Well done
First of all Apple this is an excellent device and I will definitely be buying one.
I would just like to remind everyone what the CEO of Palm, Ed Colligan, said "PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They're not going to just walk in." These words will go down in history much like the original comments on the iPod. And what about their comments again today "How do you compete with vaporware?", this guy will be out of the job within 12 months.
If this product gets adopted by the business community (though unlikely with what we know so far) it kill everyone PDA producer out there.
I hope that when this comes to the UK that I will be able to purchase it without having to signup for a contract (just started my new one). I imagine that the exclusive period will only be for initial sales maybe until sometime in 2008 and then after that you will be able to buy it in Apple stores unlocked. As soon as these are sold unlocked in any country it will be grey imported all over the world, hence why they would have to do this. Apple must be getting major kickbacks from the cellphone carriers because they are going to miss out big time on unit sales by going down this track.
I was shocked to hear that it will take so long to get these out in the UK, absolutely unbelievable. I find myself in a crazy position where a product is announced I want and are able to buy it but I wont be able to for up to 11 months and even then I can't just walk into a store and get it. Crazy. And whats more it gives their competitors ages to try to come up with something to compete against it.
Technology will come so far that by the end of the year 4 and 8GB will not be enough storage. Apple will have to push this up to something like 20GB just so I can keep all my music, photos and some of my vids on it and that's before it's even available.
Will this use isync or itunes or both to sync?
Cons:
Needs a removable battery (this is a big thing for a lot of people)
Not available now
No flash for camera
No front camera for ichat/skype video calls