No-one will know for sure the iPhones FULL capabilities until this upcoming Friday the 29th June at 6pm or later.

I will be waiting to see what the masses has to say. I think the iPhone is really a revelutionary iPod/browser with a phone tacked on. The feature functions of the phone are pretty much available on most phones that are available today. Calling it a revelutionary phone implies that it has all the major functions that the top phones have today and then some. Sprinkle in that it does it better and THEN you have a revolutionary phone.

As of right now, you can't take pictures and send them to your friends via SMS. You will have to send a video email and the recipient will need to be able to view video emails on their phone.

It will have it own special data plan for the iPhone. You MUST purchase the data plan in order to get the phone

10% restocking fee if the phone is removed from the shrink wrap.

No discount for new contract. The price of the phone is FIXED no matter what.

Non user replaceable battery. Must be taken in for repair.

No IM capabilities at this time.

There is no true business capability for email at this point. It will sync with your CONTACTS, not your email at this time.

There is NO voice dailing or voice tagging. That could cause some problems for those that use those features especially when driving.

For me the simplicity of use is a big plus for the capabilities the iPhone does have. However, to me, I will mostly be using the phone and the browser and not so much the iPod. i haven't used my iPods in several months and don't really see myself doing it again.

Even with what I see as short comings, I plan to still get the phone. Apple will most likely be coming out with several software updates that should easily address most of the things I have listed.


Just my thoughts.