iPhone? iCan wait

[Agent]

Now that the iPhone has been out for a few weeks, here are some interesting reviews from users who have spent time finding out all that they love and hate about it.

• iPhone First Impressions / Reviews
• 10 Things that "Absolutely suck" about the iPhone. (Yes I have one)
• Decided to return our iPhones today....

Some of the main issues include:

1. Can't use the iPhone as an external disc, like iPods
2. On-screen keyboard not as efficient as Tactile keyboards
3. Lack of 3G, slower speeds
4. No Spam control on email
5. UI not refined - i.e., no access to Photos from email to send pictures
6. Can't use iPhone as a modem
7. Can't sync or transfer files over Bluetooth
8. Can't use music from iTunes as ringtones
9. No Cut & Paste

As a gadget lover, I admire the iPhone for its attempt at merging several key devices that many people own today: Cell phone, camera, PDA, iPod > all into one device. But like all first-release products, there are bound to be issues. Fortunately, most of the major complaints appear to be issues that Apple can address in a v2.0 release.

Of interest to note, is that the tech community have found some workarounds already, including:

1. iPhone hacked for shell access
2. Filesystem opened

[Will L]

Thanks for a great summary.

But like all first-release products, there are bound to be issues.

That's a very wise observation. I almost made such a mistake when I was looking for a SUV. I almost bought a Volkswagen Touareg which was newly released  and was the first SUV model made by Volkswagen. I did not buy it because the car salesman was an asshole. But later on, I heard complaints in forums about the model such as water leaking etc. Like iPod, the Touareg model looks beautiful, but it needs to go through a few cycles to fix things and stabilize.