[OT] iPhone anyone?

[Chipp Walters]

Well, I finally went down to the Apple store to check it out. Of course the
place was packed. They had about 30 iPhones there people could play with.
Some observations:


   - Most definitely 'perfectly sized' form factor. Beautiful finish.
   - Software and interface extremely intuitive. All of it works well
   (except Map*)
   - When operating it, there really is a WOW factor. It really is
   beautiful software. Reminds me of a futuristic demonstration video prepared
   by Hollywood.
   - Very surprised at the data rate. I was able to see YouTube vids
   quickly. The browser seemed a little slow, but not bad. Not until later when
   Chris reminded me I was on a WAN did I realize it. I imagine the Edge
   network would be slow. If it's like the Sidekick, it's too slow to really
   surf the net.
   - Tried using the Map application, but it kept crashing. The two
   finger 'zoom in' and 'zoom out', while cool, is very confusing to the Map
   application. Much better would be a zoom slider switch you could drag with
   one finger.
   - Absolutely could not type on the keyboard. Very difficult. Perhaps
   my fingers are too large. Where's the stylus when you need one? (Side note:
   there WILL be a huge market in 3rd party styluses for this thing.) My guess
   is they'll have to fix the keyboard input. AFAICT, it's just not usable.


I know I'll wait for them to get the kinks out.