Here is the first official review I could find of the iPhone, courtesy of David Pogue from the New York Times.
For those too lazy or rushed to read the full review, I have summarized what I believe are the most important points here:
Good:
-Very sleek and thin.
-Smudgy glass but not easily scratched.
-Beautiful, simple software.
-Interface fun to use.
-You choose rate plan at your leisure.
-Voice+data plan cheaper than Blackberry or Treo.
-E-mail looks great, can view Word,Excel and PDF.
-Great web browsing experience with WiFi
-Photos and movies look great.
-Real world battery life 5 hours video, 23 hours audio (with phone, WiFi turned on).
-Camera takes great photos, but requires steady subject and good light.
Not so good:
-Calls can take as much as 6 steps to make and quality is average.
-Web browsing very slow with ATT EDGE network.
-No memory card, chat program or voice dialing.
-Third party apps only possible through web browser.
-Web browser cannot handle Java or Flash.
-No video with camera and no possibility to send MMS.
-Used in 5 states, signal quality described as "I'm losing you"
-Some tiny bugs encountered but phone should be updated regularly through software.
As for the all important question, "how is the keyboard?", this looks to vary wildly according to the user. Pogue found it frustrating at first but also found that trusting the software helped to quickly improve results. He does however states the Blackberry won't be going the away any time soon.
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