Oh my god the iPhone is finally released right now ahhhh [die]. What more can be said that hasn’t been already? It turns out that people really are willing to line up — for days — for a $500 cell phone. But that’s because it’s not just a cell phone. Reviews this past week seemed to all agree: there are some shortfalls, but the iPhone deserves to be called revolutionary. After all, the multi-touch user interface, as we’ve seen over the past few months, is the future of computing, and this is really the first consumer device available that has it. It is also the long-rumored wide-screen touch iPod that fans have been anticipating for almost two years.
If you’re not currently in line at an Apple store near you (hi, Andy!), then you a) are sick of hearing about the iPhone or b) want to read all you can since you can’t afford to be a part of the actual experience of owning one. In that case, you’re in luck: not only is there no lack of news coverage of the feeding frenzy, and not only are pictures of the iPhone unboxing beginning to surface, but Apple has once again updated its site in the past few days with over a dozen video clips that are the next best thing to playing with one in real life. Yep, it’s iPhone porn.
TowleTech is written by TR correspondent Daniel Williford.