i can't say myself if it's impressive or not... i'm so far outside their target group, they could give it away for free and i wouldn't take one. but i do read apple-related news on my daily news sites, and of course i read the readers' comments below.

what i read yesterday and this morning about the new iphone even by die-hard fanbois was nothing but disappointment. - some very few pointed out that wow, now they have MMS and copy&paste, but then: weren't they told before that both things are useless on a phone? also it's hard to go "wow!" for something that's standard for everybody else.

some iphone 3g users commented positively about the promised speed improvements: "i hope the text messages application will start up faster then. it takes ages now."

far from "impressive", i'd say, at least for those consumers who have signed the apple hardware subscription.