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Should I Buy an iPhone?

I’ve been thinking about purchasing an iPhone for months now. This post contains some research I’ve done concerning the iPhone, so other prospective buyers can learn the truth behind the hype…

Steve Blue’s Opinion

I am certainly not ready to purchase an iPhone. I think Apple made a poor decision going with an exclusive cell phone service. C’mon Steve Jobs, if the iPhone is so revolutionary with it’s features, why couldn’t Apple be revolutionary with it’s business practices as well and offer the phone on multiple wireless services? And while there are hacks out there to disable the AT&T Activation, anyone who has a laptop that will connect to wireless networks can do much more than the iPhone is capable online. The iPod began the current Podcasting craze, but the iPhone doesn’t follow up with the ability to capture video with the onboard camera. If the phone can receive YouTube, how come I can’t submit videos as well? The iPhone has Google Maps but no GPS. The iPhone runs a flavour of OS X but doesn’t even have copy and paste! Many users are commenting about how tasks cannot be accomplished in batches. For instance, I cannot delete more than one e-mail at a time. It seems like Apple cut corners throughout the entire device. The $599 price tag plus switching to AT&T for a $79.99 a month 900 minute calling plan would mean that I would be spending over $2000 in the next two years for a new phone. This is over $800 more than my calling plan and cell phone cost with my current service.

I am going to wait patiently until the next revision of the iPod, which will hopefully occur in the next six months. I think certain iPhone innovations will make it onto the iPod. I am also curious to see how Apple updates the iPhone and fixes certain issues users are having. The iPhone certainly has a lot of potential…

But don’t take my word for it. Decide for yourself whether or not the iPhone is suitable for you…

How does the iPhone stack up against other existing Smart Phones?

The Ultimate iPhone Decision Tool at lifelearningtoday.com. This website really breaks down iPhone for someone thinking about purchasing it.

Why I returned my iPhone Blog Post at Salon.com.

10 Things that “Absolutely Suck” About the iPhone (Yes I have One).

Can I turn the iPhone into a glorified iPod and not activate it with AT&T or Apple? I certainly can. nanocr.edu has a blog post called “iPhone Independence Day” that contains instructions on how to hack the iPhone activation.

ifixit.com completely took apart an iPhone. Look inside of an iPhone here.

Apple opened up Third Party Development for the iPhone only weeks before it’s release. This blog post details the guidelines I would have to know to design an Application for the iPhone.

iPhoneNova.com is the world’s first iPhone Download site! Unlimited free Movie, Music, Tv Shows, Games, Software and more!

Wow! A tutorial about how to Design Custom Widgets for the iPhone!

The iPhone Remote Project will allow users to stream music and videos direct from a Mac to the iPhone, browse files, run Applescripts remotely, capture iSight images, and search in Spotlight.