As I write this, there’s roughly 73 hours left until the iPhone hits the streets. I still haven’t decided if I want to buy one or not, and if I do, I need to get serious about my line-camping plans.
I’m still on the fence, though.
A wave of reviews has hit the web this afternoon, and by and large they are highly positive. The virtual keyboard, considered by many to be a potential issue, sounds like it is a lot easier to use than expected. The biggest snafu seems to be the speed of the AT&T EDGE network itself, and sadly, it sounds like that’s not something that a software patch will be able to fix.
I want one, oh yes. But I don’t need one, and I do have a lot of other uses for the $600 or so an iPhone will cost me. Plus, for that much money, do I really want to live with slow data speed, when that’s one of the key features I’d be using the thing for?
Right now, I’d have to say no. If I am going to drop that kind of cash on a convergence device, I don’t want to spend the next 2 years cursing out my too-slow net access every time I use my iPhone.
And yet — I reserve the right to change my mind.
Now down to just over 24 hours and, yes, I too remain undecided.
Two things are certain: my next computer will be a MacBook Pro and I will buy an iPhone.
If either the 1st-gen iPhone were 3G-upgradeable or Leopard were not still 4 months out (or if there were at least a ‘buy now, free upgrade in Oct’ promo), deciding on which comes first would be a breeze. But with ‘(c) neither of the above’ being the reality, well, see sentence #1.
Then again, my current laptop is failing, and I’m far more often than not within range of WiFi.
*sigh*
It all might boil down to what things look like in front of the Belmont “Cingular” store on my way home tomorrow. (I figure Burlingame Ave. will be just too zoo-ish to even consider.)