One has to wonder if AT&T canceled the release of the SonyEricsson K850i because of competition with the iPhone as well. Are AT&T not going to release any other decent phones because the don't want to upset Apple?? It amazes me that such a large carrier is so manipulated by a single phone manufacturer

wonder if you're gonna be able to do pandora on it

I respect your view but I do think that within a year or less the market is going to be flooded with the same quality interface and then you're just left with bell bottoms:)

Already there are phones that are competitive with the IPhone on this.

Have and nice day and happy surfing.

Hi there! Of course the interface will be copied eventually. And it's also true that, just like with any other Apple device, you have to pay premium. I have no doubt about that. I'm hoping this kind of interface will become popular enough that in a near future we'll have some sweet phones to use. Heck, Google's Android is pretty nice in a lot of ways. However, right now, there's nothing that beats the iPhone interface experience. I'd even go as far as saying that it's the only mobile I've ever tried that is pleasant to use. That, for me, is more important than hardware features (I do miss 3G though.) Every other interface I've tried, from Symbian to MS WM, has its annoyances and is not very nice to use regularly.

Most reviews of IPhone say that the sound quality sucks and then, of course, you have to deal with AT&T which doesn't have very goOd reception.

But then I am not a fan of trying to cram everything including the kitchen sink into these small devices. Something has to give and what gives quality. This not only is in reference to IPhone but the others as well.

The other problem with using the "airwaves" to connect to email or you-tube or the internet is that the same principle applies as with just a plain old cell phone and that is you send to pieces of information that can be intercepted and decoded: one is your phone number and 2 is the identification # of your phone. Even with eh advent of digital, this makes it easier for someone to intercept that information.

I don't know the ins and outs of the US system, but isn't there some sort of patent organisation you have to register stuff with before it's released? To my knowledge it hasn't been registered yet so while it may be announced then, I think it'll still be months away from being released. (Is the organisation the FCC?).

I did some research and yes it is the FCC and this link http://www.maclife.com/a.../the_fcc_and_the_iphone holds some very interesting information regarding the release of iPhone 3G. It's just a shame that we don't have any writers who do reaserch on BetaNews otherwise the above story could've been written much differently.

I am seriously considering buying the iPhone II when it ships but will be interested to see if anyone can "out iPhone the iPhone" before then. I know everyone has something in the works now that they claim will do it but, as they say, the proof will be in the proverbial pudding. Good to see Apple really pushing this market to seriously innovate again. The cell phone/PDA market had really gotten complacent and stagnent until Apple lit it on fire with the first iPhone and put all other companies on notice that they were goining to be kicking but and taking names in that market from now on. Good for them....and for all of us too.

Really looking forward to see how well they actually implement the GPS in the next iPhone. That will be a huge selling point for me. If they can get that to where it really works smooth, that will be a very valuable selling point. Lots of companies try to implment that feature, few though really do it well yet.

I have waited on getting an iphone due to the shortfall of features, mainly the new ones mentioned in the 2.0 firmware.

I am hoping the new iphone with 3g support has other new features then just that.

But 3g is enough for me to buy one especially with third party apps. I just hope the switch over to AT&T from verizon isn't a pain in the butt. June can't come quick enough. Very excited for this news.

what a joke from at&t, there's already numerous amount of 3g phones and pdas, more likely apple has secured a reserved amount of time for its iphone to be the 'newest 3G' model at&t carries. Garbage.

True. but there will always be peope willing to pay the outlandish prices Apple charges on their IPhone so they can appear hip and cool.

If the hardware is as good as the software, it'll be a standout. The others are pretty much painful to use, though Palm Treo phones aren't bad.

Whether you are a fan of Apple or not, there's no denying that the iPhone _IS_ hip & cool.

Here's the problem with all these little devices that try to do everything and that is that when you try and cram everything into a space space including the kitchen sink, something will give and that something is quality.

Just look at the Imac or Dell's all-in-one or HP's- by doing these all in ones they have to integrate the sound and video on the motherboard and this leads to poorer quality in both areas.

I would rather see companies cut back on cramming everything they can think of and only focus on a few things...say, for example, sound quality on the phone.

but not worth the money.:) It's like the bell bottoms of the new century and will go the way of bell bottoms.

That's debatable. What I like the most about my iPhone is not the bells & whistles. Sure, they are cool for the first week, but when you get past that, what makes it a great phone is the wonderful mobile interface - best I've seen this far by a large and wide margin. That is what is worth paying extra for. I've already had phones with better hardware specs than the iPhone. But I could hardly put such better specs to use because the interface was, as it usually is with most mobiles, horrible.