Sometime today, the embargo order on journalists who received demo iPhones to talk about the iPhone was lifted, and the reviews are overwhelmingly positive.
David Pogue of the NYT has a hilarious video about the iPhone (and trying to keep his mouth shut about it):
In his print article for the New York Times, Pogue headlines with "The iPhone Matches Most of Its Hype, and sums it up with "But even in version 1.0, the iPhone is still the most sophisticated, outlook-changing piece of electronics to come along in years. It does so many things so well, and so pleasurably, that you tend to forgive its foibles."
USA Today wrote Apple's iPhone isn't perfect, but it's worth of the hype, and Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg spent two weeks with the iPhone running through a battery of tests.
Overwhelmingly, the journalists all thought the iPhone itself was a great product -- their greatest common criticism was the service provider (AT&T) whose lack of good service area and their darn-slow EDGE network is definitely a drawback. As someone pointed out in one of the reviews if Verizon's slogan is "Can your hear me now?", then AT&T's is surely "I'm losing you".
Stephen Levy of Newsweek titled his piece At Last, the iPhone. It's 7 pages of prose and praise over the iPhone's features. I'd swear the man was actually gushing over this new gadget, if not for the single half page where he covers the drawbacks. Though to be fair, he does spend some time blasting AT&T's EDGE network. (Do you notice a trend emerging here?)
Consumerist even has a list of 6 ways to get out of your current cellphone so you can get an iPhone.
While having to use EDGE can be a horrible experience, the abundance of WiFi spots can surely make up for it -- and it's hardly a deal-killer.
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