Do you own the iPhone?

No availability on Verizon is killing me...

Pro's

1) Sync's Outlook contacts flawlessly
2) Excellent web browser - You can Pinch the god-damn internet - Apple has offered us Retribution!
3) Women just can't help smudging your screen
4) People know EXACTLY how much you spent on the coolest phone currently in existence.

Con's

1) AT&T has the majority of their infrastructure in the developmental parts of our country.
2) NO ONE from New York uses AT&T, therefore we've all got to get new phone plans (At least those of us who have to leave their Treo's on top of the air conditioning due to constant overheating as it has not been turned off since initially activated)
3) You still can't play with one at the Apple store b/c the fucking place is open 24/7 and leaves no opportunity to bypass the people who never leave there - Maybe i'll get hammered and try stealing one - though that glass elevator doesn't offer the most speedy escape route.
4) Once the 2nd-Gen iPhone comes out you'll realize just how well Apple and AT&T colluded to steal your money by make test subjects out of you so that people such as myself can enjoy the 2nd-Gen fruits of your frustration.

cumbersome at times... no real user customization... but overall, quite good... i love it.

I-phone=big fat waste of cash

better than any other phone I have ever had

Never owned a more helpful/convenient phone. Maps program is amazing.

Apple is a lame company. They will ultimately fail because of incompatability, unless they adapt.

You mean like offering systems that run both Windows and MAC OSX?

No I'm specifically refering to the iPod/iTunes revolution that I believe will be shortlived due to increased competition from unlimited music download services such as Yahoo! Music.
I do think that the Mac has made impressive progress in recent years, as far as becoming Windows compatable.

not worth the money

I bet 90% of the people who criticize the iPhone don't own one 'cause they are sensitive about dropping 600 bucks on a phone. Now come on people, this is an ibanking forum - 600 bucks is change. If you wanna complain about the price, pls post on the public school teachers board.

That being said, I don't think anyone disagrees that the iPhone is the best available phone available in the US market.

And JonsConspiracy, please let me know what firm you work for so I can make a point of ignoring all your equity research - I mean seriously...you are joking right??!!?

I'm debating whether to get an iPhone or stick with the Blackberry 8800. I played with the iPhone in the Apple store and had difficulty typing. Obviously the reason of having a smartphone in banking is to have email access on the fly (most importantly, but among other things). The typing on the iPhone was cumbersome at best making it difficult to search and add contacts much less type a message.

Anyone who has an iPhone have any better luck with the typing, or should I stick with the 8800?

I have one and what it does, it does well. Here's what I need to replace my current device:

- integrated GPS - Apple needs to stop cheaping out on the a-GPS chip, these things are sub-$10 these days.

- 3G - EDGE = PAIN

- Corporate Exchange syncing via ActiveSync - absolutely need this.

I have it now as a supplemental device, but the phone is the weakest function of the 4.

The one advice I would give to improve typing is this: the keystroke is measured not on where you strike but on where you lift. Once you realize this you can correct typos on the fly. That being said this is not an email device.

A lame device is always lame and it doesn't matter how much it costs, i upgraded my phone yesterday dropping 400 bucks, and treo is far better than iphone

the iphone will be a huge phone and probably will capture a significant market share, just not version 1. Think how many versions it took for the ipod before it became synonymous with portable music players. If the iphone can improve all its basic flaws and implement some sort of corporate email security system, it will replace blackberrys.

except the ipod didnt really see anywhere near as much criticism with any generation. the iphone tries to do a lot of things which means they have to sacrifice details.
it cant sync with corporate servers...hard to type...shitty phone capability...slow internet...lack of gps
all the applications of the phone are great but theyre all missing some key functionality
hopefully this turns out like the ipod in the long run and by the third version or so theyve got it running smoothly so i can get one with no reservations...until then its blackberry for me

Some analysts were estimating iPhone sales to exceed 1 million units. However, that has simply not come to pass. As indicated in AT&T's sec docs there were only 146K units activated. I find it hard to believe that someone would purchase one of these costly phones without activating. Nevertheless, lets say that they sold 175K phones. That still is no where near previous projections. I myself have had only limited interaction with the phone, but the inner consumer in me is definitely waiting till the next generation is released.
Has anyone heard of any bugs found in the phones, beyond the initial connectivity issues?

Koop: I'm a real estate analyst, so my opinions on the iPhone are strictly limited to this forum and conversations with friends.

No not worth it.... slow internet.

Who uses internet in a handheld device???

I just got an ad for a free 3G wireless card from ATT. WTF didn't they release 3G iPhone?? Plus, I'm currently in DC and it won't work on the metro.

The real problem is that it doesn't work with most corporate servers so apple has effectively limited themselves to individual consumers. Our firm just rolled out treo/blackberry's to about 30,000 people but the iphone isn't an option because it won't work with the server. It's basically a play phone which I guess is fine but apple's giving up a lot of money in the process.

new 16gig iphone coming out in 2008 with 3G. supposed to be capable of up to 3.6mbps downloads. still wouldnt buy it though.

You would, if you saw how good the web browsing experience was on it.

It's great for waiting in lines, or on the subway, etc.

Well, Apple never really targeted the corporate market anyway. They've done fine targeting individuals, students, teachers and the like and I think' they're going to keep doing fine in the future...although if you go to any advertising/marketing firm, web design, publishing firm, etc they'll all have macs. As for the iPod, well, it's the first one. The brand recognition is significant. The iPod alone owns 70% of its market. Apple's not going down anytime soon.