The iPhone – the choice of iFreaks everywhere

The new iPhone was made public at Macworld, with general acceptance and most of the tech critics loving it; I am impressed with the looks, but a little sceptical what going on inside. Something that will feature is nasty DRM software, and the inability to sync the iPhone up with anything other than iTunes… No thanks.

Generally though, on a tech level, the iPhone isn’t too bad, with WiFi a/b/g, touch-screen display, and a 2mp camera. Of course, there is an iPod function to the phone – but will you really want to use it, running the risk of running the battery out?

I think this phone, at least for the first generation, will be for rich-kids or Mac buffs (come on… you all know one), and it’ll be hard for the moment for Apple to enter the mainstream market in phones.

Another problem will come when the phone is released in the UK. Will the chavs of the UK really understand a touch-screen phone? Will they still think the screen will work when lovingly wrapped up in a Burberry pouch?

It’s hard for me to imagine the public embracing the iPhone, because smart-phones are still too niche for the average user.