The first wave of reviews are in from all the usual suspects. [I’d link to David Pogue’s iPhone video diary, but it crashed on me and I suspect it’ll be doing that for a little while at least. Here’s Walt Mossberg’s video instead.] It’s not surprising that everyone loves the iPhone with few reservations, most notably that the internet connection is doggedly slow when wi-fi is unavailable. On that note, I can’t wait until AT&T totally sinks this otherwise amazing product with their horrible service. [You’ve changed your name, but we still know who you are!]
I’ll be doing on-the-spot interviews with folks waiting outside the AT&T store on 16th this Friday starting in the early morning for a video segment at Comcast, just to see if anyone can articulate a rationale for buying a $600 cellphone that Apple will probably update [read: improve dramatically] in less than 6 months. [I wish I could link to that video, which is only available to high-speed internet subscribers, alas.]