All in all I now am starting to understand why Apple has been so tight lipped and kept the iPhone heavily under wraps. The second the press starts to get a hold of any kind of demo unit and asks questions that are constantly answered with no's the phone is going to get slammed. Obviously people are still going to buy it, and those people are going to be severly disappointed when the realize they could have bought a Treo or Blackberry that does everything they were hoping for. So what the interface is sleek. The feature set is a total joke.
1 - Okay I can keep my entire photo library on the phone...but I can't send a picture to another phone only through their email.
2 - Sweet I can watch movies and TV shows but only those d/l from the Apple Store as no kind of media player that supports .avi or divx will be available.
3 - Awesome I can have the full internet but I can't instant message anyone cause it doesn't suppport that.
4 - Damn I just got lost...but wait I've got my iPhone I can find out how to get back on track. Oh I forgot it doesn't have GPS so I have to know where I'm at first to even use the Gmaps feature.
Obviously Apples PR/Marketing Dept. has done an absolutely brilliant job at hiding all the obvious flaws of the phone and the hype buildup has been incredible. But sooner or later (sooner obviously) its all going to come crashing down around Apple when this phone starts getting reviewed. I don't buy that Steve will have any more announcements about this iPhone before the 29th. I also don't believe that they will give out a single demo unit before launch day. What we say today is all that we are going to get until the 2nd gen version comes out, and by that point people are going to have such a negative attitude not only towards the phone and at&t but more importantly Apple that it won't really matter. Also be ready to see some ignorantly priced plan for this phone that makes it even less appealing.
