STEVE JOBS & WALT MOSSBERG ON THE APPLE iPHONE: FIRST POSITIVE REVIEW

Files under Apple, Blacberry, Samsung, Steve Jobs, Treo, Walt Mossberg, iPhone | Jun 26th

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Steve Jobs answers Walt Mossberg’s iPhone questions via email.

Some quotes:

“When you subtract the $200 cost of an iPod, which is included in the iPhone, the rest of the iPhone costs just $299.”

“Like all small keyboards, it takes three or four days to get used to.

iPhone users will quickly learn to trust its intelligence to correct their mistakes automatically.

So far, everyone who has used it loves it, and reports that they are typing as fast or faster than they did on their Treo or BlackBerry or other smart phone.”

Read and watch here, the Walt Mossberg review of the iPhone, which ends with this paragraph:

“Expectations for the iPhone have been so high that it can’t possibly meet them all. It isn’t for the average person who just wants a cheap, small phone for calling and texting.

But, despite its network limitations, the iPhone is a whole new experience and a pleasure to use.”

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APPLE iPHONE MANIA

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Be ready tonight for the first authorized iPhone Reviews.

A small group of journalists were given Apple iPhones in advance of the June 29 launch, under strict nondisclosure agreements that specified when they could publish or broadcast their reviews.

Apple 2.0 has learned that that moment is today at 9 p.m., New York time.

Go to the reviews from Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal and David Pogue (in the picture) of the New York Times.

They will more than positive.