Thread: WSJ: Mossberg reviews the iPhone
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2007-06-28 , 00:40
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Originally Posted by mjparker75 View Post
I think this forum has actually been really fair to the IPhone, and for the most part optimistic about what it will do for the industry. It's going to be a nice device... but not perfect. There are definitely a few software things that Apple could (and probably will) do to make the IPhone a great device. Three off the top of my head...


3. Bluetooth Keyboard support.
Yes, this is the main item I want, and what finally made my N800 viable as a laptop replacement on pleasure trips. The main things I want/need on those trips are e-mail and web browsing. On-screen keyboards may be fine for a few words or a URL, but not for writing sentences and paragraphs.

(Is there confirmation yet that Bluetooth keyboards will not work on the iPhone? I suspect they may not, but I'm also sure that accessory makers are hounding Apple to enable such ASAP.)

Once that comes available -- and yeah, we probably need Flash and support for a couple other major Internet technologies to enable a broader range of sites -- then the iPhone really will have the potential to be the Walk-Around Web I lust for.

I do look forward to a couple software updates and a 20 GB iPhone 2 (which will comes in the the $600 price and bump the others down, and will have some of the features not yet available to iPhone 1.0). Hopefully by Christmas.