Ars Technica weighs in: iPhone in depth

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:57 AM EDT

Article Source: Ars Technica

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Some think that the hype surrounding the Apple iPhone started in January of 2007, but that's not true. The hype started many years ago, perhaps before creating such a device was even a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. After so many years of rumors about the mythical iPhone, so many fake (or scrapped?) mockups,
so many fake (or scrapped) names, and a brief experiment with the now-failed Motorola ROKR, Apple finally went ahead and launched the device that Apple fans have been craving since the beginning of time—or at least since Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 and killed off the Newton.

And of course, to do something simultaneously predictable and shocking, the company called the device by its long-rumored, but
never-quite-accepted nickname, the "iPhone."

The iPhone is now out and promises to revolutionize the way we use our phones forever. You don't have to love it; you don't eveN have to like it. You will, however, be witness to a great upheaval in the mobile communications business because of it.

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spiffie

More iPhone coverage, but this is Ars, not a 75 word blurb at Engadget. :-P

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#1 - Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:00 AM EDT

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MasterNav

Now THAT'S a review!!

Major kudos to Arstechnica for going the extra mile/kilometer on the testing and commentary.

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#2 - Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:35 PM EDT

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spiffie

Ars is really good about the in-depth review or coverage. I was waiting for something like this to come along.

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#2.1 - Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:50 PM EDT

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