1st Reviews of the iPhone

So, the wait is over, as is the time for PR and spin. Now is the time to see if the sausage lives up to all the build-up over the last few months. The hoards of fans who queued up to get their hands on an iPhone have had the weekend to play with it.

So, what do they think. Well, its clearly early days yet, but its interesting to see that all 17 reviews on the everythingiphone site are positive, and it gets a 4.5/5.0 average score. Here are some of the quotes:

"Beautiful design, revolutionary interface, and just cool--the iPhone brings a ton to the table."

"BTW... the keyboard is way better than any I've used before. Steve Ballmer can... well, you all know what he and his fat mouth can do!"

"My friends have been in awe, and are begging me to let them play with it. Any one that has had doubts about its value, or being worth the wait, the hype, the price....I feel bad for you for having ever thought that it wasn't worth it!! I LOVE MY IPHONE!!"

So, very early signs are good. And if this is repeated elsewhere, the buzz is not about to calm down, its about to get bigger as users start to spread the word.

The bad news for European Apple fans is that if (when) it does take off, then the launch over here will be delayed beyond (no, no, no!) Xmas 2007.

Anyone going to New York soon?

And if you haven't done already, vote here on what YOU think about the iPhone: will it be a hit or miss?

Comments

[David Taylor (brandgym)]

You can be sure that Apple will have wave after wave of innovation to keep the iPhone-mania alive. This is one of the keys to the success of the iPod.

But. Will you be able to wait for 2.0 when 1.0 is there looking soooooo cool?!

[themolk]

I have to say, I am extremely keen to get my hands on an iPhone when it is released here is Oztraylia (circa Jan-Jun 2008).

My only hope, however, is that we get iPhone v2.0 - there are some things that Apple could alter to make it a much more competitive and useful product:

1. How about making it run at 3G/3.5G speeds, not the slower EDGE speeds?
2. I haven't been able to find an article anywhere about if the iPhone will connect to a Microsoft Exchange server and run your e-mail. I hope so...
3. BIGGER HARD DISK! 8GB is never enough, particularly if we are talking TV, movies AND music.
4. Third party apps - at least having had the iPhone out for this long before we get it we should get the benefit of others developing for it.

That's by no means an exhaustive list, but it's a start. I'm dead keen - it'll be the first Apple product in my house (as a dedicated MS man) - but they have a few things to fix as far as I am concerned before I shell out my hard earned's...