Chad Hutchins

Wow! Apple has definitely created another truly innovative product. Today, after waiting my relatively not-so-bad three hours at the local AT&T, I was able to pick up an 8GB iPhone. After using it for a few hours, it has lived up to all of its web hype, Apple’s marketing (genius, I might add), and my personal expectations. I am actually writing this post from the iPhone. Although, the pictures could not be uploaded directly to the website from the phone. As I was waiting outside the store tonight, I couldn’t help but to think how old even the latest and greatest Blackberry or other smart phone is beginning to look. The iPhone is stunning and sleek. It will take some practice to get completely comfortable with the new on-screen, button-less keyboard. But as you can see, I have managed this post. Not wanting to type more than I have too at the moment, the Google Maps app, YouTube app, and Safari (even though it is not the greatest browser) work extremely well as expected. I am eagerly awaiting the day Apple announces and releases their third-party API system, whatever it may be. Saying web apps will be the third-party way of creating apps for the iPhone is a cop-out. For the iPhone to reach its full potential, Apple must give non-Apple developers access to the phone’s core functions. To defend Apple, I believe AT&T is holding Apple from doing this. With the wi-fi capabilities of the phone and a release of some sort of API, who is to stop some clever programmer from creating a VoIP application, such as Skype, rendering the calling plan of AT&T’s service useless? To save you from more rambling, I will stop now.

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