Andy Ihnatko: Hands on with iPhone

Sounds more positive than any previous "review" :)

This is good reassurance because when stevie was typing on it during the keynote...he kept hitting wrong keys

Wasn't it stated for a fact flat out that the iPhone was NOT going to use a version of Mac Os X as its operating system?

-- MrMacMan

it looks cool to me and can't wait to buy one when they are released. I paid $400 for my treo when it came out so this isn't too much more expensive.

- "After 30 seconds, I was already typing faster with the iPhone than I ever have with any other phone."

This is what I was hoping to hear. I was a little nervous about the touchscreen keypad, but I'm glad to hear that it's reportidly easy to use :) Did anyone else notice during the keynote that when the keys were touched that they popped up in size, almost like a throwback to the old typewriters of old?

Only 5 months til june. Good BYE T-Moble!

Hopefully Apple will have a T-shirt giveaway for the iPhone for the first so-many people who show up/buy a iPhone at an Apple Store.

I am more concerned with the Cingular phone/data plans they intend to offer. I want to buy the phone, but if I am locked in for two years into some ultra expensive plan, it will be a deal breaker. I am also hoping they offer this with family plans.

This is a refreshing review after reading so many others bashing every little thing that they was wrong with it!

Interesting... Sounds more positive than what I have read previously.

I look forward to playing around with this device myself, although the very high price tag (and Cingluar requirement) will probably keep me from buying one...

Balmer of Microsoft was interviewed on CNBC where he directly criticized the iPhone (ATN) keyboard. Now the hands-on user and reviewer for the Sun-Times directly refutes those claims of inadequacy:

"2. I think the iPhone's virtual keyboard is a huge improvement over the mechanical thumbpads found on the Treo and any other smart phones of its size.

The buttons are significantly larger, you don't have to hit them dead-center, you lightly tap them instead of punching them down, and the software is smart enough to know that you meant to type "Tuesday" instead of "Tudsday."

After 30 seconds, I was already typing faster with the iPhone than I ever have with any other phone. I suspect that true e-mail demons will need to adapt to the lack of tactile feedback, though."

Rocketman

I am more concerned with the Cingular phone/data plans they intend to offer. I want to buy the phone, but if I am locked in for two years into some ultra expensive plan, it will be a deal breaker. I am also hoping they offer this with family plans.

50% of equipment and 25% off the monthly bill. I just LOVE company discounts!