The iPhone: What the Critics Say
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A round-up of reviews from around the country  weighing the merits and shortcomings of Apples's latest gadget
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Among consumers, the excitement around Apple Inc.'s iPhone, launching on Friday, centers on its cool looks and innovative interface. In the cell phone industry, the iPhone will be closely watched because it breaks several conventions governing the relationships between handset manufacturers, carriers and consumers. If successful, Apple could end up changing the way phones and the industry work.
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Apple made a big splash when it announced the iPhone last month. But with its hefty price tag, restriction to a single carrier and departure from many traditional smart-phone features, buying the iPhone requires careful forethought.
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Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week. Does the iPhone make the list?
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Here's our list of things Apple did right with the iPhone--and things that could use some work.
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An analyst for JPMorgan Chase made headlines recently by saying Apple would soon release an iPhone resembling its nano media player.  One of his colleagues, however, disagrees.
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âTo call the iPhone the best phone Iâve ever used is the biggest understatement of the decade,â enthuses Michael DeAgonia . âItâs like saying Jupiter is big, or infinity a long time. From the moment you pick it up, you can feel the weight and sturdiness of the phone, inspiring the sort of confidence you get from a quality build. The display is gorgeously integrated, the streamlined face covered by glass. Finally â a design worthy of being called a design!â iPhone is so good, in fact, that it even passed DeAgoniaâs most critical test. âOver the years, not a single device ever made it through my motherâs hands without being returned to me with a frustrated laugh and a shrug. With the iPhone, once the screen lit up and my mother discovered that Swipe to Unlock really did mean swipe to unlock, she was sold.â
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Kevin Tofel explains how to use an iPhone as a portable handheld photo gallery using the beautiful AP wire photos and FlickrFan.   I did a Qik video demo using my Nokia N95. Lots of computers involved, the quality ain't great but the idea is pretty neat.
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Here&#39;s our list of things Apple did right with the iPhone--and things that could use some work.
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InfoWorld - Like the star on a Christmas tree, iPhone is perched atop all the top 10 gadget lists for 2007, and with good reason. Not only did iPhone revolutionize the way people think about their mobile phones -- as many writing those lists crow -- but in my case, it has changed the way I live.
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American gadget lovers are already lining up for the tech event of the year: Friday's release of Apple's much-ballyhooed iPhone. By all accounts, it's a spectacularly cool gizmo -- a single, sleek device that, at the poke of a finger, lets you surf the Web, watch a movie, take a picture, listen to a...
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There's hype. There's hysteria. And there's history. The hype around Apple Inc.'s upcoming iPhone is abundantly clear. So is the hysteria. But how the iPhone will leave its historical mark after Friday's launch is to be seen.
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Thinking about buying an iPhone? Check out this rundown of what to expect.
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Smartphone or consumer gadget? Serious business tool or high-tech toy? Ever since Steve Jobs first pulled an iPhone out of his pocket in January, the debate has raged over just who makes up the target audience for this mobile phone.
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Although the popular new iPhone from Apple is being hailed as a breakthrough device for the many features it offers, the key to its success is its extremely useful -- and way cool -- touchscreen user interface.
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Don't expect this gadget to turn attention away from the iPhone.
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We asked usability experts to compare the iPhone with two competitors to see if Apple's device matches its hype. They came up with an unequivocal answer.