Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:01:00 GMT

iPhone

The iPhone is freakin' sweet. There's really no denying it after seeing the Keynote speech. However, even with all the new features and all the legitimate claims about being 5 years ahead the curve of Smartphones, it still lacks some rather basic features that the Danger Sidekick (One) had several years ago. They are:
  • Auto-Synchronized Contacts to the Server. This means I never have to "sync" my device into a dock. It just works automatically. iPhone should really be doing this with .Mac integration. It would sell me on a .Mac account.
  • Instant Messenger. (not some SMS fanciness). AIM, Y!, GTalk, MSN or Jabber. This is so basic that it pains me that they forgot (or ignored) this. I don't think that I need to say that it must a persistent IM connection, not something that will disconnect once I start roaming. Sidekick did it, why can't you iPhone?

Even after saying all this I'll probably be getting this. I'm a Mac whore of the first magnitude. I can't believe all the things they crammed in there. I'm just in shock.

Wow.


Just wow.