So I oozed over to the Apple store to tinker with the iphone. It's about what I thought it be. You gotta dig how, i dunno, smooth? everything is. The OS isn't clunky and the animations are as smooth as one would expect them to be with an apple.
Having said that, I wouldn't be suprised in the least if Apple starts playing down the web-surfing capabilities of this thing cos that Edge network is a crock of slow-moving bullshit. Granted this is only the first weekend out of the gate and its hard to judge the whole schbang on the merits of the weekend alone. Be that as it may, I think it is safe to say anyone who is expecting anything that resembles a broadband experience is in for a shock.
Turns out Ian picked up one of these last week too, so we'll see what he has to say about it. But my opinion so far is that all the features of the ipod, maps and the actual phone itself are all they are cracked up to be...however we are still a ways away from "a fully functional mobile web-surfing experience" (or whatever catchphrase bullshit Steve Jobs coined it).