iPhone!!!!!

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Me, I have a Nokia E61 which i actively use VOIP and SSH on. Based on my interpretation, you're a similar level of power user, so I can understand your perspective.

And I have a LG chocolate that I've got on a prepaid $15/6month virgin account and havn't had to use it yet.

I'm not ruled by my anti-social gadgets. I'm too cool to follow the conformist crowd.

Unlike Microsoft (<cough>Vista<cough>) or Hasbro? Who is the baseline for comparison here?

No, themselves.

Not sure what you're citing here, as all three reviewers love the device. Their only reservations are to those that already have an iPhone.

Apple has always specialized in knowing what to leave out. I remember when iPod competitors would talk about how FM radio and video capability set them apart from the iPod. No one cared. No one wanted those features. Sure, focus groups are all about saying, "Hey, yeah, that would be cool." but history as proved, they're unnecessary and unused.

Look again at the shortfalls. They are pretty significant. And major features such as GPS and camera are done half arsed. And the battery issue it still there. Been there ever since the original ipod. The iphone is just a glorified sms/ipod device with an image. You can't kid yourself.

I hope this opinion isn't coming from a Windows user. Personally, I have a UNIX background, so there is a certain beauty of balance and power I can get with Apple products. I've got SSH and Apache built in, AND I can run Adobe Photoshop and Office (although I'm proud to say I don't even have the latter installed). While anyone that tells you security on a Mac is not an issue is an idiot, I don't have to worry about malware or viruses either. Personally, I don't even use an admin account day-to-day on my Mac and a properly configured ipfw and other unix stalwarts give me protection unimaginable on a Windows device.

Ok, if you say so.
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