Mossberg and Boehret review the iPhone , 3 minutes after Pogue at the NYTimes . In a nutshell :
Our verdict is that , despite some defect and lineament skip , the iPhone is , on balance , a beautiful and breakthrough hand-held estimator . Its software program , especially , set a new saloon for the overbold - telephone diligence , and its clever fingerbreadth - touch sensation user interface , which dispenses with a stylus and most release , works well , though it sometimes total footfall to vulgar role .
And more significantly , unlike Pogue , he likes the keyboard :
The iPhone ’s most controversial feature , the skip of a physical keyboard in favour of a practical keyboard on the screen , turn out in our tests to be a nonissue , despite our deep initial skepticism . After five days of enjoyment , Walt — who did most of the examination for this review — was able to typewrite on it as apace and accurately as he could on the Palm Treo he has used for years . This was partially because of smart software that corrects typewrite error on the fly .
Then Mossberg plain about some missing feature of speech :
The iPhone is drop some features unwashed on some competitors . There ’s no clamant messaging , only standard text electronic messaging . While its two megapixel camera took first-class scene in our tests , it ca n’t record video . Its otherwise splendid WWW web browser ca n’t full utilize some Web sites , because it does n’t yet bear out Adobe ’s Flash technology . Although the headphone contains a double-dyed iPod , you ca n’t use your songs as ringtones . There are n’t any game , nor is there any manner to right away get at Apple ’s iTunes Music Store .
( I ’m not sure other browser app on phones support Flash , but I get the point . )
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