earlier this week at the macworld convention, steve jobs unveiled the latest little gadget that will make you feel like a total loser if you don't own it: the iPhone.



it's been nearly a week now, and i have to say that now that i've had some time to read about it, i'm not convinced it's the awesomest thing in the world. i mean, i will "ooh" and "ahh" the first time i sit next to someone on the subway and they reveal their cool little mp3 player/video player/phone/wifi computer. but a friend brought up a good point. her and boyf had an IM conversation that went something like this:

[13:35] friend's boyf i'm reading all this crap about the iphone
[13:35] friend's boyf: it doesn't have a replaceable battery
[13:35] friend's boyf: great
[13:35] friend's boyf: so after a year it's unusable
[13:35] friend's boyf: you can watch 2 hours of video on it
[13:35] friend's boyf: so then your phone is dead after that
[13:36] friend's boyf: with the data plan and everything
[13:36] friend: that's dumb
[13:36] friend's boyf: it would cost $3000 over two years
[13:36] friend: like the ipod battery doesn't suck enough
[13:36] friend's boyf: and like geoff was saying
[13:36] friend's boyf: how quick is that huge screen going to get screwed up


also, even though the ny times gadget guy was blown away at first, even he said "bottom line: heavy blackberry addicts may not want to jump ship just yet."



and if that weren't enough, stephen colbert gave it the wag of his finger:
my favorite quote was when he said "apple's new iPhone gives nerds their hardest collective wood since princess leia wore a bikini."



all in all, i think that apple will come out with a better and more perfected version of the iPhone about 6-8 months after the 1st generation model comes out. so for now (and until my contract with sprint expires), i'll keep my samsung phone.