's better than my phone. It'd sync with iCal enough for me to be able to actually use it effectively. I'm still not really into the camera or photo functionality but I could see how some people might.
I do have some concerns though:
- Sometimes Apple screws up 1.0 devices. The first Nano, the first Intel systems, the cube for example.
- How hardy is the touchscreen? Better than the face of the first Nano's I hope.
- Movies, TV shows, music videos and music, your contacts and calendar in 8GB?
- A phone that's 5 years ahead of the rest has EDGE but not 3G?
- A phone that's 5 years ahead of the rest has 802.11g but not 802.11n?
- It's running OSX but there's no indication of how much of OSX and what the hardware's capable of. What kind of games can I play? What other software can I run? NewsFire? Ecto? Lotus Notes?? Depending on the capabilities of the hardware and how much of OSX is on it, this could be huge to me
- I don't understand the pricing when you consider it with the fact that they're putting it out with Cingular and it's going to be sold at Apple stores and at Cingular. Does that mean the price is $499 or $599 with or without a contract with Cingular, or are they going to be signing you to a contract with Cingular in the Apple stores (which seems odd to me)?
I'm looking forward to the June release of this device. I want to see what happens when this thing gets out into the world. Barring any horrible problems, I would expect to try to pick one of these up as a Christmas present to myself. I just hope my Ebay'd t610 lasts.
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