Full web pages with graphics? Which phones?
Regardless of all of the great features, if it underperforms as a basic cell phone, Apple will have big problems. It must not have a high rate of dropped calls, etc. compared to the competition.
Apple and Cingular/AT&T have totally different corporate cultures, and they may not play well together. I hope Apple has a good termination clause in the agreement in case Cingular fails to live up the the standards that Apple customers expect.
I understand that the case is made of some sort of high-tech ceramic. It must be durable enough to get knocked around like other cell phones. If the case is easily damaged, it will be big trouble for Apple.
How many times have we heard that today?
There is a whole world of unknown phantom electronics out there.
My Treo 650 for example, it's been on the market since late 2004, and has what is commonly referred to as an "HTML browser" verses a "WEP" browser. I've actually got 2 different HTML browsers loaded, and I could load more if I wasn't satisfied with the 2 I already have. The only thing these don't do well is Active X, but the IE that comes on Mobile PC phones might handle that, but it's not something I really need on my Treo since I can remote control my PC's with the Treo and use their local IE to get to sites like that when necessary.
The Apple phone looks great, I'm sure it is, but it's definitely evolutionary not revolutionary.
The Treo 300 was able to load any compliant HTML page with full graphics. Just about any Palm or Windows Mobile smartphone can manage it. It's not fast and it's a tiny screen, so it's far from ideal, but I don't think a 320-pixel screen will be ideal either. Nicer, but no replacement for a laptop.