Here's the first iPhone review I've seen, from Glenn Flesichmann in the New York Post.(ht Drudge) It's not too good:
It's the best iPod the company has ever made. The screen quality is fantastic, and the movies pivot automatically as you rotate the phone.
But it's not an iPod. It's a $500 or $600 communicator that requires a two-year calling commitment. Monthly charges haven't been announced, but judging by comparable offerings from AT&T and other carriers, it should run you at least $50 per month in voice service and $40 per month in data service. That adds more than $2,000 to the iPhone's price tag over two years even before buying music or movies!
Consider also that Apple engineers already are hard at work on iPhone 2.0.
Modern cell networks use third-generation (3G) standards that are five to 20 times faster than that in the iPhone. Jobs said the chips to make a 3G iPhone weren't available when they designed the iPhone; but they are now, and are in some competitors' less-featured but faster phones.
It also skimps on storage. The $600 iPhone comes with 8 gigabytes of storage, enough for 2,000 songs or 16 episodes of "Heroes." A $250 video iPod can handle 7,500 songs or about 25 hours of movies.
You can bet that iPhone 2.0, probably available within the next year, will be faster and have more storage - probably for the same price.
Tech geeks and some business travelers will wait in line Friday (or pay someone else). You should wait for the next version.
