Apple iPhone Arrives With Long Lines at Apple Stores
Posted on June 29, 2007
The iPhone is here! Hallelujah! People are standing in line for hours to get one and selling their spaces in line for hundreds of dollars. So, is the new Apple device worth all the hype? Will it revolutionize mobile computing? Here's a round up of what some of the top tech reviewers have to say:
David Pogue of The New York Times says, "As it turns out, much of the hype and some of the criticisms are justified. The iPhone is revolutionary; it's flawed. It's substance; it's style. It does things no phone has ever done before; it lacks features found even on the most basic phones."
Walter Mossberg at the Wall Street Journal discovered he liked the iPhone's keyboard free input after intial skepticism. The WSJ says that after just five days of use Walt "was able to type on it as quickly and accurately as he could on the Palm Treo he has used for years."
Oh, and if all you're thinking now is "What in the world is an iPhone and why is everyone so freaked out about it?" then please go see the explanatory video on the Apple iPhone site. Otherwise, you are going to appear seriously uncool at whatever Fourth of July event you happen to be attending.
Here's Steve Jobs announcement. He says, "Today, Apple is going to reinvent the phone."